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fasteddy0
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So I moved into this house just under 3 years ago, at that time the previous owner had it painted before they moved on. The first really cold storm that winter the house started to bubble, peel and secrete a rust like liquid (the rust liquid has nothing to do with the nails behind the paint, as I have removed sections of paint and found no nail behind the rusty ooze)
We come to find out later that the guy who painted the house is not a painter by trade but a buddy of the owner. Also he used a paint that is made up of recycled paints that people bring there instead of throwing away. Many painters around here say that this is not a great exterior paint to begin with and the fact that it is made with several old paints mixed together it seems like you would never know what you were getting. (I know really great huh?)
Now here is the other issue. I am exhausting into the attic from the basement, and I am wondering if this humid air is causing my house to sweat which is causing the peeling and bleeding on the exterior paint.
I have seen no mold in the attic as of yet.
Here are a few examples of what it looks like. There are actually some areas that look way worse, but you can get the idea.
There are 3 options I have thought of.
1) Make this a closed system. (I am not crazy about having the AC unit outside my house as I do not have a great place to tuck it away at.
2) Install an attic fan on the gable with an intake on the gable on the other side of the house, with a humidistat (for winter) and a thermostat (for summer)
3) Or just repaint the house and hopefully it was the old paint that failed
So what do you guys think? Is it the junk paint used that failed or is it the fact that I exhaust into the attic?
I am looking at getting the house painted this summer but don't want to have to deal with this happening to the paint again so I need to get this figured out asap.
fasteddy
We come to find out later that the guy who painted the house is not a painter by trade but a buddy of the owner. Also he used a paint that is made up of recycled paints that people bring there instead of throwing away. Many painters around here say that this is not a great exterior paint to begin with and the fact that it is made with several old paints mixed together it seems like you would never know what you were getting. (I know really great huh?)
Now here is the other issue. I am exhausting into the attic from the basement, and I am wondering if this humid air is causing my house to sweat which is causing the peeling and bleeding on the exterior paint.
I have seen no mold in the attic as of yet.
Here are a few examples of what it looks like. There are actually some areas that look way worse, but you can get the idea.
There are 3 options I have thought of.
1) Make this a closed system. (I am not crazy about having the AC unit outside my house as I do not have a great place to tuck it away at.
2) Install an attic fan on the gable with an intake on the gable on the other side of the house, with a humidistat (for winter) and a thermostat (for summer)
3) Or just repaint the house and hopefully it was the old paint that failed
So what do you guys think? Is it the junk paint used that failed or is it the fact that I exhaust into the attic?
I am looking at getting the house painted this summer but don't want to have to deal with this happening to the paint again so I need to get this figured out asap.
fasteddy