We have ended up stripping all the old lime plaster in our 1930s house and are now wondering whether to dry line or float the walls. Preference is to use bonding plaster rather than dryline but the question is whether that is going to cause problems down the line. There seems to be some information on internet that old brick walls with lime mortar are meant to breathe (something which lime plaster allowed it to do). Modern gypsum plaster bonding on the other hand supposedly doesn't allow it to do that which can then cause problems with damp and condensation on the walls. Dry-lining (dot & dab) provides a gap between the brick and the plaster which allows the air to circulate again.
Does anyone have experience of using bonding on old houses like that and has done it successfully with no problems? Using lime plaster again is not an option as we already have a very good plasterer who hasn't done it before (there is no conservation requirement to use lime again either).
Does anyone have experience of using bonding on old houses like that and has done it successfully with no problems? Using lime plaster again is not an option as we already have a very good plasterer who hasn't done it before (there is no conservation requirement to use lime again either).
