Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Apr 24, 2015 10:40 pm Hi Folks, I am hoping some people may have either anecdotal or professional-level advice. We recently had a new home completed in Baldivis, WA about 6 months ago. We are having a *terrible* time with chipping paint and plaster off the walls all through the house. For clarity this is in WA where we are unique to most other states in that most houses are double brick, and the inside walls are basically brick, followed by a layer of concrete/cement about 5-10mm and then a 2-3mm layer of "Hardwall Plaster" to give it a flat white finish, similar looking to plasterboard but obviously very different. While it is certainly being caused by impact damage (something has hit the wall) it seems to be coming off *really* easily --- the worst case is in the laundry where the plastic laundry bins against the wall have taken out a horizontal strip in the entire corner just from sitting against the wall and being bumped into as we do the laundry. I've never had this much trouble in any rental I have ever lived in with tearing paint off the walls. Where there is no paint (it's already come away), I found that it is really easy to scrape away the plaster with my fingernail.. however in areas where I've used a plaster filler mixed from powder to fill channels cut in the walls for cabling, I cannot (it is rock hard in comparison). This also may sound extreme, but I tried taking the laundry baskets which are doing he worst damage in the laundry and if I hit the ridge against a normal wall area the paint and paint&plaster scrapes & dents off quite easily.. the same thing on my filled+painted areas (with the same paint) don't budge at all, even when hitting harder. I feel like they've used a poor composition of the hardwall plaster and I am considering bringing it up with the builders but I was hoping for some input on anyone else with experience with this to give me a bit more confidence in my concerns. Was also considering getting a building inspector to look at it as a one-off before taking it to the builders. Thanks! Re: Plaster chipping on internal walls of new house 2Apr 24, 2015 10:47 pm Some photos... another fun bit is that in one place we managed to rip the paint off the wall with a post-it note!
Photos in album here, sadly they don't seem to link properly: https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A15nhQST7d1Sq Re: Plaster chipping on internal walls of new house 3Apr 25, 2015 9:16 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Plaster chipping on internal walls of new house 4Apr 26, 2015 2:51 pm Don't use iCloud. Use Photbucket, Imgur etc and link here so we don't have to log into a third party site. Also don't double post or the mods will get upset. Stewie Re: Plaster chipping on internal walls of new house 5Apr 26, 2015 4:33 pm The sand in WA doesn't help and cracking is expected as the house moves. But yours sounds extreme and almost sounds structural!! You do know that at 6 months you can contact the Builder with any issues. Plus you have a Warranty from the Builder. If it were me, I'd be contacting the Builder straight away, this Tuesday after the public holiday to get them to inspect and have it fixed ASAP. Good Luck xox Re: Plaster chipping on internal walls of new house 7May 06, 2015 1:04 am Parents built with lifestyle homes about 22 years ago and had the same problem. The towels going on the towel rail had even started to wear away at the plaster. Complained for about 6 months and they eventually re plastered the entire house. No problems since Hi, Have used the Dulux 1 step, oil base on my walls(white set), out of can it’s already a more thinner product than a final coat paint Also in water base Water or… 3 5024 yeah i couldnt picture it issue either, but i could clearly picture what they were doing wrong haha 2 5294 Our 6m high Cathedral ceiling has 0 insulation, just plaster, wrap and tiles as far as I can tell. Wife likes the exposed beams, I hate the $600 per month heating bill,… 0 13477 |