Hi,
I've recently purchased a house and upon removing some hideous cladding and tiling it's come to light that the previous owners have very poorly knocked a new doorway in the back wall when they erected the conservatory. This has caused cracking in the bricks up into the bathroom. My builder (very old guy) has said that the bathroom needs rendering to fill the cracks. Is this the case? Or can i just fill the cracks and board over? Any other advice? My plastering quotes are double what I expected so we're trying to see what we can do ourselves and what we should leave to the professionals....
On a side note, the doorway is the best part of 30 years old so the house obviously hasn't fallen down in this time!! Nevertheless, it's looking like we might brick up the botched door way and go back to using the original one...
I've recently purchased a house and upon removing some hideous cladding and tiling it's come to light that the previous owners have very poorly knocked a new doorway in the back wall when they erected the conservatory. This has caused cracking in the bricks up into the bathroom. My builder (very old guy) has said that the bathroom needs rendering to fill the cracks. Is this the case? Or can i just fill the cracks and board over? Any other advice? My plastering quotes are double what I expected so we're trying to see what we can do ourselves and what we should leave to the professionals....
On a side note, the doorway is the best part of 30 years old so the house obviously hasn't fallen down in this time!! Nevertheless, it's looking like we might brick up the botched door way and go back to using the original one...