Does anyone live in a house that's from 1935 year mark? Need some advice

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So I have lived in this 1935 house for 8 years. I've never actually stripped the old landing wall paper off when I moved in because it was just plain white so I just painted over it. This week I decided to strip it so I can have the old wall paper off and paint it a nice colour. Upon stripping it the paint underneath wall paper is flaky and now I'm worried it's lead paint and we will all get ill. Anyone else live in a 1935 house of near that and had paint like this but turned out to be fine?

WE had to strip skirting boards in a house of that vintage, I know what the advice was 18 yrs ago about stripping but you need to check latest.

I'm not sure if wall paint ever had lead in it; was gloss that you had to watch for (on wood or metal).

Hmm. Ours did this but I assumed it was because it was really old paper. It was odd. Almost like tissue thin paper? Then I stripped that off and all the plaster fell off so we had to re-plaster the whole house.
So unless you have a spare few grand, maybe just paint over what's there rather than strip. 😆

Could it be distemper as that's quite flaky.

You won't get ill just from the paint being uncovered. You get ill from breathing or ingesting the lead, so keep the area clean and free of dust/flakes, and maybe wear a face mask & gloves when you're doing the cleaning, and you should be fine until you know what you have (and be a little bit careful when you're changing the relevant vacuum bag, if that's what you use). Kids more vulnerable, so keep them away.

But yes, our house is from 1938, and when we had to open some walls in our basement we found lead paint. You should probably test to be sure.

Ugh! Kids are more vulnerable, rather!

Not discovered lead paint but had to get rid of loads of asbestos when we first moved in. Watch out for garage roofs and under stair cupboards, especially if it's flaking.

This is an example of the landing wall

Thank you I'm just terrified out putting my kids in danger

Now I've got myself into a massive worry because some time ago my ex drilled holes in our ceiling to put spot lights in and now I'm worried it contained some type of asbestos or something and exposed us ! House was built in 1930s but no artex or anything

If the paint on the wall looks rather like emulsion, and is in a pastel colour, it is likely to be distemper. Doesn't contain lead but it made with a glue from horses hooves which resists cold water but dissolves in hot. You can scrape a bit off and test it in a saucepan. It has a distinctive unpleasant smell.

It is difficult to redecorate as new paint won't stick to it. You can scrub it with a kettle and wipe off with an old towel.

Don’t worry overmuch. My dad was a child of the 40s, and used to chew all the lead paint off his dinky cars. And everyone had lead water pipes. Avoiding lead is obviously a good thing. But a one off exposure to a tiny amount won’t harm you.

Our house was built in 1935 and we recently took the wallpaper off in the hall/landing/stairs to paint the walls instead. We found the original walls underneath complete with dark blue gloss up to half way.

OP our walls didn’t peel like in your photo so I can’t offer much support there.

From what others are saying, didnthe gloss contain lead? Nothing was said by the decorators. I’m not particularly worried - none of us are I’ll - but more interested.

Lead causes damage to the brain and nervous system, especially to babies and children, so you probably wouldn't be aware of it.

Here's an interesting thing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27067615

www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/02/an-updated-lead-crime-roundup-for-2018/

I’ve redecorates an entire house from 1928 and still here. It takes years if exposure to cause damage. If your worried leave it be and get an expert in

We also have had to gradually replaster each room as the wall were just to bad.

@PigletJohn. Oh crikey! Good to know - I’ve got a two year old and a baby in the house!

Our house is 1939. It may be distemper but it may just be ordinary paint flaking from age / the way the surface was prepared previously etc. We didnt have lead paint or asbestos - save for the garage roof.