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Painting Garage Wall
dogman - 1/1/14 at 12:47 PM

I have an interior breeze block garage wall which gets damp when it rains.
I cannot access the outside of the garage wall to seal it from the outside.

Any suggestions for sealing etc the interior wall would be much appreciated.

hootsno1 - 1/1/14 at 01:03 PM

When I did mine I use external paint for mine it's easy to clean and makes my workshop look a lot brighter

mookaloid - 1/1/14 at 01:15 PM

Google "tanking membrane" this can be either a hard bubble wrap type plastic fastened to the walls then you could line with plasterboard or plywood, or there are paint on liquid tanking membranes which will be cheaper but not as good.

jacko - 1/1/14 at 01:46 PM

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=thompson+water+seal+ultra&rlz=1C1FDUM_enGB492GB492&oq=thompson+water&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.30550j0j4&am p;sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

How about something like this
Welcome to the madhouse
Jacko

coozer - 1/1/14 at 02:29 PM

Have you checked the guttering? May be just a simple fix to keep the water off.

chris-g - 1/1/14 at 03:08 PM

Paint it with a damp proof liquid membrane such as this from Wickes but first make sure you don't have some other problem that is causing the damp.

http://www.wickes.co.uk/damp-proof-membrane-liquid-5l/invt/241217/

Slimy38 - 1/1/14 at 03:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by chris-g
but first make sure you don't have some other problem that is causing the damp.


What he said. Is it actual water coming in from the outside when it's raining, or is it condensation from cold brick and moisture in the air? If it's condensation, then I'm not sure whether sealing things up will be the good thing to do?

My garage has untreated breeze blocks as an interior wall and they're as dry as a bone. Ugly, but dry.