Recent content by Lexi

thanks for your reply Richard, it's definitely eased my mind. the bits that sound hollow don't move so i think i'll leave them as you suggested and see what happens, i can patch up any bits if they fall off! that's a good suggestion about the mesh tape, i'd not thought of that. i've got a...

Sorry i didn't explain very well!! We removed the wallpaper and left the original plaster, we just removed the bits that were blown (only a few small patches) and left the sound stuff. We then sealed all of that with diluted PVA, then when that had dried we filled in the holes with thistle...

Hi, I recently did a skim coat of finishing plaster over the old plaster in our hallway. I removed all of the old plaster, sealed the wall with diluted PVA and left to dry. Then before applying the skim coat I covered the wall again in a coat of diluted PVA (about 50/50 water & PVA) then...

We are currently buying a house which has had the chimney breasts removed on the ground floor but have been left in place on the first floor and through to the roof, rather than supporting them we would like to rebuild the chimney breasts in the ground floor rooms, does anyone have any idea of...

Hi, we have found out the in the house we are planning to buy the chimney breasts that have been removed from the ground floor rooms have not been supported properly, can anyone tell me if it is easier/cheaper to either support them properly or to just rebuild them? I have no idea of costs...