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Rooms smelling of wet/damp plaster
Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.33 PM
I've been reading and researching this for a week or 2 now, and could do with some professional advice please. We've lived in the same house for 13 years - 8 months ago we had the whole room (small box) replastered, along with 2 other bedroom ceilings (one ceiling wasn't painted for several months). I left the small room to fully dry out for around a week before painting it, I was advised by the plasterers to use Leyland super leytex emulsion as a base coat, we then used a dulux emulsion as the main colour. Since heavy rain about 10 days ago the small room stinks of what smells like a newly plastered room, obviously I've checked for damp patches on the walls, checked under the floorboards in case of a cent heating leak, checked as much as I can in the loft to see if there's a noticeable leak, but can't see anything - the bathroom had no work done and doesn't smell at all - one room where the ceiling was plastered has a faint smell to it. Common sense makes me think we either have a leak somewhere that I can't see, or something moisture related is going on with either the plaster or the paint. I've left the window open 12 hrs a day in the small room for a week now, but the smell isn't budging. I've got no idea how to get rid of it, paint again, strip paint off, re plaster, move house!! In the previous 12.5 years, never had a problem........can anyone suggest ideas/next steps/Estate agents?? Thanks 👍
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