blistering paint: One, Two, Three, You Can't Hide From Me!
- 05/05/11 04:08 AM
One, Two, Three, You Can't Hide From Me! The First Clue Here the street face of the painted basement concrete wall is blistered. The other adjacent units are not. They have smooth solid paint surfaces. Blistering paint is caused by water escaping from underneath. This means the walls are wet or are getting water from some where. The most common sources are conditions found higher up the walls or from the roof.
The Second Clue This is over head on the same front wall. This is the roof soffit. Now the dirt on the top of (6 comments)
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