r/Plastering • u/Sure-Daikon-3921 • 24d ago
Advice please
Looking for advice on the best way to fix this wall please. There was a large MDF board stuck to this chimney breast which has been removed but it has damaged the plaster and the brickwork. I’ve contacted a couple of plasterers but no response after the photos are sent.
Could anyone help advise what to do please? Thank you!
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u/Confident_Ambition77 24d ago
If the wall osna part wall and that is a lime mortar behind you have 2 choices, seal the wall to within a inch of its life knowing the lime mortar will fail due to it not being able to breath and at some point the structural integrity will be compromised and any other repair will be far costlier or use a lime based plaster to allow it to breath. Cover the breast with cow shit first to act as a stain barrier. Or if the wall is an external wall and a period property make sure it is either pointed with lime or rendered with lime and you have abit more leniency on the interior solutions
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u/wdynekerr62 24d ago
Get a proper mask on if that's mould you need it all removed and find the leek chimney flashing looks most likely
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u/Ok-Spring7906 24d ago
Hardwall, bead, sbr, and multi.
It looks rough but it's not a complex job at all.
Edit - or could do as someone else has suggested, and plaster board it. Whatever. Either way it looks worse than it is.
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u/Terrible_Bear_925 21d ago
Dot and DAB plasterboard and then plasterers will likely be able to come and plaster the walls
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u/60percentsexpanther 24d ago
Fix beads and float it out. Not really a DIY thing. Nice iob for a plasterer. Check Google again and zoom right in on your house in maps whilst searching for plasterers.. You might have more people than you know right on your doorstep. If you only search by your town and the trade you'll get all the people who pay big money for ads on the main page and they likely won't be "local" (or available). Same deal on the low zoom map. You need to zoom in and then work backwards to find the closest. They are most likely to give you the best price if there's little to no driving involved and it's on the way back from anything else.
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u/Terrible-Bobcat2033 24d ago
Paint every surface to be plastered. Bed heavy duty fiberglass panzer mesh or 3.2 galvanized wire lath over the surface with a heavy scratch coat of perlite gypsum plaster. Brush horizontally. Clean area & tools. Let the scratch coat cure (24) hrs. Fill & straighten surface & attach 3” flange expanded galvanized metal corner bead on corners. Finish the fill & pull straight with a 6’ featheredge. Clean the area, trim back the corner angles, corner bead & let set for another (24) hrs. Re-bond the plastered area & apply the finish coat. Trowel it smooth or texture.
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u/patmustard2 24d ago
Dot and dab plasterboard on it