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    Damp wall at one end of an old limey kitchen

    We've had a problem with damp in our kitchen cupboards since we moved in. Only against one of the external walls. This is a single story outshoot from a sandstone building (I would say extension, but all the houses have them so I suspect they were built with them) The outshoot is brick and...
    • Gelf
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    • damp damp external wall lime
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Building
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    Damp Single Brick Solid wall

    Hi, my house is 1900 Victoria terrace with a ground floor passage ginnel on one side. I have a tiny single brick room on the second floor. The brick is old stock I think and is very soft. The mortar is lime and the original plaster was lime. Someone has skimmed over the plaster with a cement...
    • arc5
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    • breathable membrane condensation damp insualtion lime plaster plasterboard render single-skin
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Building
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    Plastering around old sash window

    Morning all, I removed the architrave around a ~100yr old sash window and a load of plaster came off, which wasn't a surprise. I've removed the lose plaster which has left a gap all around the window between the brick and wood liners / frame. The attached photos show the area above the...
  4. Makingtime

    Repair to red sandstone fireplace

    I have uncovered a large red sandstone fireplace (about 2 meters wide and a meter deep). It had been infilled with a large amount of bricks and cement. The stones at the back of the hearth are in very poor condition and in places have brushed away completely, exposing the concrete harl on the...
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    Removing limewash, sanding brick faces, acid, blast or other means?

    I have a 1910 London house covered side and back with limewash, then masonry paint on top, it was like this when we bought it and have been trying to figure out how to remove it ever since. The masonry paint is fairly loose and peeling in most areas (common for paint over limewash). Chemical...
    • WimWam
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    • blasting brick doff lime pointing solid walls torc
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Building
  6. StephenStephen

    What sand do I mix with lime putty plaster for finish coat?

    I'm about to put the finishing coat of lime and sand on the internal walls, over lime hemp plaster. Can I use standard sharp sand from a builders merchant to mix with the putty? I'm sure the putty supplier will answer this when I go there tomorrow, but I'd prefer to be just a little less...
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    Lime plaster (hemp actually) shrink/cracking at edges

    I'm using Ty Mawr, ready-mixed, fine-grade hemp plaster to do a base coat on an area of an interior brick and stone wall. Hopefully this picture links works ...Lime Plaster Cracking by slowlybutsurely posted 4 Jun 2016 at 11:04 PM It's filling in area surrounded by good sound plaster (regular...
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