I have a 1930's house, where the previous owners have removed all the plaster from the chimney breast, then painted the brick with silk emulsion (?). They have then installed a woodburner, which is half in and half out of the fireplace.
I'd like to re-plaster the chimney breast, but my sources tell me that you can't get a good key onto painted brick, and that the considerable heat rising from the woodburner will damage skim coat/plasterboard.
All suggestions gratefully received: painted brickwork in a 1930's house looks odd: it's not a stonebuilt cottage.
I'd like to re-plaster the chimney breast, but my sources tell me that you can't get a good key onto painted brick, and that the considerable heat rising from the woodburner will damage skim coat/plasterboard.
All suggestions gratefully received: painted brickwork in a 1930's house looks odd: it's not a stonebuilt cottage.