hoolied
stranger
Reged: 26/03/2009
Posts: 13
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hello,
I am hoping that someone may be able to advise me.
We have a small, awkwardly shaped bathroom with a large dorma window and a second window at floor level. The ceilings is low and in the winter the room gets very damp and we have lots of condensation. We have a decent fan, keep the room ventilated, wipe down ceilings and walls and I scrub the walls every couple of weeks to keep the mould at bay....lovely job.  We were hoping the sell the house however now will be renting it out and so want to try and fix the bathroom to make it less prone to damp.
the hosue is listed and we cannot fill in the little window and cannot easily improve the insulation.
sooo, my questions are:
a) Is there anythign i can treat the walls with prior to painting to reduce risk of condensation and mould
b) we have a coupld of patches of rust on our walls which are near the window frame. Emulsion is currently painted over the top but wonderd if I could paint with gloss, lighty rub down and then paint with emulsion over the top. Would that work or would that create a nightmare,
Ultimately we dont really want to spend much as hoping to sell soon and we are about to spend all our cash on a new home.
Please help
thanks
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dickyryan
enthusiast
Reged: 25/07/2008
Posts: 265
Loc: Camberley in Surrey
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For the rust problem - use oil-based undercoat to cover it and then re-emulsion.
As for the walls - best to paint with acrylic eggshell - this is more moisture resistant then other paint finishes - perfect for bathrooms. However it would be a good idea to use Polycell Mould Killer first on the walls as this will kill any existing mould spores and help keep any subsequent growth down.
Keep the room ventilated and if the fan isn't located in the ceiling then try and get it there as otherwise the area above the height of the fan will continue to attract warm moist air - ideally upgrade the fan too!
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hoolied
stranger
Reged: 26/03/2009
Posts: 13
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brilliant - thanks for all of your advice.
I have actually used to mould killer before but will give it a go again. Am sure I didnt paint it on before I would have just sprayed it so will try this method.
Out of interest on the bottle that if mould is growing through a layer of paint or paper, strip back to bare wall/wood and treat with 2 applications. without sounding thick how do I know if it is growing through and not just growing on top and if it is growing through how do I strip back all the paint.
sorry for all of the questions.
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dickyryan
enthusiast
Reged: 25/07/2008
Posts: 265
Loc: Camberley in Surrey
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Just look at the surface and give it a trial scrape - if it comes away easily scrape all the loose impregnated area of wall away. This may lead you to think that you hadnt started this as you may end up scraping loads of affected wall away. Use a wallpaper stripper. You need to get all the active mould spores away and then kill the ones you can't see with 2 applications of brushed on diluted mould killer (buy a new bottle!) Then stabilise the surface with filler or plaster.
You may want to check that the source of moisture isn't from within the wall, a leaking pipe, cracked tile or something.
Good luck!
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blue_swallow
journeyman
Reged: 29/06/2009
Posts: 53
Loc: Galway, Ireland
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My parents had a similar problem, despite it being a large enough bathroom with two windows. They painted it with Dulux Bathroom Paint last year and have had no problem at all since. You can also buy Stain Stop spray to seal stains before painting.
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hoolied
stranger
Reged: 26/03/2009
Posts: 13
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thankyou for all of the advice.
i have bought a new bottle of the mould remover and also some of the Dulux bathroom spray - worth paying a premium if it really does work!!!
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