ScottishLass
New Member
Hello everyone …
Can I please ask the experts for some advise ? Our house is almost 100 years old . The plaster has obvious lumps and bumps on it to the naked eye from far away even when covered with wallpaper .
I have stripped the wallpaper off in regions in some rooms around the bumps . 1 or 2 pics attached Parts of the wall also sound hollow when tapped.
I have had one plasterer say that it needs to be taken back to brick and then plasterboard and then skimmed .
Another has said that you can add a mesh over the existing plaster including walls and then skim over ?
I don’t know which is right ?
In one room , the plaster crumbles as the wallpaper comes off .
Not heard of meshing and obviously not an expert.
Mesh man said that this would be much cheaper than taking it back to brick and then plaster boarding .
If there are extension regions as there are on the walls is this suitable ?
Many thanks in advance
Can I please ask the experts for some advise ? Our house is almost 100 years old . The plaster has obvious lumps and bumps on it to the naked eye from far away even when covered with wallpaper .
I have stripped the wallpaper off in regions in some rooms around the bumps . 1 or 2 pics attached Parts of the wall also sound hollow when tapped.
I have had one plasterer say that it needs to be taken back to brick and then plasterboard and then skimmed .
Another has said that you can add a mesh over the existing plaster including walls and then skim over ?
I don’t know which is right ?
In one room , the plaster crumbles as the wallpaper comes off .
Not heard of meshing and obviously not an expert.
Mesh man said that this would be much cheaper than taking it back to brick and then plaster boarding .
If there are extension regions as there are on the walls is this suitable ?
Many thanks in advance