Plastering a wall recovering from damp

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I have a solid brick wall where rising damp has caused the plaster to fail completely up to around 2 feet high, on the wall and around the chimney breast.
There's been an injection DPC but it's either failed or the water got around it (my guess is the latter)

We need to cut back to brick all along to waist height at least and investigate what's going on but my question specifically is, once the underlying problem is addressed do we need to give the wet bricks time to dry out before it's replastered? If so for how long or what target moisture level?
 
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Hi I'm in a similar position. I am allowing at least a week to air out as they will have a lot of moisture. This is not a scientifically proven time but a best guess! I'd be interested to hear others views.
 

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