Extremely Poor Internal Walls in 1960s House

[claireebee]

Hi All

Hope someone can help suggest what to do with our walls please...

We bought a terraced house last year that was built in 1962 and hasn't really been touched since the 70s from the look of it.

Problem is we have now stripped the wallpaper in the huge lounge (23'5" x 14'8") and the 'plasterboard' underneath is really weird - it seems to basically be some sort of cardboard with an extremely thin layer of something over the top, a lot of which has come off with the paper

We don't have a lot of money so can't really afford to get a plasterer in, hubby did plaster our kitchen but its rough and ready and he not happy doing whole lounge. Am after suggestions of what to do to improve the finish without spending loads - am concerned that just painting is going to look rubbish.

Is there such a thing as textured internal paint, or can we maybe add a proportion of plaster to paint to improve the finish? You can see the joins between each panel of the wall and the little bits of exposed 'cardboard' look hideous!

Sorry for such a long post but really hope someone can help us please

 

[HERTS P&D]

We don't have a lot of money so can't really afford to get a plasterer in, hubby did plaster our kitchen but its rough!

Is there such a thing as textured internal paint, or can we maybe add a proportion of plaster to paint to improve the finish?

You could Artex the walls, then it would look like a 70's house.

Leave as it is and get quotes AFTER christmas to have it re-plastered and start saving.

Andy

 

[claireebee]

hi andy

thanks for super speedy reply!

Not sure what other half will reckon to artex but don't you need to be quite skilled to apply it?

I'm happy to try save up for plasterer - any idea how much it would likely be to get someone in, it is a large room! is it a job that could be done over one day?

ta loads

 

[HERTS P&D]

If you can post pictures then it would help.

To bring a price down you could strip the walls ready for a plasterer, but like I said you will need to get at least 3 written quotes. Don't bother phoning around now as they will think you want it done before christmas and bump the price up, wait till after christmas.

Andy

 

[cotswoldbuilders]

As Herts has said, have it plastered, the existing boards ( panels ) could be fibre board, so Id suggest overboard them with plasterboard then skim.
A 2 man team should knock it out in a couple of days.

 

[claireebee]

thanks both for your help - we thought plastering was probably the only way it'll look good, so looks like we be living in a mess for a bit while we save up!

glad i found this forum - am sure i'll be back for more advice!

 

[joe-90]

If you post pictures in the decorating forum it may be possible to use heavy gauge lining paper at least until you can afford the re-plaster job. It may not even need a re-plaster. (Which will save you £500).

 

[peaps]

These boards are pre fabricated with plasterboard and cardboard. Similar to honeycomb doors. You should fing that all your internal walls are all built in this. They are hard to sort out when they degrade, nothing to fix to so you will have problems fixing to them.

You may have to take the wall down, put up a stud and plasterboard to it. In some cases it's all you can do.

 

[claireebee]

thanks everyone for your help

yes - we do have problems fixing things to the walls, even the party walls are extremely thin, seem to be just breeze blocks and this honeycomb board over - can hear my neighbours snoring from the bathroom.

we are going down the lining paper option for now - make it look better for the time being and save for plastering/remodelling.

thought we'd got a good deal for our money but seems we have brought the 'money pit'

thanks again!