Hi..
we have a skylight above the shower which traps a lot of heat and humidity. as a result, the paint is seperating from the drywall in chunks. anyway, we have to repaint and was wondering the best way to do this such that we don’t have the same problem.
Any ideas are appreciated!! thank you!
Getting the details right for a wall assembly with the control layers to the exterior and lots of drying potential.
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scrape...dry...good primer....PermaWhite bath paint.
Jeff
.......Sometimes on the toll road of life.....a handful of change is good.......
Mathman, we have a skylite just outside the tub shower that surely sees alot of moisture and heat. It is a fixed velux, but has the small vent at the head. If the vent gets opened, it stays opened till it gets shut. Easily not once a season. No peel. Just repainted after 12 years original. What else could be the difference? Our original primer at the time was price is right-white. Top coated by price is right tan. All latex. Shaft is in 6/12 roof a little over 4 ft in depth. Shaft has 1" Dowbd on the inside, MR board over that to the room side. Fibreglass bats surround the attic side. Radiant heat in the floor, so no real air movement. No exhaust fan neither.
Don't know if this'll help, but I would like you to think on the cause which may or may not be the paint.........or not. Best of luck.
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Exhaust fan?
Hi..yep, we have an exhaust fan but the skylight is immediatly above the shower, while the fan is a few feet away. The house was new when we bought it 6 yrs ago, and no doubt the builder used the cheapest paint & primer he could. i just don't want to make the same mistakes. FYI, we live in the Seattle area so we have lots of natual humidity fall through spring.
Another addition I would make is to change your exhaust fan. Get a better capacity fan and get one with the auto-sensing humidity control function, so the fan stays on while there is high humidity in the room. Check your venting, too. If you can, substitute the plastic accordian type with sheet metal or even PVC to increase air flow.
Ditto everyone else on the high quality primer and perma white paint.At my age, my fingers & knees arrive at work an hour after I do.
Aaron the HandymanVancouver, Canada
I have to agree with Jeff. You need to get the cheap paint and more importantly the cheap primer off the wall and start over with top quality materials. A good oil primer would be your best bet, toped with the Perma-White bath room paint. If you are able to stop the peeling by using a good primer the next problem you may face in such a moist room is mildew or mold which the bath paint will prevent.
I had a customer with a mildew problem in a moist solarium. They were cleaning and painting the room yearly. I gave the room a good scrub and some sanding and top coated it (twice) with the bath room paint. Problem solved.
Sorry for getting off track, but I was really impressed by that stuff.
Good luck.