Recent content by LtotheW

Sorry Tinytom. Is topped receiving the email notifications so thought the post had gone quiet! I’m in catford area

I’ve definitely had that thought a few times mate hahaha

A lot of debate on this topic and seemingly no 1 simple answer. My dad used gypsum throughout our Victorian house in the 80s and there hasn’t been a single damp/mould/condensation problem in 40 years. He did put vents into all the chimney breasts. So the house still breathes. Plus it’s exposed...

Thanks chaps, Goes back to staring at the walls thoughtfully and cluelessly

Lol. Yes, I’m glad you picked up on the humour there.

Yes. You are right. The problem is, buying a fixer upper and then paying every trade to come in and do every job would be insanely expensive, to the point where it’d be far cheaper to just buy a house that was done and save ourselves the massive ballache of living in a house that’s being...

Hi Folks. New here. I’m renovating an old 1900c house and most of the plaster is the original lime. Was hoping to do the plastering myself (I’m not a plasterer but my dad was so saw a lot of it being done as a kid ). Very aware that there’ll be some steep learning curves and massive balls ups...