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    Will hacking off old blown render damage internal walls

    I want to get a new kitchen but I also want to get the rear of my house re-rendered. While getting quotes about the rendering they mentioned the old blown render would have to be hacked off, the sound stuff could stay. Some sections do sound hollow at the lowest parts of the walls. My kitchen...
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    New plastered walls cracking

    Oh well, looks like I'll see what he says on the weekend. Thanks all for the replies, they wasn't lying when they said you have to wade through load of a sh*t posts to get to some helpful ones
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    New plastered walls cracking

    It would help if you had customers
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    New plastered walls cracking

    To be fair he didn't tell me this could happen or any downsides of skimming. If I had I would have gone with boarding, but I wasn't presented with this option so here I am, cost wasn't an issue. Just want it done right. Luckily the kitchen and bathroom are all being boarded.
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    New plastered walls cracking

    Hi all, After around 4 months I have noticed some long (3, 4, 5ft +) cracks starting to appear in newly skimmed walls. I expected some hairline cracks, but these are giving me some concern as they're 1/2mm wide. Old Victorian house, approx 1910, solid 9 inch walls. The walls that seem worse...
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