At 06:53 AM 5/14/98 -0700, you wrote: >On Thu, 14 May 1998, George Shirley wrote: >> Generally paint won't loosen unless it was put on improperly. A good >> example would be failure to clean the surface well before applying the >> first coat of paint. > >Water vapor coming from inside the house can lift paint too. > >Kay Lancaster kay@fern.com >off to look at yet more overpriced realestate. > I always forget about that. We don't have a problem with interior water vapor as we go from running the furnace directly to running the air conditioning. Kay's right about that as my in-laws had that problem when they lived in a cement block house. I don't remember what their solution was but they finally solved it. George George M. Shirley, USDA Zone 9b, Southwest Louisiana Gardener, Preserver, Super Granddad, and general good guy Also modest.