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blown plaster

  1. mitch079

    Blown plaster advice

    My partner and I have recently purchased our first home. While renovating a large portion of our rooms have plaster which has small cracks throughout and a hollow tapping sound as shown in the images. We originally were going to blue grit and skim over the existing plaster how bad of an idea...
  2. K

    Poor Skim Job Over Artex

    About to redecorate a room and was preparing to get a plasterer in to re-skim the walls, but I've discovered loads of blown plaster over what appears to be Artex underneath, on all 4 walls. Some of the plaster just flakes off in massive pieces with just a tap, but in places is adhered better and...
  3. O

    Does this need to be rebuilt?

    I decided to finally deal with some blown plaster around a kitchen window, and ended up removing all of the plaster below one of the windows, which came away easily. Underneath, the brick seemed slightly damp, which is strange given all the hot weather we've had recently. At either ends the wood...
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  4. W

    Blown Plaster

    Hi I am trying to decorate a room in our new house which is on the first floor of a 80s double storey extension. I have found a lot of blown Plaster on one wall particularly. The would have been the original external brick wall, I'm guessing is blown because of what it was applied to. There's...
  5. T

    Best compound to use when fixing blown plaster

    Hello, living room is in a bit of a state, previous owner hadn’t applied plaster properly and large sections of it are blown. After scraping to remove all the loose plaster, which compound is the best to feather in these areas? I’m not an expert at plastering but have a little bit of experience...
  6. Derekbirmingham

    Wallpapering a patched plaster wall

    hello people im derek from birmingham and this is my first venture into wallpapering.. I live in a 50’s x council house and im in the process of steam stripping a bedroom wall with the view of repapering.. From the photo would it be a good idea to cross under paper first before i put the main...
  7. O

    Wall repair after water damage

    Hi, I am new to plastering but have done a few bits of DIY in the past successfully! Had a problem with damp that was fixed by a major roofing and repointing job around 6 months ago. It's definitely dry now, but when checking the blown plaster whole chunks of it fell away and left old...
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