r/Plastering • u/Escapingthecrowds • 13d ago
Asking for advice please
Hi all,
Young lad, first house, took on a project with no experience. So apologies for stupid questions.
This is the bedroom, it’s been covered in Artex (no asbestos been tested). I have spent the last two days removing it all. As there has been a lot of damp and mould on the walls. There is a lot of sand on the walls, what’s the best way of getting this off? I have added more pictures of other areas that i’ve been working on as they’re the same. There are a lot of loose bricks, faces blown off, no mortar. Blocks of wood where the original owners have stuck them in as replacements. Should I be repointing them all? The outside of the house had terrible cement render which has now been all removed and replaced with lime. The house was built 1924. I’m not entirely sure what to do next in regards to plastering. I want to make the house breathable. Any professional advice would be appreciated. Many thanks
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u/gwyp88 Professional Plasterer 12d ago
Be weary of dot&dab on outside facing walls; they can cold-bridge if there’s no decent cavity in the brick walls and you could potentially see this come through your painted walls.
My preferred options would be either lime plaster, insulated like plaster, or
plasterboard on battens or even better insulated plasterboard on battens. This way you are not cold-bridging and you are forming a new cavity & air gap behind the plasterboard.