Plastering Bathroom Ceiling
After a disastrous attempt at trying to cover up peeling paint in my bathroom (due to moisture, not leaks), I am now left with pieces of plaster missing. I am assuming I will need someone to replace the plaster and paint it. Any idea how much this will cost (it’s a small bathroom)?
After a disastrous attempt at trying to cover up peeling paint in my bathroom (due to moisture, not leaks), I am now left with pieces of plaster missing. I am assuming I will need someone to replace the plaster and paint it. Any idea how much this will cost (it’s a small bathroom)?
You must also deal wıth the moısture problem; otherwıse the paınt wıll peel over and over agaın. After 30+ years of patch jobs we fınally solved our moısture problem with a vent fan, ventıng through the roof of our top floor bathroom.
Moisture inside a wall or ceiling cavity exerts a powerful force and is usually why paint peels. Compromised paint adhesion can cause peeling long after a leak is fixed. There are other reasons for peeling paint, but I am always skeptical when I hear the problem is somebody in the family takes long hot showers.
The cheap plaster jobs usually involve joint compound, sheet rock and joint compound mixed with plaster of Paris. Joint compound hardens when the moisture dries out of it, and turns back to mud if it gets wet again. Plaster, like Portland cement, is catalyzed and actually hardens with moisture. A better solution is a traditional plaster patch using wire lathe and little or no joint compound. Perhaps the extra cost is worth it if the ceiling stays up there after a flood, and all you need is paint touch-up.
we just paid $250 to have someone repair a small bathroom ceiling with large holes from a plumbing leak.
we had one quote for $2750…. maybe he was going to pave the walls in gold.