blending plaster into stone where window boards removed

[DamoB]

Haha tis a bit of a dilemma

To be honest, you wouldn't be losing a huge amount of insulation by removing the plasterboard, and if you crack on it'll be off by lunchtime!

Get the Mrs a bottle of wine on the way back from the tip, sorted

 

[DamoB]

Don't forget that you'd only be applying pva onto the stone that's having plaster applied to it, so a very small area effectively...shouldn't be an issue.

It would be a bit of a gamble hacking off as you're right, you don't know what's underneath, but probably worth it I reckon. Any problems you come across will most likely be quite easily solved.

 

[phillippilkington300]

Chocolate seen as she is pregnant but aye your probably right!!

Haha tis a bit of a dilemma

To be honest, you wouldn't be losing a huge amount of insulation by removing the plasterboard, and if you crack on it'll be off by lunchtime!

Get the Mrs a bottle of wine on the way back from the tip, sorted

 

[phillippilkington300]

I am thinking more about taking it off now, I know your right. I remeber my surveyor telling me that there had been a fire in the corner once from a hole in the chimney, he noted that the joists had been replaced from it, so I am a little worried that the stone will be soot black but i guess its only a bit of needle gun work if it is. I will have to research repointing now lol

Don't forget that you'd only be applying pva onto the stone that's having plaster applied to it, so a very small area effectively...shouldn't be an issue.

It would be a bit of a gamble hacking off as you're right, you don't know what's underneath, but probably worth it I reckon. Any problems you come across will most likely be quite easily solved.

 

[phillippilkington300]

When I said no lintel I was of course being very thick and meant no cill lol

How big are the stone block on the sides of the window? It may be worth cutting a bit of p/board back to see. You could then make a feature out of them by cutting around the p/board each side to expose them and finish the edges off by feathering them in like DamoB said. They look like granite to me and may have been a feature years ago. How old is the house and have you any history of it? The lintol over the window also looks like a piece of granite. Tho l may be wrong, what is the natural rock in your area. DamoB should know if its granite coming from Cornwall ps. I see you are in Yorkshire so it is probably York store

 

[DamoB]

Good point about wine and pregnancy not mixing...just as well I never became a midwife

Like you said the stonework 'should' be identical to that in the room above and if so the re-pointing will be a doddle. It's a slowish job but you've got some big stones there which cut down the time considerably.

There's a company near me that specialise in old building restoration and they sell buckets of pre-mixed lime putty/mortar. The last cottage I worked on had one end wall fully exposed and we used this pre-mixed stuff to re-point. It was an easy enough job to allow the boy to do

I would think that the same stuff would be suitable for your place.

 

[phillippilkington300]

Oh really? that sound good. I had my gabel end re pointed (he used cement, I didnt know any different then), and he had some guns where you put it in one end and squirt it into the gaps, looked easy enough. Even easier if I dont have to learn to mix it etc. Ill have to call round the merchants see if I can get it here.

Ive put her in a right mood telling her that I want to rip it all down so I will have to see how we get on with pregnancy hormones lol

Good point about wine and pregnancy not mixing...just as well I never became a midwife

Like you said the stonework 'should' be identical to that in the room above and if so the re-pointing will be a doddle. It's a slowish job but you've got some big stones there which cut down the time considerably.

There's a company near me that specialise in old building restoration and they sell buckets of pre-mixed lime putty/mortar. The last cottage I worked on had one end wall fully exposed and we used this pre-mixed stuff to re-point. It was an easy enough job to allow the boy to do

I would think that the same stuff would be suitable for your place.

 

[DamoB]

Bleddy hell...good luck old chap

Just had a quick google and there's plenty of lime suppliers in Yorkshire, and you can even buy it online these days

I'd speak to a couple of the suppliers near you, tell them what you're doing and they'll sort you out.

I'm not sure if you can use pointing guns with lime mortar as it may be too stiff. I've used one in the past for cement pointing and remember having to get the mix quite wettish to enable it to work properly. Hawk and trowel was how we re-pointed with lime.

 

[roy c]

I have done a bit of pointing myself but always used a 5or 6-1 mix of sand and cement with no additives and knocked it up like a floor screed mix (just holds together when you squeeze it in your hand) I racked the joints out quite deep then force the mix in with a gauging trowel then when it has pulled in a bit raked it out with a pointed piece of wood so the mix is back from the edge of the stone then gently brush the loose stuff out. There is a few pictures in one of my albums (Stonework and Finishing off stone work,)of a stone wall I clad around a porch for one of my mates have a look and you will see what I mean