Help! We are getting mold on an interior wood paneled wall
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Comments (7)For wood, prime with an oil primer and then two coats of paint on top, latex or oil, your choice. I recommend back-priming as well. I've never had problems with wood molding or mildewing in a bathroom. And FWIW, in my kids' bathroom they have a wood ceiling and wood crown INSIDE the tiled tub surround. No problems or discoloration. If you go with the faux-paneling, no worries there, just treat it the same with the exception that you don't have to back-prime the paneling. I do recommend not using any MDF in a bathroom. As to outlets and whatnot, you can get outlet box extenders at the home centers to extend the outlet box the thickness of the paneling. You can use a simple backband around existing door trim to "thicken" the outside edge of the trim for the paneling to butt into. The one issue might be behind the toilet, the clearance between the toilet tank and the wall. You could slip paneling in there fine, but thicker 3/4" stock might be too thick. Depends on your specific situation. If you go with thicker stock, you could box out the tank with trim and butt the paneling to the trim. Really depends on the tank, the wall, and what looks best. Due to VOC issues, oil paints/primers are slowly being banished to eco-heaven. Latex primers are getting better. But for now I still prefer an oil primer over bare wood regardless of what the topcoat will be....See MoreMold in the house we are buying
Comments (8)I am a microbiologist by training and I had a similar experience when I was buying my house. I found mold in the hall & master baths (adjacent to each other) as well as in the laundry room at the other end of the house. My realtor recommended getting remediation estimates - I ended up having an industrial hygienist assess the amount of involvement and do spore counts, and then got estimates on remediation. Ended up buying the house and then had the bathrooms and laundry gutted to the studs, cleaned up the mold, fixed the plumbing and roof leaks that were the original sources of problems, rebuilt the laundry and one bath (master is still gutted). I did get the price of the house down by $20K but in retrospect that didn't come close to covering all the costs. Energy_rater is correct - cleaning up the mold is useless if you don't figure out where the water is coming from. I would be very cautious about buying this house until you figure out the water source....See MoreHelp Toning Down Natural Wood and Brightening Interior
Comments (14)The problem with painting wood paneling is that you can never go backwards. I can sympathize with getting visually bored, even with a beautiful home like yours. Sometimes one wants a change to add some excitement. BUT, once you do it you're stuck with it. And I would really hate to see those walls painted. I'd like to suggest two changes: 1) I like nosoccermom's first suggestion of sheetrocking the ceiling between the beams. I'd talk to a contractor to ask if that is something that can be easily removed later. The fact is, styles change and the next homeowner - or even yourself, after another 15 yrs have gone by - might want that all-wood ceiling style back again. 2) I agree with aprilneverends that your home seems serious underlit. We finished a MBR remodel in late 2015 and the biggest improvement we made was the installation of a high-power LED lighting system. Interestingly, it went in first, and even before we did any other improvements, the improved lighting made a HUGE difference. That wasn't just our opinion, btw - even the various contractors agreed! One other point I just thought of: In nosoccermom's first photo, you'll notice the slightly darker wood floor really makes the patterned rugs "pop". Your beige carpeting so mutes the rugs, at least from the photos, I had to go back and look at them again to realize how beautiful they really are. Anyway, I agree - your "before" photos are what many folks would love to have as is!...See MoreWhat color should we paint wood paneling in family room ?
Comments (25)NO to painting the fireplace. Look at it. See how deep the mortar joints are? Those joints will always be dark because they are recessed, so you will end up with a checkerboard grid that looks awful. Plus, it will be very tedious to paint those joints. Plus, plus, the joints are simply dust catchers. If you had normal joints, it would be different--you'd have a subtle variation in texture. This will look like a huge mistake. See the difference in this photo. Finally: That paneling is surely applied over wallboard. It probably pops off with little trouble leaving wallboard with a few small holes in it from the short paneling nails. Easy to patch and will look better than painted paneling (which, IMHO, is a very mobile home look)....See Morelinnertime
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