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just up the road in Old Trafford.

Hello all. Just sorting out my living room. I've opened up the fireplace & now I need to sort the walls. I stripped off all the woodchip to reveal two walls which (i think) are the original victorian plaster. (there is horsehair in it) The other two walls have been skimmed at some point in...

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not sure it really matters as long as it sets & dries properly. I'd do a little test first with a 50/50 mix & see what happens.

Thanks JJ. is there anything else I could do regarding clearing the earth underneath? I've taken the whole lot down about 2ft this morning, but obviously quite a lot more to do. Could I just cover it with a layer of sand or lime or something (?) to help absorb the moisture. By the way...

Greg. Thanks. Can you (and anyone else) just have a look at the photos below. Underneath the floorboards the brick has "growth" on it. Is this dry rot, anything to be worried about?

I noticed one of the floorboards was "bouncing" near the back door and pulled up the carpet to find the floor in a bit of a mess. The house is Victorian & been bodged here and there over the years. Started pulling up the floorboards and found the joists to be crumbling (more so towards the...