Hi,
I'm tackling my first renovation and need some advise regarding the walls/ Plastering.
The flat/ Maisonette is the top floor of a 2 storey victorian 1900 semi detached house (London).
Having removed the wall paper in one of the rooms, I've discovered numerous cracks, and different attempts at patching up the walls.
It looks like a combination of old & modern plasters.
I've included some pictures...
On one area I've removed the plaster back to the wall (Picture 2), where modern plaster was put over the top of what appeared to be a older plaster (Picture 3)
This grey plaster (Pic3) is really crumbly and dry. In fact you only have to touch it for the plaster to turn to dust and fall away from the wall.
I would like some advise on how to tackle this room. My Goal is to achieve a finish allowing me to paint the room.
Do I strip most of the plaster back to the brick and replace with Thistle Hardwall? where the plaster has separated from the brick? I'm thinking this because if I patch up with modern Gypsum Plaster, it's only going to dry out the base lime plaster and eventually detach from the wall.
I suspect the original plaster work is Lime based, hence the reason it's all dried out now..
The internal walls are Lath & Plaster and these walls seem to have held up better than the external walls in the pictures.
Am I right in thinking the black paint at the top of Pic 1 is some kind of damp proofing paint.
appreciate your thoughts on how to tackle this.
Thank you...
I'm tackling my first renovation and need some advise regarding the walls/ Plastering.
The flat/ Maisonette is the top floor of a 2 storey victorian 1900 semi detached house (London).
Having removed the wall paper in one of the rooms, I've discovered numerous cracks, and different attempts at patching up the walls.
It looks like a combination of old & modern plasters.
I've included some pictures...
On one area I've removed the plaster back to the wall (Picture 2), where modern plaster was put over the top of what appeared to be a older plaster (Picture 3)
This grey plaster (Pic3) is really crumbly and dry. In fact you only have to touch it for the plaster to turn to dust and fall away from the wall.
I would like some advise on how to tackle this room. My Goal is to achieve a finish allowing me to paint the room.
Do I strip most of the plaster back to the brick and replace with Thistle Hardwall? where the plaster has separated from the brick? I'm thinking this because if I patch up with modern Gypsum Plaster, it's only going to dry out the base lime plaster and eventually detach from the wall.
I suspect the original plaster work is Lime based, hence the reason it's all dried out now..
The internal walls are Lath & Plaster and these walls seem to have held up better than the external walls in the pictures.
Am I right in thinking the black paint at the top of Pic 1 is some kind of damp proofing paint.
appreciate your thoughts on how to tackle this.
Thank you...
