I cannot take it anymore. Every time I drive pass this building, I cannot take it how badly it had been built. Because it sits on my usual route back home from Orchard Road, I’m confronted by its ugliness every time, so …..here it is……..
Look at the discoloration at the top few floors of the building. This development has 2 blocks and I have observed the discoloration spreads sporadically on certain patches on the external walls. Thus, it eliminates the theory that it is due to sun exposure at a certain time and certain directions.
It cannot be the applicator (labour and method statement on applying the paint) either, again because of the sporadic nature of the discoloration.
All fingers point to the paint. These must be external paint and external paint needs a layer of sealer before the finishing coats. Recently, there was a court case on a dispute between the paint supplier and paint applicator and the paint applicator won on the basis that the supplier advised that the sealer was not necessary, resulting in the discolouration.
I showed the above photo to one of the contractors building one of my sites, had a discussion with him, together with the Architect and Project Manager. Sounds like everyone is aware of this court case but not this building.
Best guess here is that the painting done used different batches on paint and sealer, resulting in the patches to certain location of the facade.
Anyway, it is really an eyesore, at least for me. Can the MCST please quickly get a contractor to do a repainting work on them? I’m sure you have sufficient sinking fund for it.
Tags: discolouration, external, Paint, wall
