Hi guys,
I've searched (not extensively) on this forum so hope I'm not repeating old questions but...
I've recently moved into a semi-detached house built in 1956. The entire house had wallpaper up and on removal I found that the plaster underneath had plenty of 'spidering' cracks in it. By knocking on the wall it seems some areas are better than others, but as one of the attached pictures show, there are bits where the plaster just comes away from the wall.
So my question is - is it worth trying to recover whats left and just patch the worst bits and skim over the rest? Or will this just get worse and it would be better to dry line the whole lot?
The original plaster appears to have been applied directly to hollow red (clay?) blocks, with ridges on them if that helps at all.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Andy
I've searched (not extensively) on this forum so hope I'm not repeating old questions but...
I've recently moved into a semi-detached house built in 1956. The entire house had wallpaper up and on removal I found that the plaster underneath had plenty of 'spidering' cracks in it. By knocking on the wall it seems some areas are better than others, but as one of the attached pictures show, there are bits where the plaster just comes away from the wall.
So my question is - is it worth trying to recover whats left and just patch the worst bits and skim over the rest? Or will this just get worse and it would be better to dry line the whole lot?
The original plaster appears to have been applied directly to hollow red (clay?) blocks, with ridges on them if that helps at all.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Andy