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Well when you're getting professional advice for free the least you can do is be clear and courteous. Appreciate the words.

So in conclusion the only thing I know for use is that I wish I had more time and money !! I'm concerned that porous solid brick walls would bring moisture through to the back side of the plasterboard if I dot'n'dabbed them. Although no signs of damp in all these years so maybe I'm misguided...

Is this a damp joke or a misplaced post ??

What about the pictures I posted, is it lime or hardwall ? i appreciate the advice, just want to guard against cowboys / poor advice.

Ok gents, so a quick skim isn't the right approach but I'm not quite following the advice on what to do. Am I right in saying that I overboard the x2 stud walls & ceiling (currently L&P), and sand & cement the x2 brick walls, and then skim the lot ?

I'm in Belfast, sunny N.I. Downstairs my builder stripped the dining room and kitchen walls back to bare brick, then knocked them into one open plan room. He cemented (i recall the walls being grey) and then skimmed the whole lot before fitting a new kitchen. Other than the above I haven't...

So is it lime plaster on top of a cement base coat so to speak ? judging from the pink patches over the walls I'm guessing someone has skimmed over in previous years, followed by a million layers of wallpaper. i don't mind putting some effort into doing a good job, even if that means stripping...

Afternoon all, I have a 3 bed red brick semi built in 1910 (solid brick walls). I bought the house of an elderly woman (now deceased) who had lived in it for over 70 years. I'm renovating upstairs and all rooms are in severe need of a replaster. The house hasn't been touched in many many...