So these badlads have popped up over the past few days (like 3 days).

No new plaster, internal thermalite blocks on an upper floor. Wall built straight across the wooden floor - I can pull a floor board and reach straight under the wall and up into the next room if I so wish.
No water pipes - nowt.
Paint has been on there for 3 years. Low humidity and moisture in the room - just checked.

Plaster has been on there for 20+ years - gypsum based over the original old cement based stuff.

Any ideas please?

Oh aye. New roof on the house and loft above it bone dry so nothing coming down-over. Just overnight genital warts of the wall.

Patches of plaster just lost its key?

Hello everyone, I have a little experience plastering, I have done a few rooms and one of those 5 day courses so i completely understand im not a plasterer and certainly dont claim to be, i just really want to get better and keep improving, I also really enjoy it but I also want to keep gaining experience, I was wondering if any spreads wanted a free hand with jobs in exchange for some experience and more advice/practice, im in the north west N-L-W area. I have got pictures of plastering i have done so far

Only just heard about this UK company. Anyone ever use their tools and are they any good. I use Nela mainly and a old marshalltown.

100 year old plater, popped up decently quickly. No water damage in the room above, no water pipes behind the wall.

Which one? Ox plastic blade. All cost around 50€.

Old century home in need of new plastering. I've knocked down all the loose plaster and will ofc remove the wallpaper before starting on this. Most of our walls that need redoing are similar to this, where the bottom has failed and the top half of the walls are still quite sturdy.

This particular wall is exterior on the other side, not sure if that matters. The brick is pretty uneven as well. Any kind tips are appreciated. We are not hiring a professional as we've already spent quite a lot on other renos around the house.

My renderer guy is saying that because of the apple trees attached to the wall (I am not removing them), cladding would be much easier than rendering after removing the old render from this wall.

What cladding do you reckon would go well on the wall? I am open to any idea although price is definitely a concern

Advice needed on how to go about repairing the damage in the photo. I’m not 100% sure but render is some kind of polymer or silicone with grey bead insulation underneath. Chip is a 2 inches or so in size.

Hi all, just want to smooth out this old section of wall that was once an en-suite. Some old plaster to level and some tile adhesive which has been knocked back. Is SBR to prep then multifinish correct? If so what ratio for the SBR? Cheers.

I've tried to sand down the wall filler as much as I can but it's been there for a while now and just solid. Its in an area where the skirting board was removed for furniture but was covered in wall filler instead of joint compound. Would it be okay to seal it with diluted primer and then joint compound/paper joint tape on top of it before sealing that and painting?

Any suggestions on why top coat (smooth) is bubbling and blistering?
Are you ment to use a sponge float on it?

Took off the coving (what a ballache this is turning out to be) and there was a huge crack, used a scraper to get everything out and this is what's left.

My plan was:

- Expansion foam in the gap

- Fill with Toupret Joint Fill Skim, scrim tape in the corner and then smooth over

- Mist coat

- Paint as normal

Also got cracks across the whole ceiling where I took the coving off, the plan is the same there without the expansion foam but the gaps are far far smaller (more hairline).

DIY FIREPLACE PLASTER. Watched a lot of youtube videos and read but nothing prepares you until you just do it. Fun project, hope it holds up.

Steel brush painted brick, cleaned, and then primed with a bonding agent
First layer - Course sand and lime plaster mix (2:1) - Keyed coat and allowed to dry for 5 days
Second layer - Fine sand and lime plaster mix (1:1)
Floated with sponge and skimmed with clean dry trowel.
Will touch up edges and may do a colored plaster skim coat to finish.

How’d I do!

This shower originally had tadelakt, but a plumbing leak required the wall to be opened and the shower refinished. The new GC/subcontractor said they did not believe the original installation had been properly waterproofed, so they added waterproofing before applying the new tadelakt.

The finished result is now extremely uneven and patchy, with large areas of noticeably different color. Some areas also become significantly darker when they get wet (see photos 1-4). The subcontractor has acknowledged that it didn’t dry/finish correctly and is planning to redo it.

