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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

The stud wall does seem a sensible idea for this party wall. I could them create a cavity and make sure that at top and bottom air can flow under floor joists at ground level and first floor level. The second option of using pure lime straight onto the party wall could be good too. I could then...

Ok - I'm looking at limelite as this from what I've read is less expensive than using traditional lime but is easier to use but still retains the properties I need to allow the wall to breathe. I am however concerned about how it will affix to this type of earthy rubble wall. Mad monk suggested...

John - I have looked into Bunglaroosh. these pics were taken from my iPhone. The wall is earthy with broken brick, stone and flint so it is quite soft and dry in places where you can just loosely chip away and in other places its quite hard. I've looked into bungaroosh and it does have some...

Thanks for all replies and help, this is the wall which I'm trying to identify?? Help needed to identify a wall - DIYnot.com - DIY and Home Improvement

My property is a semi two story and having looked at what clinker bricks are I'm quite sure the wall isn't made of these. It's much more earth with smaller bits of flint, stone and brick mixed in. It's quite soft and be chiseled away with ease. Any other suggestions as to what this is would be...

At least I think it's a clunch wall, can any clarify what type of wall this is? I'm quite certain it's clunch in the cellar, but then the material changes to more earthy rubble with smaller bits of stone and brick. If I could identify what this wall is I might have a chance of rectifying the...

Sorry. Clunch wall not clunge

Thank you for your replies, madmonk can I ask what you mean by Sbr slurry? Lucius - thank you, I have done lots of reading. I have today cleared all vegetation from around window bays. I have also noted that there are two air bricks which are not blocked to the rear of the property. The air...

I have recently bought a semi detached Victorian Property which is constructed from 9inch Solid Brick. I am suffering damp patches all along the party wall. There is a cellar beneath the property but next door have had there’s filled in some 10 years ago, they have also had their side of the...