This sounds like a slow host, not a problem with permissions. If the permissions are wrong, you wouldn't be able to, say, see the background, ever. If hitting reload repeatedly works at some point, it means that your server is overwhelmed and dropping requests. Can you share the URL to the affected site so that I can take a look?
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