Hi all,
Just renovating my first house, and as my family are not that into DIY just wanted to double check on here that I was going in the right direction before I start painting!
She's quite old (~200 years) and has a lot of cracks. I've attached pictures of one room which gives quite a good overview of what the rest of the house is like - hairline cracks in the middle of walls, cracks along bits that join, bits of missing paint, and then one big/ger crack.
Had surveys done and there is a bit of movement with it being on a hill and it being old, but nothing too serious (fingers crossed). So my current plan:
1) Bits that have already been (crudely) filled: sand paper down, knock any loose bits out and then use general polyfiller for any cracks that have formed again
2) hairline cracks: have a light filler to use, then sandpaper down
3) Cracks between window and wall, skirting board and wall etc use a different filler - or caulk? Wasn't sure if this was necessary...
4) Larger crack: remove any bits that are loose, use a more heavy duty filler, then sand over.
5) Bits of missing paint - skim over then paint.
Does that sound ok in general? I've bought general pollyfiller and then some of wilkos own too. I've heard as it's moving maybe I should use tourpret flexible? Orwill it be ok with the stuff I've bought?
I'm just prepping it first then painting it all with two coats of wilkos white emulsion - it doesn't need to be a work of art but wanted to check on here first that it all sounds ok.
Bigger crack under sill:
![IMG_20200212_193719.jpg IMG_20200212_193719.jpg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/183/183695-eadfce104c96b1a410f11ba04e9c8729.jpg)
Cracks between window and wall:
Missing paint/plaster:
Cracks around door:
Cracks on ceiling:
![IMG_20200212_193705.jpg IMG_20200212_193705.jpg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/183/183698-af11cfccdbf42a2c559eafadc75dc4f2.jpg)
Cracks between skirting and wall:
![IMG_20200212_193700.jpg IMG_20200212_193700.jpg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/183/183699-7d4484cb23c45096d13ae57daee58872.jpg)
Roughly filled corner cracks:
Thanks in advance!
Just renovating my first house, and as my family are not that into DIY just wanted to double check on here that I was going in the right direction before I start painting!
She's quite old (~200 years) and has a lot of cracks. I've attached pictures of one room which gives quite a good overview of what the rest of the house is like - hairline cracks in the middle of walls, cracks along bits that join, bits of missing paint, and then one big/ger crack.
Had surveys done and there is a bit of movement with it being on a hill and it being old, but nothing too serious (fingers crossed). So my current plan:
1) Bits that have already been (crudely) filled: sand paper down, knock any loose bits out and then use general polyfiller for any cracks that have formed again
2) hairline cracks: have a light filler to use, then sandpaper down
3) Cracks between window and wall, skirting board and wall etc use a different filler - or caulk? Wasn't sure if this was necessary...
4) Larger crack: remove any bits that are loose, use a more heavy duty filler, then sand over.
5) Bits of missing paint - skim over then paint.
Does that sound ok in general? I've bought general pollyfiller and then some of wilkos own too. I've heard as it's moving maybe I should use tourpret flexible? Orwill it be ok with the stuff I've bought?
I'm just prepping it first then painting it all with two coats of wilkos white emulsion - it doesn't need to be a work of art but wanted to check on here first that it all sounds ok.
Bigger crack under sill:
![IMG_20200212_193719.jpg IMG_20200212_193719.jpg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/183/183695-eadfce104c96b1a410f11ba04e9c8729.jpg)
Cracks between window and wall:
![IMG_20200212_193726.jpg IMG_20200212_193726.jpg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/183/183694-a624f9329f802b3796c65ab95c81b054.jpg)
Missing paint/plaster:
![IMG_20200212_193713.jpg IMG_20200212_193713.jpg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/183/183696-09deb3e26f4871a98e09db943c032699.jpg)
Cracks around door:
![IMG_20200212_193711.jpg IMG_20200212_193711.jpg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/183/183697-69ac44c3af85c78cab8c3fe62bef0104.jpg)
Cracks on ceiling:
![IMG_20200212_193705.jpg IMG_20200212_193705.jpg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/183/183698-af11cfccdbf42a2c559eafadc75dc4f2.jpg)
Cracks between skirting and wall:
![IMG_20200212_193700.jpg IMG_20200212_193700.jpg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/183/183699-7d4484cb23c45096d13ae57daee58872.jpg)
Roughly filled corner cracks:
![IMG_20200212_193654.jpg IMG_20200212_193654.jpg](https://cdn.diynot.com/data/attachments/183/183700-96aee881cf0ef87c1060fceb0a821c52.jpg)
Thanks in advance!