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Old house, old 50s drywall. What would cause the paper layer to bubble and separate like that?
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>>2795582
dead body in the wall
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>>2795582
the moisture from the dead body
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me, I've been pissing on your wall for 20 years
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It looks like paint on another incompatible paint
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>>2795582
Have seen this before while doing a job up north.
At first, we thought it may've sunlight through the window hitting the drywall over a long-period of time.
So, we ripped it up, intending to replace the drywall portion that was bubbling.
Turns out that wasn't what caused it though.
There was a dead body in the wall and the moisture caused it to bubble.
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>>2795582
>pic
its too late
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>>2795582
Oh, you found my piss wall. I'm on the other side.
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Moisture on what you painted or coming from behind
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looks like the dead body in the wall is starting to leak urine
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Ill tell you exactly what it is …termites
They have eaten the paper up to the paint. its the paint bubbling
Thank me later.
t. 45 yr pro house remodeler
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>>2795582
black mold from the moisture from the urine from the dead body
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>>2795582
Did you just paint directly over the dead body or...?
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>>2795582
like everyone said, its moisture. Cut it out and see if there is water collecing behind there.
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>>2795582
leadsbestos
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Turns out it was termites. After a Google search I scraped the paint. They eat the paper
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>>2795582
Had that before involving a /a/ book, house is older than that, silverfish and termites ruin houses pretty well.

See if you can get it patched and hire a exterminator if you have a lot of them. Should be a easy /diy/ solution for killing termites firsthand without a exterminator.
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>>2799300
I win again…
Old saying, If you’re the smartest person in the room, youre in the wrong room
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>>2795582
outgassing, typically signs of a dead body
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>>2799300
they were probably attracted to the dead body



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