Hi All,
I moved into a Georgian house last year and am slowly undoing the previous occupant's DIY disasters. I'm no expert, but he's given me a low watermark to beat.
One of my tasks is fixing an old chimney wall on the first floor. Prior to these holes below, there was a solid, off-white putty in them and I've removed most of it carefully. My plan is to paint a much thicker white paint over it.
But before that, what's the best thing to fill these holes with? Some aren't small. In the second picture, you can see there's an entire brick missing on the side.
Not having done this before, do I find a similar-sized old brick, chisel it to size and then fix into place with whatever filler you'd recommend above?
All help welcome and appreciated!
I moved into a Georgian house last year and am slowly undoing the previous occupant's DIY disasters. I'm no expert, but he's given me a low watermark to beat.
One of my tasks is fixing an old chimney wall on the first floor. Prior to these holes below, there was a solid, off-white putty in them and I've removed most of it carefully. My plan is to paint a much thicker white paint over it.
But before that, what's the best thing to fill these holes with? Some aren't small. In the second picture, you can see there's an entire brick missing on the side.
Not having done this before, do I find a similar-sized old brick, chisel it to size and then fix into place with whatever filler you'd recommend above?
All help welcome and appreciated!