I recently removed all the old plaster (mud and straw I think) from my stairs and landings.
the plaster was thick in some places and pretty much none existent in places, in places it was nothing more than a very thin coat of plaster and then then the artex on the stone. I also removed the old plasterboard from two stud walls which were built 20 years ago to make a third bedroom and a bigger bathroom.
now all the old plaster is off, I am faced with two very uneven stone walls and one smooth and flat brick wall.
the stud walls and the brick wall are pretty straight forward to plasterboard, but I'm a little unsure as what to do with the stone walls. I have an SDS drill with a chisel function so I could break off the uneven bits of stone, then dot and dab plasterboard on to the walls, or should I consider battening the stone walls and then screwing plasterboard to the battens?
There is also a single piece of timber on one wall that has the banister fixed to it. I don't want to remove this if possible so I would prefer a method that would bring the new plasterboard to the same thickness of the old plaster.
what is the best method to use in this situation?
the plaster was thick in some places and pretty much none existent in places, in places it was nothing more than a very thin coat of plaster and then then the artex on the stone. I also removed the old plasterboard from two stud walls which were built 20 years ago to make a third bedroom and a bigger bathroom.
now all the old plaster is off, I am faced with two very uneven stone walls and one smooth and flat brick wall.
the stud walls and the brick wall are pretty straight forward to plasterboard, but I'm a little unsure as what to do with the stone walls. I have an SDS drill with a chisel function so I could break off the uneven bits of stone, then dot and dab plasterboard on to the walls, or should I consider battening the stone walls and then screwing plasterboard to the battens?
There is also a single piece of timber on one wall that has the banister fixed to it. I don't want to remove this if possible so I would prefer a method that would bring the new plasterboard to the same thickness of the old plaster.
what is the best method to use in this situation?