Bathrooms fail differently from every other room in the house: not through knocks and scuffs but through steam, standing moisture and poor ventilation, which is why the same mould patch so often reappears within a year of a repaint. The fix starts with ventilation, not the tin of paint.
An anti-mould paint applied over a room with an underpowered or poorly ducted extractor fan buys a season, not a solution. Before recommending a finish we ask how the room is ventilated, whether the fan runs on a timer and where the duct actually terminates, because paint cannot fix an extraction problem.
Mould tends to return in the same places: above the shower enclosure, behind a cistern, and in the corner furthest from the extractor. These cold spots need the surface prepared properly, with any existing mould treated and sealed rather than simply painted over, or it reappears through the new coat.
We mask tightly to sanitaryware and shower screens rather than removing them, and we check that sealant joints are sound before painting up to them — painting over a failing sealant just delays the moment it needs replacing, and hides the leak that might be behind it.
It helps considerably where ventilation is adequate, but it will not compensate for a fan that is too small, badly ducted or rarely used. We look at ventilation before recommending a product.
Yes, we mask sanitaryware and shower screens carefully. We only recommend removal where sealant or the surface behind it needs attention first.
We give a realistic drying window for the specific product used, and recommend keeping the extractor running and avoiding hot showers for longer than the touch-dry time suggests.
Tell us how your bathroom is ventilated and we will recommend a coating system suited to the actual room, not a generic one.
A bathroom repaint only lasts if ventilation is dealt with alongside the coating, not instead of it.
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