Hello everyone,
Last few days I've read everything I can on this forum about plastering & rendering and been practicing my technique with base coat & finish plastering on a practice wall. Before anyone says get a pro in, I lost my job when I bought this house and have no choice but to do-it-myself - I've already dug out and cast a new insulated concrete floor slab in the kitchen myself.
Anyway this is my kitchen wall, 9" solid brick, 100 years old:
It's previously suffered from damp and had an injected dpc by previous owners. It took me to actually sort the cause of the damp out though by replacing the floor and fixing a drain.
But what to do with these walls now? They've had every kind of finish applied to them at some point in their life - render, browning, hardwall, some kind of grey, lightweight stuff with big white lumps in it and who knows what else. I've removed everything that was loose, blown or crumbly, which was almost everything below 1.5m height and patched the worst of the brickwork.
- Do I need to render them with a waterproofer if they are now dry above the dpc? Or can I just use hardwall and multifinish?
- It's bitterly cold in here. How would insulated plasterboard fare in here given it is a kitchen? If suitable what should I put it over? Render, brickwork or plaster? Is dot and dab ok or battens?
Any help to choose the best option is appreciated bearing in mind I'm not a pro, just someone with the perseverence to keep at it until it's right, all be it with limited funds at the moment.
Sorry for the long post!
Last few days I've read everything I can on this forum about plastering & rendering and been practicing my technique with base coat & finish plastering on a practice wall. Before anyone says get a pro in, I lost my job when I bought this house and have no choice but to do-it-myself - I've already dug out and cast a new insulated concrete floor slab in the kitchen myself.
Anyway this is my kitchen wall, 9" solid brick, 100 years old:
It's previously suffered from damp and had an injected dpc by previous owners. It took me to actually sort the cause of the damp out though by replacing the floor and fixing a drain.
But what to do with these walls now? They've had every kind of finish applied to them at some point in their life - render, browning, hardwall, some kind of grey, lightweight stuff with big white lumps in it and who knows what else. I've removed everything that was loose, blown or crumbly, which was almost everything below 1.5m height and patched the worst of the brickwork.
- Do I need to render them with a waterproofer if they are now dry above the dpc? Or can I just use hardwall and multifinish?
- It's bitterly cold in here. How would insulated plasterboard fare in here given it is a kitchen? If suitable what should I put it over? Render, brickwork or plaster? Is dot and dab ok or battens?
Any help to choose the best option is appreciated bearing in mind I'm not a pro, just someone with the perseverence to keep at it until it's right, all be it with limited funds at the moment.
Sorry for the long post!