Recent content by rolysatch

hi thanks guys for the advice, will do with the water and i'll take a chance on the finish nothing to lose. thanks again!

hi i did the scratch coat on a treated damp chimney breast with limelight renovating plaster about a year ago. Due to circumstances out of my control i've not put the skim coat on yet. i'm assuming as its left for a long time it would normally need some pva to control the suction? can you do...

Because I've just built an extension, apart from pitching the roof, on my own place and done a top job, so fancied having a crack at this myself.

haha yeah i'll take some tomorrow and upload

hi i'm not a plasterer but having a go at a job for my mum as she hasn't got a lot of money so needs must so any advice appreciated. she's got two attic bedrooms with damp from the chimney breasts in each rooms, i've done everything possible to rectifty potential causes but walls still damp and...

hi i need to fix some timber battens to a wall prior to plasterboarding that i will be applying tanking slurry to. what's the best way to do this. i'm assuming i don't want to be screwing through the tanking slurry. would using an adhesive be ok for the battens? just a grab adhesive like...

yeah i supoose that could be the issue. thanks

thanks for the advice, i'll hack it off and give it a go. cheers

yeah it would be a possibility normally, but as she lives on her own now - and why she wants to get this sorted so she can move - she doesn't have the heating on up there. i've run a dehumidifier and it returns as soon as you turn it off. i'm going to rip off all the internal plaster and see...

thanks just just read about that. i reckon itwas cement render when he pebble dashed a few years ago. i didn't know about that. however the rest of the house is dry, so i don't think that's the issue.

i thought i had replied to this. yeah i tried that but it's going on top of paint so i don't think it's absorbing and working.

hi thanks for the reply, no the roof is definately sound, verges above the damp are sound, valley's were a bit blocked but have been cleared and valley lead is in good condition. the overhanging fascia above the damp is all in upvc and sound. which is why i was thinking that the damp is...

hi i'm not a plasterer but after a bit of advice if possible. my mum has an old house 1901 that the top attic room has a really damp front wall. the damp reader was reading upto 35 in places and the internal render has all blown. the walls are 9" solid brick, and when i hacked off some of the...

cavity tray what's that, lol yes mate there is.

yes that's a good idea. i stuck up some insulated plasterboard to the walls using that foam. cheers