On Jan 15, 3:35 am, Norminn wrote:
Jordan wrote:
I have a problem with the paint on the exterior of my house. It just falls
off every couple of years. I suspect that somehow moisture is building up
behind the clapboard, but I can't seen to find where it is coming from. I
could see it if the problem was on one side of the house where there might
be an undetected leak somewhere, but this problem is on all 4 sides of the
house.

When I had the house inspected when I purchased it there was no diagnoses of
the problem other than the paint being old (which it was not). When I had a
pro painter come out to take care of this they did not take care of it
despite all the extra case I paid to have them fix the issue.

I need to know who I need to have check the house to find and fix the
problem.

You certainly aren't repainting the entire house every couple of
years........are you spot painting
and having continual failure with that? Latex or oil? Does the peeling
occur at joints of the clapboards?

By the paint looking "old", it must have been chalky and faded?
Possible that the seller slapped
on a cheap paint or primer to sell. If you paint over chalk, or in
conditions the label warns against,
you can expect failure. If you know the brand of paint used, the paint
co. would probably take
a look.

Don't jump to the conclusion that your painter screwed up. Another
possibility is that moisture is moving from the inside of the house
and condensing on the siding. I have seen this in several cases--in
fact, I just tore the siding off of my own house (pine clapboard) and
there were frosty areas on the back of the siding which must have been
from moist air from the house. Is your house old? Do you know if it
has a vapor barrier on the warm side of your walls? If this is your
problem, you are basically looking at residing the house with a
maintenance free product or backpriming wood siding and adding an air
space behind it.