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Posted by George E. Cawthon on January 21, 2007, 6:38 pm
rekabm wrote:
> I havd a small roof leak thru the main level into the basement (only
> noticed during extreme down pours). I am not worried about the basement
> because the water seemed to only be exiting through a non used, but
> wired electrical box. so it seems it was just following a wire down. I
> have since had a new roof installed and the leak is resolved. However,
> on the main level below where the leak was is a closet in the foyer.
> There are some paint cracks and bubbled paint there that indicates that
> some water came through there. I took up the baseborad in the closet,
> and cut out a small chunk of drywall, and did not notice anything
> significant. Should I replace the drywall knowing that it got
> saturated at some point, or would it be OK to just sand it down and
> re-paint?
>
> Thanks,
>
If all that happened is that it is stained, just
prime and paint. The only reason you would
replace is for appearance, e.g., a bowed surface
being the most common.
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