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This is what I was thinking. If we are getting efflorescence in the chimney bricks is it okay to re-plaster or simply cover the bricks with drywall? I would probably have a pro tackle it this time. :LOL:

Interesting! Thanks for taking a look. Below are some closer up pictures including a small chip of the material that was underneath my skim coat. In my layman's terms I would say it looks like sand. When the skim coat first started cracking/popping, there was a fine powdery material underneath...

Hi everyone, My 1925 house is having some issues on a chimney breast in our dining room. When we moved in we pulled down the wallpaper in there, including on the chimney breast. The wall had been repaired before a long time ago and was uneven so I applied a skim coat of joint compound to level...