My partner and I are complete novices when it comes to diy, the flat pack wardrobe causes us no end of problems.
We are looking to buy a new house. But damp readings mean that it needs a DPC and we obviously want to keep costs down so would like to do the prep work and finishing D.I.Y style. The survayor told me that we must use dri coat and if we dont, the guarantee will be void and we wont get the retention back from mortgage lender.
The walls are off a sandstone construction and behing the lathe and plaster which is starting to fall off, it looks like a dry stane dyke. So cant plaster straight on to it.
This is what we expect we will have to do and the order I have to do it in. (please excuse my terminology, its the best I could do)
Step 1 = Rip off all lathe and plaster to external walls and up to 1m of hardwall plaster on internal walls
Step 2 = Get DPC done
Step 3 = Hang waterproof membrane to external walls
Step 4 = Erect baton frame for new plasterboard
Step 5 = New plasterboard on batons
Step 6 = Plaster the plasterboard with dri coat plaster and plaster the hardwall plaster where chipped off
Step 7 = Let dry and redecorate
Now im fine with steps 1+2 but do not know I have the correct order of events after that. Have I missed anything or got anything wrong.
Any advice or help on the subject will be greatly appreciated.
We are looking to buy a new house. But damp readings mean that it needs a DPC and we obviously want to keep costs down so would like to do the prep work and finishing D.I.Y style. The survayor told me that we must use dri coat and if we dont, the guarantee will be void and we wont get the retention back from mortgage lender.
The walls are off a sandstone construction and behing the lathe and plaster which is starting to fall off, it looks like a dry stane dyke. So cant plaster straight on to it.
This is what we expect we will have to do and the order I have to do it in. (please excuse my terminology, its the best I could do)
Step 1 = Rip off all lathe and plaster to external walls and up to 1m of hardwall plaster on internal walls
Step 2 = Get DPC done
Step 3 = Hang waterproof membrane to external walls
Step 4 = Erect baton frame for new plasterboard
Step 5 = New plasterboard on batons
Step 6 = Plaster the plasterboard with dri coat plaster and plaster the hardwall plaster where chipped off
Step 7 = Let dry and redecorate
Now im fine with steps 1+2 but do not know I have the correct order of events after that. Have I missed anything or got anything wrong.
Any advice or help on the subject will be greatly appreciated.