I'm just about to plaster my extension. One of the walls is to have a free-standing woodburning stove next to it. The wall is made of thermalite blocks.
I was planning on Dot and Dabbing the whole wall and then plastering but someone mentioned that this wouldn't last behind the stove because of the temperatures which would crack the plaster and/or muck up the bonding behind the plasterboard.
Is this true? Does anyone have any solutions? I was thinking of using an bonding/browning undercoat instead of DandDing. Some else suggested concrete rendering behing the stove but this would be difficult to blend into to the plastering on the rest of the wall (which is massive)...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I was planning on Dot and Dabbing the whole wall and then plastering but someone mentioned that this wouldn't last behind the stove because of the temperatures which would crack the plaster and/or muck up the bonding behind the plasterboard.
Is this true? Does anyone have any solutions? I was thinking of using an bonding/browning undercoat instead of DandDing. Some else suggested concrete rendering behing the stove but this would be difficult to blend into to the plastering on the rest of the wall (which is massive)...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.