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The lime plaster has been up for decades but was wall-papered over. Some of it has some thin layer of paint on too. Can I use the one coat over these? Also, there's a couple of walls with pink gypsum from a later period. I want to put one coat over this too in order to have a uniform look.

Any opinions of the Universal One Coat.....please?

I was told you can't use gypsum to finnish over lime plaster because live will expand and contract but gypsum won't. That's why I think I was suggested Universal One Coat which is apparently a compromise between gypsum and LIme.

I would like to do it in Lime Plaster but the cost is putting me off. I was given a rough figure of £30 per sq m. I've already over budget. I have read that Universal One Coat is an option that I could use to finnish the lot. Anybody have opinions on this? Thanks for the replies.

Hi again, The house I'm renovating is a Victorian era house which has been lime plastered throughout. There are a couple of walls which have been stripped back to the red bricks since the plaster had been covered in layers of paper and seemed to have blown in many places. Not sure if I was...

Aberporth is an old fishing village.........

I'm thinking that you must be around Aberporth? I am in Carmarthen.

Possibly. But I meant I recognized the word 'Deri' as in a type of tree. But I do know your area very well. ;-)

OK thanks. Any books on this kind of stuff? It's quite interesting.

Are there any videos showing somebody doing this kind of work?

OK thanks.

I now know what 'busks' are but what are they used for?

puddove thanks for that simple explanation and indeed everybody else too. Gentlemen!

I've just done a search and found a plstering supplies co. What's the best? Leaf and swuare small tool or Trowel and square small tool for my requirements? What's the brush used for? Sorry for being so ignorant?

I gather that first of all you would just add the wet plaster to the damaged area and just leave enough on to be proud of the finished shape? And then you sand down to the desired end shape?

You guys are taking for granted I understand what you're saying. Polly fills?

Is this what you mean by a joint rule? Plasterers Joint Rule Plaster Gyproc Work 4 inch | eBay What are busks and 'small tool'. I'm sorry but I'm clueless. I do have casting plaster and sand-paper though. :-)

I wonder if anybody can help me? I'm doing up this old house and there's quite a nice coving in the front room and entrance hall-way. It's pretty old and very brittle. I would like to keep it and make reapirs to it. Could any of you good people advize on how to best go about doing this? And...

I know the area well having been brought up near-by. Your board name rang a bell shall we say..... ;-) Anyway, I've filled in the cracks and sanded down and painted the house. It looks good. I hope it's a long term fix.

The building itself is Victorian I would say. I've noticed that the next door house also has the same. I'm going to show my ignorance but what exactly is settlement of the building? I'd imagine a slight sinking over the years? Where are you in west Wales Deri if you don't mind me asking?

Sorry.....I think that the second one from the last is one which I had made bigger using a chisel.

What happened to everybody?

And here's the final image.

The first image in the above two posts is that of the front entrance with the door on the left. There are almost no cracks at all in the upper half of the building.

Here's another which for some reason didn't appear above.

There are some images of the cracks. The lst has a hair-line crack going down along the surround brickwork to the door. I hope they're clear enough. On my phone they're clear enough but my screen resolution on my computer isn't very good. Looking forward to your opinions......:-)

One other thing Deri if it's the same thing.....if I apply this to the wall it says it doesn't require sanding so I suppose it's surface will be rather smooth. Will it look look obvious after I've painted the house? The present surface looks grainy...... Thanks. I'll try and post some pics if...

Thanks Deri, In fact, the Everflex I mention above is by Everbuild so it could be the same..... When you say to run a grinder through the cracks....to what depth and width are we talking about?

I bought a tub of Sandtex today in B and Q and it was over £7 for little more than a yogurt container. It won't be enough. What flexible filler would you guys suggest. Sorry can't supply any pics now as I'm back home and the property is some miles away. There is no cavity wall in the house...

Thank you Deri. I've got Everflex Contract 125 One Hour Calk. It does say it's for external use too. I hope it's fine........ Somebody else has suggested to me Sandtex Masonry Filler.

I've got a coupl of hair-line (well almost) cracks in the external rendr of my house. It's a red brick house. In one location on the inside of the house directly opposit on of the cracks is some dampness. Could I 'scrape' out the cracks and then re-fill with something to seal? It looks like...

They were the ones who put me in touch with the organisation I mentioned earlier.

I have been mainly looking for courses in southern Wales as that's where I'm located. I found one which was ideal but you need an NVQ 2 in plastering to get onto it. I'm not even a plasterer. I'm looking for a new direction as I'm out of work at this moment. Something that will provide me...

Does anybody know of any Lime Plastering Course which are longer than several one or two day ones I've found on the internet? There must be somebody offering longer courses out there? Thanks for nay replies.

OK thanks. There's a couple of rooms which have no plaster and just red brick. The rest of the house has lime plaster and it's surprisingly good.

I've been doing some research and a possiblity might be Universal One-coat if the original lime plaster looks a bit rough etc. A lime plasterer told me this. It will also give the same 'grainy' finnish as Lime plaster. I also found the following: On the level: which plaster should I use? -...

This is an image of the wall which I have stripped of wallpaper. It's actually the worst part. Most of it was much better in terms of plaster not peeling off. What do you think? [/URL][/IMG]

What kind of machine do you need for this?

A kind of pollyfilla which decorators use in order to smooth out uneven surfaces in the lime plaster and then sandpaper. He said that gypsum won't bond well on lime plaster and that in time it could well fall away.

My builders tells me that you cannot really apply gypsum skim to a lime plastered wall.

I tried stripping the wallpaper today using the steamer and on the whole it came off really well. But in some places, some kind or residue was left and very difficult to clean off. Might it be some kind of adhasive? But I'm not sure why it should be so stubborn in some locations and not...

Thanks jessop. I won't be able to do anything until next week. What would be my options if the surface isn't good enough? Hopefully, I won't have to take it all down and start again.

Hi, This is my first post on here. I sonder if somebody can help me? I'm hoping to decorate a house which has lime plaster throughout. Every inch of it is covered in wall-papper. I would like to strip off the wall-papper and paint it. Will I need to skim this in order to get a nice finnish...