Hi all,
Need some newbie advice, had to repair a couple of broken breeze blocks in a dividing wall. Ended up replacing with a wooden frame so I could run radiator pipes into the wall at the same time. I plan to plasterboard over the frame and blend this into the old plaster with a light skim.
As you can see in the photos linked below there’s a fair bit of exposed block work around the frame at the moment. Am I better to use minimal plasterboard on the frame and re-plaster the blocks, or can I make the whole repair in plasterboard (including over the exposed block wall) leaving a small gap between the plasterboard and original plaster to fill with jointing compound of some sort? Would I need to tape this join?
I also considered using cement board since this is the bottom of a wall in a bathroom, would there be any issues jointing this to the original plaster?
As you can probably tell this is all a challenge for me so any advice much appreciated, cheers! Pics of wall and timber frame to be boarded:
Need some newbie advice, had to repair a couple of broken breeze blocks in a dividing wall. Ended up replacing with a wooden frame so I could run radiator pipes into the wall at the same time. I plan to plasterboard over the frame and blend this into the old plaster with a light skim.
As you can see in the photos linked below there’s a fair bit of exposed block work around the frame at the moment. Am I better to use minimal plasterboard on the frame and re-plaster the blocks, or can I make the whole repair in plasterboard (including over the exposed block wall) leaving a small gap between the plasterboard and original plaster to fill with jointing compound of some sort? Would I need to tape this join?
I also considered using cement board since this is the bottom of a wall in a bathroom, would there be any issues jointing this to the original plaster?
As you can probably tell this is all a challenge for me so any advice much appreciated, cheers! Pics of wall and timber frame to be boarded:
