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Unfortunately the cement render apparently had to be done as part of the dpc injection treatment. This was my main worry when deciding if it was a good idea to have the injection done. There are walls that have previously been injected in the house going back 20+ years and cement rendered. We...

It all seems a bit odd as I can't imagine that there are no similarly built houses out there with multi on sand and cement without big cracking issues. I just wanted to check that it wasn't a known issue on these kind of bricks.

Thanks for your reply flynnyman He's thinking was that if we did want to skim, two coats of sand and cement would be needed anyway to flat out the walls. He originally wanted to bead up on the second coat any way after the scratch. The quoted job was all ways for two S&C coats. That was the...

Thanks Dropsalot The plasterer said he will come back to do a second coat if we really do not want to dot and dab, like we originally planned. Aaron

Hi all, my names Aaron, I've browsed this forum lots of times in the past for different bits and bobs but am now finally registering to ask some advice on the plastering in my first home. Late 1920's cavity wall soft redbrick construction, it had a thin lime screed floor with no dpm which was...