hi,
I've got this house, its 150-400 years old in different places. one of the oldish bits has terrible condition brickwork, you can pull the bricks out by hand and the mortar just blows away. I've been replacing it all so far with a standard cement/home sand/yellow sand mix. I just want to know if I should continue doing it this way or switch to a lime mix? I'm also wondering how to finish the walls i.e. plaster/plasterboard but I do not want moisture to ruin it all. most of the brickwork is single skin. should I batten (with dpc behind) then screw plasterboard on. or can I plaster (sand/cement) direct to the brick, or in this case should I be using lime?
sorry basic questions, but I need to start somewhere.
thanks.
I've got this house, its 150-400 years old in different places. one of the oldish bits has terrible condition brickwork, you can pull the bricks out by hand and the mortar just blows away. I've been replacing it all so far with a standard cement/home sand/yellow sand mix. I just want to know if I should continue doing it this way or switch to a lime mix? I'm also wondering how to finish the walls i.e. plaster/plasterboard but I do not want moisture to ruin it all. most of the brickwork is single skin. should I batten (with dpc behind) then screw plasterboard on. or can I plaster (sand/cement) direct to the brick, or in this case should I be using lime?
sorry basic questions, but I need to start somewhere.
thanks.