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Plastering & Rendering

INternal wall won't dry after external water ingress

Anonymous user 16/03/2024 - 2.40 PM

An external pipe leaked and our internal wall got wet. This has been fully investigated and is the reason for the wet wall and has been fixed. We hacked off the internal plaster after 3 months , then dried the wall a further 3 weeks and now added hardwall on top. However, there is a wet patch which hasnt dried since the application 10 days ago. The hardwall also is not even and would require about 10mm of skim. Can someone please advice if we can plaster/ paint over the remaining wet patch or if it would get mouldy? The uneven hardwall the builder applied...can this be evened out with skimming or does he have to apply another layer of hardwall? Thank you for your advice!

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4 Answers

A Jones Property Services

Rating: 4.8 out of 5
Highbridge
The new plaster would need to be removed again. Then investigate the damp patch it will need to be dried out. Only once 100% dry then replaster the wall again.
Answered3 February 2021
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Wayne Horwood

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High Wycombe
If the wall is still wet after all this time you must still have water coming in from some where and will need to be sorted before you can plaster and then a tight coat of hardwall over the wall to even it out then skim it
Answered3 February 2021
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stephen harling

Rating: 5 out of 5
Weston Super Mare
Get a humidafyer spelt wrong google need to dry out a plastered wall it will give you correct spelling and were to get it this drys the wall thouroughly
Answered4 February 2021
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T plastering

Rating: 5 out of 5
Scarborough
Hi I agree with the above Find the leak Let it dry out then plaster
Answered6 February 2021
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