Recent content by Po79

Well if you read my post you will see that I was actually asking the question weather or not too use SBR and cement. My understanding is that houses of this age need to breathe and that the mortar used contains lime. Using a sand and cement scratch and float coat with a small amount of lime...

Thanks guys. Nice to be here.

Sorry. The house was built around the 1950's. The mortar is soft enough to scrape out with a screwdriver and the bricks are super hard and very dry. This was actually going to be my next question... These walls need to breathe but are so dry I would like to give them a coat of SBR and cement to...

Thanks but I'll not be applying plasterboard to the walls. I'm planning on 2-3 coats sand and cement before applying thistle. I've always used plastering sand on the small jobs I've done in the past however since moving to this area it would seem none of the builders merchants have heard of it...

Here a few photos showing the room, they don't really expand on the info very much but photos are always nice!

Hi, I'm hoping to start a thread in here too get help and advice from start to finish for plastering a bedroom that's been taken back to brickwork. I know there will be some who will want to advise me not to do this and that's perfectly understandable but in order to keep such a thread clear...

Just saying hi. Not a plasterer just here to get help and advice which I hope is ok. Po79