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If you have read part 1 on this article I’m sure everyone would agree that the golden rule is to prevent moisture from penetrating into your property. It is not a perfect world we live but we can minimize the effects of water or moisture on your property, detect it early, and block or seal the penetration point. The danger lies not in the two or three times moisture penetrates but in the continuous wet and dry cycles over an extended period of time.
One thing to remember I am a very lazy person when it comes to property maintenance, for this reason there will be contractors that would suggest my methods are overkill. I do not believe to do repairs every second or third year. Why not do it to last 2 paint cycles 14 years, If I maybe so bold.
Start with internal moisture on the interior walls bordering your bathroom or shower. Identifiable by small to large paint blisters with a white powdery residue against the wall when the blisters are removed. If or when you are going to retile the bathroom or shower, you need a clean plastered or brick wall, if there are paint under the old tiles this has to be removed. Ensure the moisture content of the walls to be painted is below 18-22 % moister analyzers can be hired (R80/day). Apply 3 cotes Plascon bonding liquid, (see thru royal blue in colour), 3 cotes 4 hours apart. After tiling are done mix tile-bond supplied by your tile dealer with the grouting do not dilute with water. The glaze on the 1st grade tiles should be 100% water proof with the grout mixture that tiles surface are the first barrier against the moister and water inside the bathroom or shower from penetrating into the interior wall. In the years to come you will find small separation between the grout and tile edge normally the second barrier which you applied behind the tiles onto the wall (3coats bonding liquid) will block the moisture.
The outside of that wall should be treated as well, if there are any moisture blisters do the following. Using a thin flat flexible 25mm wide scraper, that would easily lift any loose paint from the wall. When no more loose flakes are detected the wall needs to be sanded down 60/40 rule 60% plaster visible against 40% paint remaining. Now apply 3 coats Plascon bonding liquid 4hours apart up to 1 meter above floor level. Painting the wall now would look uneven and rough. Use a product like “Skimright from Duraline†or any other make it is simply a pre mixed filler that is not powdery as poly filler. Fairly easily applied with a trowel and after painting leaves a smooth finishing. This method can easily be applied to any interior wall with rising damp stick to the basics and my overkill method but one thing is certain you’ll not have moisture blisters for years to come.
Author Roald Olivier
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