Advice on repairing damaged wall

[ruggiero]

Hi,

Premise: I am not a professional.

This is a wall in my storage room. The paint and some plaster have come away, and the surface is in poor condition. Is there anything practical I can do to make this wall look better without a full re-plaster?

Thanks
Ruggiero

 

[Wayners]

Lath and plaster? Lime plaster?
Solid or movement when you push a bit?

 

[ruggiero]

It's quite solid actually. I don't think it is lath and plaster.

It's a bit flaky where you see the holes. Especially close to the boards.

 

[accelerator]

Use some Polyfilla products to fill the holes and smooth the wall, such as:

Polycell Advanced Polyfilla - Filler | Polycell

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Polycell Polyfilla SmoothOver for Damaged and Textured Walls - Plaster | Polycell

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[sparkwright]

What about screwing sheets of plywood over it all?

 

[Wayners]

You can use 6mm plasterboard and stick it on wall with a polymer.
Fill joints with toupret powder filler and sand.
Paint.
Not much skill required.
Other option is just use toupret powder filler. 2 or 3 goes filing in allowing each go to set.
Sand and paint

 

[sparkwright]

Some skirting board would hide where it's really bad at the bottom.

 

[RrogerD]

What about screwing sheets of plywood over it all?

Unless you're a plasterer and can skim the lot, I would as above, affix plywood sheets over the lot.