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I own a victorian solid brick house with lime mortar and soft bricks. The inside is lime plaster. Im completely renovating my property and I'm looking for some advice of what plaster to use in my bathroom and upstairs generally. Akthough ive ive had rising damp issues downstairs I have no...

I own a Victorian property, 9 inch solid brick, no cavity and it has lime mortar. I have had issues with damp, I've hacked off plaster to 1.2 meters and allowed walls to dry out. Previous plaster was lime although in not 100% (does have hair in though) I do not want to use bonding or...

Can anyone tell from the picture in this link whether infact this is already a lime plaster? It does appear to have horse hair in it. The bottom half of the picture shows what I have already removed, where there was damp. You can see a cement screed about a foot up the wall. The damp was just...

Thank you very much for all advice. Is there anything else to be aware of that I should tell my brother that hasnt already been mentioned by the lime guys on here or from what i mebtioned in my posts a couple of comments ago when working with lime? Thin coats and don't allow it to dry to...

My brother is a plasterer but has only used sand n cement and gypsum. He has never used lime but is willing to give it ago. From what the guys on here tell me and from what I've read I use 3 or 4 parts sand, 1 hydraulic lime, apply thin coats, apply firmly and do not allow to dry too quick. I.e...

My only worry with tanking a wall is that the material will not allow the wall to breathe, this is why I was going for the lime plaster

Thavk you once again. I really appreciate all the help. So my final plan is to hack off all plaster on rubble wall downstairs and on all brick walls downstairs too. Then do downstairs completely in lime only to allow the walls to breathe and deal with the damp. Then upstairs retain the...

I'm not keen on hacking anymore plaster off I have to say. Ill just do a PVA coat as you say and then skim. When you say skim do you mean gypsum or lime finish?

Ok. I can do that for the downstairs on this rubble wall. For the remaining ground floor and upstairs walls which suffer no damp, are 9 inch brick and currently have what I think is a gypsum plaster (don't know for sure but it is pinky) can I just skim over what's already there and if so can...

May I ask another question?? do I need to completely remove all plaster and backing coats completely back to the stone rubble wall before I apply a lime plaster? Or can I just remove the first top coat of plaster like I have done so far but leave the scored backing render and just apply on...

Thanks lucius, I really appreciate all your expert advice. The link is a hyperlink. If you click on natural lime. This way of buying it could work out a lot more expensive though. Ill have to look at that.

Ok - so sorry for all the previous indecision and questions but I think I've finally got a plan and I'd like to run if past the lime experts if possible. Im thinking of using the company on the link below which can supply ready mix lime plaster. They supply the base coat which is just...

Thank you very much - to everyone on this thread.

Could my brother who is a plaster but only has experience in S/C and gypsum give this a go or is lime a step too far for a plasterer without experience with this material?

Thank you for all your help guys. Ill let you know how I get on. It's very much appreciated