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Swimming pool – concrete wall cracking/deterioration

Swimming pool paint failure

Painted timber weatherboards – paint chalking

  • Weathering, UV light exposure – chalking will be more visible with darker colours

    How to repair

Painted timber weatherboards – faded paint finish

  • Weathering, UV light exposure – darker colours are more prone to fading 

    How to repair

Painted timber weatherboards – peeling or flaking paint

Painted timber weatherboards – bubbling or blistering of paint

  • Loss of adhesion due to excess moisture in substrate

    How to repair

  • Poor initial substrate preparation

    How to repair

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Painted timber weatherboards – paint failure at base of walls

  • Cladding covered by soil/foliage

    How to repair

  • The back surface of boards is too close to the ground, not sealed and absorbing moisture

    How to repair

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Timber weatherboards – joints opening

  • Thermal expansion and contraction of timber

    How to repair

  • Timber swelling/shrinkage caused by moisture absorption into end grain if joints were not adequately primed before installation and painting or staining

    How to repair

Paint failure at joints and external corners of timber weatherboards

Cupping of timber weatherboards

Rot in timber weatherboards

  • Timber is or has been continuously damp

    How to repair

  • Timber was inadequately treated – radiata pine must be treated to H3.1 if painted and H3.2 if installed unpainted or stained

    How to repair

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Rot at base of timber weatherboard walls