HI,
I started a rather large job a month or so back, hacking off all the plaster from the inside of the house and pointing it, this was because the how was very damp. Its an early 1900s house built from brick and lime. Obviously like most places had been skimmed with gypsum on teh inside and then painted with non breathable paints. I am nearly there with teh inside work now, apart from some cement wash which is proving difficult to remove, anyone have any ideas on how to remove it!?
Anyway the current issue, yesterday i remeved a wall of teh front porch which was falling down as it wasnt tied in at all!
My plan was to rebuild it but while outside on a nice sunny day i thought id see how easy it woudl be to remove the exterior paint, so the building could properly breath. To my horror it has a cement render!
I have only take a very small piece off at the moment 2ft x 3ft - there is however no sign of a DPC- to be expected tbh But now im faced with what to do next!?
IF i leave it on the wall wont breath and damp will come back inside.
The alternative is to hack it all off point then render!? I have so far been using Lime Putty based product (for teh inside) which is great partially as it comes ready mixed so i can do an hour or so after work with no mixing etc.
If i do the outside i should use NHL 3.5? 5? or putty with pozzolans?
Also can i get away with just rendering up yo 1st floor level, there is a decorative thing there so would be easy.
As this is unexpected work i am very cost concious, and would be doing ALL the work myself.
any help etc would be great.
I started a rather large job a month or so back, hacking off all the plaster from the inside of the house and pointing it, this was because the how was very damp. Its an early 1900s house built from brick and lime. Obviously like most places had been skimmed with gypsum on teh inside and then painted with non breathable paints. I am nearly there with teh inside work now, apart from some cement wash which is proving difficult to remove, anyone have any ideas on how to remove it!?
Anyway the current issue, yesterday i remeved a wall of teh front porch which was falling down as it wasnt tied in at all!
My plan was to rebuild it but while outside on a nice sunny day i thought id see how easy it woudl be to remove the exterior paint, so the building could properly breath. To my horror it has a cement render!
I have only take a very small piece off at the moment 2ft x 3ft - there is however no sign of a DPC- to be expected tbh But now im faced with what to do next!?
IF i leave it on the wall wont breath and damp will come back inside.
The alternative is to hack it all off point then render!? I have so far been using Lime Putty based product (for teh inside) which is great partially as it comes ready mixed so i can do an hour or so after work with no mixing etc.
If i do the outside i should use NHL 3.5? 5? or putty with pozzolans?
Also can i get away with just rendering up yo 1st floor level, there is a decorative thing there so would be easy.
As this is unexpected work i am very cost concious, and would be doing ALL the work myself.
any help etc would be great.
