Old Plaster Work

[matt80]

Hi,

I have begun removing plaster off a chimney breast in my 1930's house, and some of it is incredibly hard. It is grey and looks more like concrete than modern plaster.

Is this how old plaster used to be, or is it something other than plaster that I shouldn't be removing?

Thanks
Matt

 

[pops]

is it a random patch in the middle some where ?

could be just patch made good by a diyer before yourself

 

[STENDEC]

Hi

I have a house which was built in 1927 - oddly for the time all walls appear to be made entirely from grey concrete blocks on the internal skin. They look like breeze blocks but are heavy solid things!!

Anyway...the original plaster colour on these blocks, throughout the house and the ceilings, was a grey cementy type mix - powdery in some places but very hard in others - especially hard around the fireplace for some reason. I guess you have the same stuff - I would say it is just plaster or render and you dont need to worry too much unless its coming loose. When you really should consider replastering, as in my experience, once this stuff starts to go - it goes big time!!

My grey plaster had all hairs and stuff in it too in places - a real hotch-potch I can tell you.

I'm clearly not a builder by the way - just keen DIYer.

 

[Manty]

My house is also 1930's and walls appear to be sand/cement render beneath the plaster skim and horsehair... and also my internal partition walls are wooden frames that are bricked up within the frames.

In some places its gone hollow and is cracking quite bad, looks like it's now failed and is seperating from the brickwork - is this how bad yours got Stendec?