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Greetings I'm planning to clad a couple of rendered exterior walls with Cornish slate. I'd welcome any tips or advice. Plenty of guidance online about roofing, but I can't find much on doing walls. Some specific questions: Do I need to remove render or can I fix battens through render to...

Many thanks for posting, Ree. Have since had authoritative advice from the excellent RICS surveyor who did the full survey (Tony Morehen at RTP if anyone needs a firm recomendation). Apparently it is accepted practice to both tank and use lime plaster, and to the specs I posted. However...

Greetings First time poster on this great forum so be gentle with me and please excuse my ignorance. Common problem: rising damp through gypsum plaster on 19th century rubble stonework here in beautiful Cornwall. Damp consultant report (who has also quoted for the work) has suggested both...