Bathroom Ceiling Paint Bubbling And Peeling

Bubbling paint on your bathroom s ceiling can lead to or indicate the possibility of some health risks for anyone who uses your bathroom.

Bathroom ceiling paint bubbling and peeling.

Recently moved into a home we were told was stripped to the studs and remodelled. Immediately the bathroom ceiling paint started peeling and now the hallway as well in large bubbling chunks. The painting surface or surroundings were moist. It s important to work carefully though if you don t want your paint to peel.

Then using a putty knife wire brush or paint scraper carefully remove all the chipped or peeling paint from the walls and ceiling. If the humidity levels in your bathroom are high enough to cause the ceiling paint to bubble then the humidity also may lead to mold growing on various surfaces in your bathroom including the ceiling and the grout between the tiles. You might think that peeling ceiling paint is simply an old house problem. Excess moisture on your painted walls whether from water droplets high humidity leaks or plumbing problems can cause water filled bubbles in.

Repairing peeling paint on your bathroom walls and ceiling can be a time consuming process but it isn t difficult. Bubbling is usually a problem with latex paints more than with alkyd or oil. By reading your responses to others i m guessing either cheap or old paint dirty surfaces excessive moisture or vapour barrier or the plugged gutters. After priming the exterior facing wall in the 1970s apartment we just moved into we noticed that the paint seemed to be bubbling peeling along the top edge as if all the old layers of paint were loose from the concrete base.

It may also be a case of the old paint bubbling up as it gets wet revealing a bonding problem in the original coating.