This outside wall is about 22" thick, stone inside and out with rubble infill in middle (old style - property is maybe 200 years old. A small farmhouse and attached barn etc which was so say converted to a (larger) dwelling house about 100 years ago...and then "renovated" again about 40 years ago.
The inner face of this ground-floor outside wall had been finished to a reasonably smooth surface with I know not what exactly probably some 40 years ago. It had been papered above dado rail height (in a bathroom!) and the paper was bubbling (some damp behind) so off it came. The wall below dado rail (now removed) was tiled and they are sound if a little dated. There is no evidence that the wall behind the tiles is badly damp-affected.
The shaver point shown was not working and is not needed. The wiring will be pulled up from the roof space. The surface "plaster" was removed to remove the wiring and it became clear that whoever fitted the shaver socket/wiring had chased into the surface-covering right back to the stone wall's inner face. The chasing-in is about 15 cms wide and the depth to fill to make good varies from about 12mm to almost 30mm as the inner face of the stone wall is pretty variable.
I have also shown what came out. I don't know what the charcoal-grey stuff is?..then 2 coats of some sort of finishing has been applied. Though that's by the by, it would be good to have an idea what it is because I guess its been applied to quite a few inner faces of outer walls.
You can also see an old timber (pine I think) lintel from an old doorway in the wall from the original building (the floors are suspended in this part which might explain the height anomaly?). Does that cause extra problems in terms of making good?
So..thanks for reading..I just need to know the best way to make the thing sound & presentable i.e. capable of taking a breathable-paint finish.
I know that the outer surface has a painted cement render on it, again done about 40 years ago I suspect. I think it would probably be better with a lime-based covering for breathability of the wall but that's a job for another time. Inside I wondered about using a (premixed) lime base coat plaster for scratch and float coats to help the wall breathe a bit.
Any thoughts? Again thanks for reading.
I struggled to attach photos to this post..so I have put 3 in a "media" album ..under the "media" tab. (P1030342,1030344 & 1030245) - posted on 02 08 16.
The inner face of this ground-floor outside wall had been finished to a reasonably smooth surface with I know not what exactly probably some 40 years ago. It had been papered above dado rail height (in a bathroom!) and the paper was bubbling (some damp behind) so off it came. The wall below dado rail (now removed) was tiled and they are sound if a little dated. There is no evidence that the wall behind the tiles is badly damp-affected.
The shaver point shown was not working and is not needed. The wiring will be pulled up from the roof space. The surface "plaster" was removed to remove the wiring and it became clear that whoever fitted the shaver socket/wiring had chased into the surface-covering right back to the stone wall's inner face. The chasing-in is about 15 cms wide and the depth to fill to make good varies from about 12mm to almost 30mm as the inner face of the stone wall is pretty variable.
I have also shown what came out. I don't know what the charcoal-grey stuff is?..then 2 coats of some sort of finishing has been applied. Though that's by the by, it would be good to have an idea what it is because I guess its been applied to quite a few inner faces of outer walls.
You can also see an old timber (pine I think) lintel from an old doorway in the wall from the original building (the floors are suspended in this part which might explain the height anomaly?). Does that cause extra problems in terms of making good?
So..thanks for reading..I just need to know the best way to make the thing sound & presentable i.e. capable of taking a breathable-paint finish.
I know that the outer surface has a painted cement render on it, again done about 40 years ago I suspect. I think it would probably be better with a lime-based covering for breathability of the wall but that's a job for another time. Inside I wondered about using a (premixed) lime base coat plaster for scratch and float coats to help the wall breathe a bit.
Any thoughts? Again thanks for reading.
I struggled to attach photos to this post..so I have put 3 in a "media" album ..under the "media" tab. (P1030342,1030344 & 1030245) - posted on 02 08 16.
