tldr: What plaster should I use? Limelite, dryzone, breathaplasta, hardwall? I have to re-plaster the internal sides of single skin brick walls...
Hi all hope you're well! Our house has a concrete render with some cracks in it pictured below. I have had no problems with damp and it has been...
Context: I've got an 1890s terraced property with solid uninsulated walls. It was last decorated in the 70s and I want to modernise it. Part of...
I posted on here about six months ago regarding my exposed brick walls. They're a bit of a mess and the advice was to rake out all of the mortar...
Hi there I desperately need to replace some bricks and do some re-pointing. But I'm having trouble identify the mix used I'm thinking it's sharp...
I have a semi Victorian house built 1883. The previous owners had it pointed with red dye but not very deep, some has shrunk showing old lime...
Hi everyone, I’m having a two exposed brick walls in my kitchen (not to everyone’s taste but I love it). I’ve gotten the plaster off and given...
We have some builders currently half-way through lime rendering for us. They've finished scratch coat ... but: -> I think without wetting bricks...
Can anyone tell me what type of materials (sand, cement or limestone or other) have been used to make this bench? Is this polished concrete and...
Is it okay to use insulating lime plaster (some specialist brands do this) to a wall which was previously patched with thistle bonding and multi...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The cottage was built in 1904 and suffered with salts coming thru the wall, after...
Hi, I need to get the plaster in a room patched and reskimmed, and want to know if I must get lime plaster or if I can use a more modern...
Hello, So I have recently brought a c.1800 stone cottage and am at the start of the extensive work it needs doing to it. The area which is a bit...
Hi All, I am tacking another room in my house and I want a steer on the repair method for the ceiling. If there was just minor cracking and...
All, we had an extension put on our bungalow last year, timber frame with cavity and external block. the block has been rendered and is now over...
Hi I have a very old limestone block built house (portland stone) approx 270 years old, it needs repointing I am quite capable of doing this job...
I was advised that the mortar on my garden wall was lime mortar so I have began pointing it with a mortar mix of natural hydraulic lime, sand &...
Hi, I'm a novice building a small natural stone (Cotswold) wall with recessed seating – c. 4m long wall, double skin. I have about 200 stones,...
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