Removing some plaster of an old terrace house is proving to be more problematic than I initially thought.
Hacking the plaster from about 1m up from the floor level is relatively easy (the plaster is probably a lime mixture) on the lower area the plaster is very hard and I believe there was a damp issue which was "corrected" somehow...
Reading some articles about managing rising damp in old building I'm getting the idea that is probably better to remove the plaster anyway and try to address the damp problem (if any) in another way.
Letting the old wall "breath" freely can be a solution but I'm planning to cover the same with insulated plasterboard with dot and dab or low expansion foam. Could this be a solution to let a bit of air running freely behind the insulated boards? Maybe there's going to be a 10mm gap due from irregularities of the wall and the unevenness of the fixing method used.
Any suggestion?
Hacking the plaster from about 1m up from the floor level is relatively easy (the plaster is probably a lime mixture) on the lower area the plaster is very hard and I believe there was a damp issue which was "corrected" somehow...
Reading some articles about managing rising damp in old building I'm getting the idea that is probably better to remove the plaster anyway and try to address the damp problem (if any) in another way.
Letting the old wall "breath" freely can be a solution but I'm planning to cover the same with insulated plasterboard with dot and dab or low expansion foam. Could this be a solution to let a bit of air running freely behind the insulated boards? Maybe there's going to be a 10mm gap due from irregularities of the wall and the unevenness of the fixing method used.
Any suggestion?