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enjoy it. You won’t be laughing when you see how much they charge.
Do all victorian properties need lime render?
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Some cracked render wouldn't tell us much, but a few pics of the outside of the house may give us an idea of the construction.
And as earlier, loft spaces are a good place to start looking, as they are the most bereft of decoration!
All the houses in my terrace would have started life with exposed stone walls on the outside, and lime plastered walls on the inside.
The damp problems for my house were because gypsum plaster was skimmed over the original lime plaster on the inside, and cement render was applied to the outside - removing either one, would have helped in my case.
I hope that clears up any confusion!
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Some cracked render wouldn't tell us much, but a few pics of the outside of the house may give us an idea of the construction.
And as earlier, loft spaces are a good place to start looking, as they are the most bereft of decoration!
All the houses in my terrace would have started life with exposed stone walls on the outside, and lime plastered walls on the inside.
The damp problems for my house were because gypsum plaster was skimmed over the original lime plaster on the inside, and cement render was applied to the outside - removing either one, would have helped in my case.
I hope that clears up any confusion!
Aw crap, so Ill have to get lime inside too, ok. im tryign to find hopw to upload an image rather than using a link.??
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Wherabouts are you?
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Devon. and do you know how I upload a photo, rather than link? (sorry for asking for too much time)
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‘upload a file’ follow the link to your photos
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could be as low as £45/ mtr, if your’e lucky and can find someone.
Or as high as £60+ given the prices on stuff now.
Although it’s just a guess , I don’t know what the rate is in the South West.
Plasterers are charging what they want .
Wrong place heres a link there should be quite a lot here, it looks like they are still doing dinners the hall is a wonderful place there should be some pictures of it there along with plasterers names but yes god is right dont expect it to be cheap but any members there will have at least 20 years experience or have level 3 qualifications and more ive just looked and it looks like they have deleted or moved the members page but you can phone them https://plaistererslivery.co.uk/ if your that worried about getting the right person thats the place for you
Theres too much work around at the moment, just under 60 quid inc vat a metre plus materials around this area.
Most of that render is in good nick is it not?
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would look smart in plymouth grey.
I used to live near Plymouth and from what I remember (and a quick look around Street view!), you probably have a stone built house. There isn't very much brick about at all.
Many of the front facades have faced stone with the sides being a little rougher - random example here:
I believe the stone is mostly a local limestone and relatively hard. So isn't as susceptible to damage as some softer rocks.
...and above all, nearly every house is rendered!
It would be fair to say, that most of those buildings would by now, be rendered in sand/cement!
So the question is, do you have any problems with the house, that the use of lime will solve?
...or are you in one of Plymouth's conservation areas?
https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/plannin...signconservationandheritage/conservationareas
Many of the front facades have faced stone with the sides being a little rougher - random example here:
I believe the stone is mostly a local limestone and relatively hard. So isn't as susceptible to damage as some softer rocks.
...and above all, nearly every house is rendered!
It would be fair to say, that most of those buildings would by now, be rendered in sand/cement!
So the question is, do you have any problems with the house, that the use of lime will solve?
...or are you in one of Plymouth's conservation areas?
https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/plannin...signconservationandheritage/conservationareas
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Provided that the render is not blown, a decent decorator should be able to deal with the cracks. I would angle grind the cracks and then fill them with Toupret Fibacryl followed by a top up with Toupret Touprelith F.
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