I'm thinking of buying an old stone cottage in North Wales to completely renovate from the ground up. I was intending to re-render all the outside and inside walls in lime to help it breathe and because I hate pebbledash which is what all the local builders use. However, someone told me plastering inside with lime will leave the house very cold and he suggested studding it all out, Kingspan insulation, vapour barrier and plasterboarding/skim. I can totally see the sense in what he says, but I just don't like the idea of plasterboard walls in an old traditional Welsh cottage.
So, is it not such a good idea to use lime inside and will it really leave it a lot colder? Also, is it necessary to go on a specialist lime plastering course because I've never used it before. The courses I've read about only seem to be one or two days but I'm sure there's a lot more to it than that!
So, is it not such a good idea to use lime inside and will it really leave it a lot colder? Also, is it necessary to go on a specialist lime plastering course because I've never used it before. The courses I've read about only seem to be one or two days but I'm sure there's a lot more to it than that!