Hi all! Complete newbie at the job. I'm trying my DIY muscle in the house and stumbled upon a difficult one to solve.
The external wall in my bedroom was sounding hollow and could not hold the curtain rails, cracks were appearing halfway the wall and I could hear people's footsepts outside the house. Not to mention room cannot hold the heat. So thought it may be the time to insulate that wall.
After I took down that plaster board, I found disaster underneath. Whoever has done it before, used patches of browning with plaster on the wall in places where skiting and radiators needed to be and the rest, completed the wall with bits of double plaster boards, some cement to even it up and painted over. Therefore the cracks, the noise, and everything.
I need to take down everything, clean the wall and strenghten it. My issue is that the brick is very old, I can see a lot of cracked bricks, mortar is crumbling at the touch of hand, and I have timber bricks at the window. Nothing looks rotten, just fragile.
I need to fill in the missing mortar and I'd like to put lathing and Thistle Hardwall plaster on all the wall. But I'm torn, unsure if using plaster is a good idea. Would a browning layer and then multicoat be better? I don't want to do more damage than it's already there. Any advice on what to use would be welcome.
The external wall in my bedroom was sounding hollow and could not hold the curtain rails, cracks were appearing halfway the wall and I could hear people's footsepts outside the house. Not to mention room cannot hold the heat. So thought it may be the time to insulate that wall.
After I took down that plaster board, I found disaster underneath. Whoever has done it before, used patches of browning with plaster on the wall in places where skiting and radiators needed to be and the rest, completed the wall with bits of double plaster boards, some cement to even it up and painted over. Therefore the cracks, the noise, and everything.
I need to take down everything, clean the wall and strenghten it. My issue is that the brick is very old, I can see a lot of cracked bricks, mortar is crumbling at the touch of hand, and I have timber bricks at the window. Nothing looks rotten, just fragile.
I need to fill in the missing mortar and I'd like to put lathing and Thistle Hardwall plaster on all the wall. But I'm torn, unsure if using plaster is a good idea. Would a browning layer and then multicoat be better? I don't want to do more damage than it's already there. Any advice on what to use would be welcome.