Water Damaged Plaster Ceiling Repair, Ceiling Painters in Snyder, NY - The "Buterfly House"

We removed the water damaged plaster from the living room ceiling. Upon removal, we discovered an active leak. So we had to stop the job, until the leak was repaired. Its a waste of our time and your money, for us to repair a ceiling that still has an active leak. Due to the design of the home, the water runs to the center of the roof, and then drains off. Its a terrible design as debris from nearby trees, collects in the center of the roof, causing water to pool and eventually leak into the living space.

The homeowner shared with us a bit of history about this home in a book they have, I posted about it at the end of this post, which also shows the exterior of this home.


Due to the height and size of the anticipated ceiling repair, we opted for steel scaffold on wheels.

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water damage plaster ceiling snyder ny

water damage plaster ceiling snyder ny

This area has been repaired multiple times over the years.

water damage plaster ceiling repair snyder ny

After discovering water, we used every fan we had on the truck to help dry out the area. We removed the water saturated insulation and replaced it with new insulation prior to installing blueboard 

water damage plaster ceiling repair snyder ny



water damage plaster ceiling repair snyder ny


Once the ceiling was patched, we primed the entire ceiling with oil based primer, and then painted the ceiling

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ceiling painters snyder ny


ceiling painters snyder ny


Sebastian J Tauriello

Sebastian J Tauriello was the Architect. 1953

Here is an article about Sebastian purchasing the 'opus' (Darwin Martin's house) in the City of Buffalo: (Not this house)
http://blog.buffalostories.com/tag/sebastian-tauriello/

Carrigan Painting - Plaster Repair

Update: in February of 2024, we repaired more water damage at this home:
https://blog.carriganpainting.com/2024/02/the-buterfly-house-ceiling-repair-2024.html






Location: Snyder, NY 14226, USA

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