garage paint or disguise

3 years ago

I painted my garage last year during lockdown with a supposedly 'trade' white paint but it's flaked off the bottom in some places where its gone green.
I treated the algae etc and repaired a leaking gutter but it's removed a load of the paint now and some of the walls are even going yellow 😱😩
Before painting it it was a mucky render which I jet washed, sprayed down with an algae killer and left to dry for a week or two.
I then gave it 3 coats of the paint.
I probably should have used a primer but didn't think about it at the time.
So now I'm left with a stained patchy garage and it's going on the market in 5 weeks so need to sort it. I can see it from our doors.
All the gutters and two windows are white upvc so don't have time to paint all these.
Options are
1) scrub off any flaking paint and redo in a dark grey one so any future stains won't be as noticeable (also decent brand!)
- issues being time to dry it out before painting /what grey colour is nice/
2) use some cheap screening to hide it
Issues- can't screen over all of it which would look best as windows there so won't that look stupid cutting around it?
Would have to use say a reed or bamboo for cost.
Any fencing/trellis would still need painting so can't do that.
😕
Garage wall is far left of the picture where the yellow bucket is. There is a narrow passage down there which doesn't get much light - hence why it grows algae on)

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Daisy England

3 years ago

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3 years ago
Dud you use garage door paint?
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User
3 years ago
or masonry paint? (can't see what's been painted)
Tani H-S
Original Author
3 years ago
Ah mare. Not sure why it didnt load! Will take a new one today with the paint coming off as was too dark yesterday so posted an old one.

Had used a masonry paint that was unbranded trade paint. Was expensive but obviously not great quality!
The garage wall was originally rendered in a mucky brown but had years of algae growth and dirt on it so painted it all white last summer.
I got a new colour mixed from johnstones which is a softer white as hates the pure white but now thinking its pointless painting it in a light colour at all 😢
Tani H-S
Original Author
3 years ago
Garage! Think the algae remover has stripped the paint off.
Can't see the yellowing on the walls which is think is from water on it at the far end. It slopes up the garden but there is another smaller window next to that large one behind the tree.
Tani H-S
Original Author
3 years ago
Ps that's the view from our main lounge so it has to look nice 😞
Sonia
3 years ago
Bit random, but as the problem is mainly at the bottom of the wall, could it be painted black or charcoal grey rather like a “skirt”?
Tani H-S
Original Author
3 years ago
Well the greeny/yellow is all over the far right side of the garage wall on the central part so that will all have to be painted.

I did wonder about putting something across the bottom to protect it as it's quite damp area and no sun but not sure what
Paint stripe might be hard to do and look a bit weird maybe? Wood? 🤷🏻
Tani H-S
Original Author
3 years ago
Would that roll of reed fencing look awful cut out to the windows?
PRO
Garden Design Guru
3 years ago
I would definitely use some type of trellis (usually we build that in-situ) and get a whole wall of greenery growing in front of it. Not attached to the garage but standing independently in front with a little room for the wall to breathe.

Best to get to the bottom of where that damp issue is coming from though and sort it out first.
PRO
Garden Design Guru
3 years ago
Chances are that the wall was not actually really dry when it was painted. It can takes months for the bottom of a wall to really dry out.
Tani H-S
Original Author
3 years ago
Hi, thanks. It was only washed down when we had super dry hot weather last year in the lockdown and it was left for quite a while to dry but its only the bottom which was sprayed that the paint has flaked off. It got wet there from water dropping from the window cill and also leaking gutters which I've now repaired as there is a damp brick course 2 bricks up from the bottom of the garage so it never sits in water. It just doesn't get any sun down the bottom side do algae loves it 🙊

We go on the market in 5 weeks so no time to grow any greenery sadly
PRO
Garden Design Guru
3 years ago
Gutters are a typical source of damp walls. It's not going to dry out and hold paint now though.

I've also found that spraying paint seems not to hold as well as painting with brush.

There is a algicide called 'Wet and Forget'which might help.
Tani H-S
Original Author
3 years ago
Yes I sprayed it with that last year but it came back. Used Jay's on it now and it's cleared it but I'm trying to work out the best way to disguise it and make it look nice as paint isn't working
User
3 years ago
Do you have some planters you could move to the garage wall, to divert attention away from it?
Tani H-S
Original Author
3 years ago
@sarah - not any narrow wide ones - just tall square ones. But can think of something for the bottom but not the yellowing of the wall further down 😕

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