Lintel gap filling

[Lee Barnes]

Hi,

I’ve taken some kitchen tiles down which has pulled the plaster away.

I’ve got a 25mm gap for filling before I can patch it up.

Any suggestions on filling the gap?

 

[Taylortwocities]

You cannot fill that. It will always crack and look pants.

Best solution would be a strip of plasterboard and then skimmed.

Or a strip of plywood. Strong adhesive and then paint.

What’s wrong with more tiles?

 

[Lee Barnes]

They’re very old tiles and we would struggle to match them now.
All because of an unknown slow drip from the toilet cistern upstairs, came through and loosened half of the tiles .

Will give ply or plaster board strip a try I reckon

 

[^woody^]

Foam or insulation then scrim tape or fine mesh to control any cracking, then plaster.

You dont want to be putting ply up on a window head in a kitchen of all places.

If you plasterboard it, you will need to fit a corner bead across the front edge, and then try and blend that in