Bear with me, as I don't know very much about plastering (as is probably apparent!). I'm currently renovating my 1930s house and have just had the living room/dining room knocked through (RSJ installed). I've also just taken all of the original plaster off the walls to get re-done as it was in poor condition after removing the wallpaper.
My builder gave me the number of a retired plasterer he knows, who came round the other day to give me a price. He said it would be best to dot and dab rather than use render as the walls were originally, but reading on here there seems to be quite a bit of negativity towards this method. Why is this? I know people often mention not being able to fix to it properly, but surely if you use slightly longer fixings you'll be in brick anyway? Is rendering far more expensive? I'm just intrigued as to why it's considered a poorer method and so which would be best for me (I have tried searching this, but couldn't find much). The walls are brick cavity (well, the 2 external walls, the internal are solid brick).
My builder gave me the number of a retired plasterer he knows, who came round the other day to give me a price. He said it would be best to dot and dab rather than use render as the walls were originally, but reading on here there seems to be quite a bit of negativity towards this method. Why is this? I know people often mention not being able to fix to it properly, but surely if you use slightly longer fixings you'll be in brick anyway? Is rendering far more expensive? I'm just intrigued as to why it's considered a poorer method and so which would be best for me (I have tried searching this, but couldn't find much). The walls are brick cavity (well, the 2 external walls, the internal are solid brick).