Band of sticky plaster

[Peterson 89]

Hi, I have been steaming paper off of the bedroom wall recently exposing perfectly dry plaster...no problem. I go back to it in a couple of days and discover a damp sticky band about 15 inches wide running from floor to ceiling. Oddly follows exactly the line of a wallpaper strip. Scraped away a section of the affected plaster and found it to be dry beneath. Three days on its still there. So can anyone tell me what it is and how to deal with it. Been told it could be an existing damp problem that has reacted once the strip of wall paper was removed. Sounds plausible. Thanks.

 

[raggles]

how old is the house and what's on the other side of that wall

 

[beader]

That's ectoplasm ............your house is haunted

 

[JessThePlasterer]

looks odd position for damp. I'd hack it off and see if the bricks are dry underneath

 

[Smudger1]

Stick a moisture meter in it ?

 

[flynnyman]

Maybe an old switch that has been patched with the wrong plaster?

 

[JessThePlasterer]

Oh I know !! It's rising damp!!!

 

[flynnyman]

Oh I know !! It's rising damp!!!

I have actually found the real source of so called rising damp and it's so simple

 

[JessThePlasterer]

I have actually found the real source of so called rising damp and it's so simple

Please, enlighten me!

 

[flynnyman]

Please, enlighten me!

I think my life would be in danger I noticed something on a job last week that got me thinking so putting my findings together

 

[JessThePlasterer]

I think my life would be in danger I noticed something on a job last week that got me thinking so putting my findings together

Is it secret squirrel?

 

[Dr.B]

Secret damp is going to be the new rising damp[emoji854]


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[Wayners]

Get damp meter. Cheap enough

 

[flynnyman]

Get damp meter. Cheap enough

It will only tell him what's his eyes and nose tell him.

 

[Stevieo]

Is that an internal wall?

If it's internal and there's no pipes, then you must have somehow steamed water into the plaster. Might be a bit of bonding or something there.

Leave it to dry for a few days and happen that'll be the end of it.

 

[Vincey]

To me it looks like old chimney has been took out , 1920s ish building judging by the paints on the old painted bits

 

[Wayners]

It will only tell him what's his eyes and nose tell him.

No. It could be dry and just some glue used to stick down the paper. I'm not convinced it water but a £10 damp meter say one way or another.

 

[flynnyman]

No. It could be dry and just some glue used to stick down the paper. I'm not convinced it water but a £10 damp meter say one way or another.

They are bullshit metres

 

[beader]

No. It could be dry and just some glue used to stick down the paper. I'm not convinced it water but a £10 damp meter say one way or another.

They are used to read the moisture content wood only and have nothing to do with damp in walls FYI.

 

[Dropsalot]

Clearly that is a hollow wall and a previous occupant has chained his spouse/ lover/friend/ enemy up and walled them in....what you have there is all their bodily fluids that pooled after their slow agonising death, and that has been drawn up into the plaster.
Obvious really.......

 

[Wayners]

They are used to read the moisture content wood only and have nothing to do with damp in walls FYI.

£8.99 works on masonry, plaster and wood. You saying is won't work? See here

 

[beader]

£8.99 works on masonry, plaster and wood. You saying is won't work? See here

They are a scare tool used by the damp industry . Do your research ,google is your friend .