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just plastered a few walls in an old cottage over painted stone i used 1 coat of bonding and 2 coats

of multi they were smooth but not flat, has any one got any tips while working in old cottages

much appreciated chris
 
keep an eye out for signs of damp/water ingress...
e.g. salts...
and watch out when overskimming for distemper/dusty paint, and watch for loose lime render, you pick at one little bit and the next thing the whole walls on the floor...
faulty/out of date wiring...no earth/rcd = flying plasterers...just ask danny! ::)
 
pretty much as Bigsegs says , flat walls are not allways the order of the day but using bonding is not a good start long term.
 
yeah cheers big, the walls looked sound plus some of the other walls were plasterd and they were sound also. but wasnt sure whether smooth walls is ok
 
yes maybe christ  its hard to say for sure but period propertys need to be breathable they dont need sealing up or waterproofed, nhl or limlite backing coats are better suited  ;)
 
ok churchy nice ill have to do some reserch limelite, also alot of the rooms down stairs are plasterd and are painted with vinal silk mabye this cottage isnt that old, still good advise nice one
 
whats your brief for the job? if the customer wants em flat youre prolly lookin at hacking off and rerendering, nothing to stop you d+d over if its sound enough..depends on the customer...
keep one eye on the pro's/con's of a method though and point it out to em if you need to..like church says, old buildings are usually built with lime mortar and to do the job buy the book you need to be looking at sympathetic renovation...pros - will breathe/move/keep with the program... cons...bloody expensive - limelight is well over a tenner for a 25kg bag, sand is 25 - 30 quid a ton..
church is the man for rendering but i aint to sure exactly what the make up of these renovating plasters are but its something like sand/cement/lime...in what proportions i dunno, and nor with what additives...
i reckon you should be able to meet the two in the middle if you need to keep the cost down..i.e. make your own renovating plaster...what you reckon church??
 
This is a hard one to answer, modern  backing plasters  like bonding , hardwall and browning are mostly used  in modern buildings they are made  not to come in contact with damp, they have very small relatively insulation values and will crack with any minor movement , dot & dab is another modern way of doing things, it will not show any signs of early shrinkage or cracking but as I say, it is a modern way of doing things and the dury is still out on this method.  Period properties of a certain age were made out of bricks and mortar straight on the dirt, they were designed to tolerate getting damp and to dry out with the seasons which may not apply in the real world ;D.  I am not 100% sure that modern renovating plasters work in the same way, but you can only trust in what it says that "it does what it says on the tin" working on period properties is specialist work, anyone could go in and do exactly what they like using whatever plaster or whatever method, and they could take the money and drive away smiling, but by doing this are you causing a problem in 5 years time to a property that is over 200 years old? but Im no expert i treat each job as it comes and i use my years on the job as the best guide i can use i well maybe wrong ;)
 
will anyony please write a good fu*king book on plastering that describes all techniques on plastering backgrounds ........and not leave it to architects that make you skim stupid heads behind bulkheads that are 2" wide and 6 metres long ......any help will be purchased
...we make you sparks and plumbers look stupid ...we still have to figure it out for ourselves :p
 
how about 'the bumper book of plastering techniques'... it'd go on for ever... :eek:
 
an old chippy once told me that a tradesman, unlike a civilian, knew all the bodges and how to make em look good. and although there is definately a wrong way to do anything, there ain't only one right way, here endeth the lesson :D
 
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