Recent content by hairyfish

Thank you all for your replies; this is the first time I have used a forum and I am encouraged by and grateful of people's good will in replying - nice to know the whole world isn't bad! Unfortunately it was definitely allowed to dry (in some rooms there was probably a couple of weeks gap...

Thanks for the advice! Why do you think there could be a problem related to the original plaster? This seemed in pretty good condition apart from the crazing and odd crack here and there. Also, there is no damp currently, but we have been told that as the plasterer has used bonding...

Your wisdom would be much appreciated on our skimming nightmare – sorry for the length of the posting!!! We recently purchased a 1930’s house and painstakingly stripped off all the wall paper (no steamers), the original walls (lime plaster – it think) had ‘crazing’ lines all over but were...