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This morning I woke up and looked out my bedroom window to see a chap standing on my chimney holding a hammer. My wife crawled from the bedroom to the bathroom and refuses to come out until the builder finishes knocking the chimney down (no curtains on our window). Having to make my own coffee!

Hello I have been a plasterer since 1974, working mostly on the refurbishment of Victorian properties in London, Reading and Surrey. I have hacked of plaster, drilled, chased and scrapped back walls, pulled down ceilings, shoveled, swept and mixed plaster on bedroom floors, whistled and sang...

Cheers. I will give lime-plaster a go.

If you look at the interior photo. That is damp you can see at the base of the wall. My damp-meter hit max. I've swept up the rotten timber damaged through the damp. I intend to dig up the floor, lay a membrane and tank the stone. Am I wrong?

I need to tank the bottom metre of wall. Is it possible to make the lime-mortar waterproof?

Hello. I have recently moved to Devon and two of my first jobs is to restore cottages with walls made of Cob. Reading the forum, I have a good idea of what to do, materials, mixes, application, drying, etc.; but I am concerned about waterproofing the internals, particularly as the walls have to...