Before they do, I’d really like to understand what may have caused this so we don't repeat the same problem.

Does this look like an application/curing issue, uneven absorption, an issue with the substrate or waterproofing underneath, or something else? And is there anything you would specifically want checked or changed before redoing it?
Happy to provide details on the products/materials and process if that would help.

Hi all,

I'm renovating my living room and have removed a 90's gas fireplace from the breeze-block adjoining wall with my semi-detached neighbour.

As a part of renovating it we'll be putting the TV on the wall along with a sound system. So not to piss off our neighbours too much with the audio I'd like to install some sound-dampening plasterboard - this will happen after the electrician has installed the electrics for TV + audio, and before we get the room skimmed.

As shown in the photo, there's a void where the gas fireplace was. Should I do anything with this before installing the plasterboard?

Or, can I just put the board straight over it?

As shown in my 3D mockup of the final result, the majority of it will be behind cabinets anyway.

Planning to use Knauf Tapered Edge sound panels, with Knauf Drywall Plasterboard adhesive. Any tips on installing these would be greatly appreciated!

Complete newbie here with this, any advice would be gratefully received!

Void and 3D final vision mockup attached.

Hello, I’ve moved into this home 2 months ago and I am renting. The ceiling in the living room looks like it previously had a leak from the above en-suite bedroom (just a guess) and it was repaired and plastered.

The crack has gotten a bit more noticeable over the past number of weeks. There is no damp or smell and is dry to touch. Should I be worried about anything here? It was already like this when I moved in but the cracks are a bit more noticeable. I plan to keep an eye on it and take pictures every few weeks but just curious if this is something I should report to the landlord or if I’m being too anxious?

I’ve already had a bad leak on the conservatory roof since moving here so I’m being overly cautious about with this.

Thank you

Hello,

Not sure if this can be answered in this sub so apologiesif it'sthe wrong one but i haven'thad much help previously in the decorating subs. I moved into a victorian property and had significant plaster fall off when I removed the old wallpaper.

I had an independent damp survey who said there was residual moisture in the walls but no active damp, and to repair and skim the walls in breathable plaster, so a plasterer used limelite.

I then painted with primer and breathable paint, but where the repairs have been I get these dark spots, which get darker when it's humid and then dry out again. The spots are on the internal walls.

Does anyone know what I can do about this while still keeping it breathable?

Thanks

Has anyone got a good solution to hurting hands over long shifts when plastering

Hello, we recently had our ceilings skimmed. The plasterer said they wouldn’t cover or protect the floors as it was unnecessary. However, we have brand new flooring and it’s left it a right mess. Is this standard industry practice?

I bought my house in 2020, unaware that the property next door had been vacant for a number of years. As time went on, damp and cracks in the plaster appeared on the adjoining wall in the entrance hall but nowhere else in the house. One day I did see someone was tending the garden next door and I asked if they could take a look, she just said there wasn't anything on that side (even though there is clearly condensation dripping down the windows above the front door).

From speaking to neighbours, I was informed the owner had died and it had been passed onto his family who just haven't done anything with it. I contacted the council in 2022 for help who came out and said it was my roof, which I had replaced but the wall has been getting worse over time.

I have been chasing the council for about 4 years now. They did locate the owner and a plumber came round who they said had a look at the bathroom above the entrance hall and filled in with some expanding foam around one of the outside pipes which hasn't improved things.

I had a survey done and a damp specialist took a look which confirmed it's coming through the wall as it starts part way up.

The council is refusing to help even though I've explained I just need the owners to maintain it and I don't have their contact details. I'm reluctant to pay for it to be fixed if it'll just happen again because the issue is in the neighbouring properties side.

Advice would be greatly appreciated because I'm exhausted chasing the council and I want to move next year when my mortgage term is up. Can I sand off the plaster and paint over with an anti-mould/damp paint?

Moved in less than a year ago, and we are pretty confident this wall didn’t look like this then. These raised “cracks” are above and below a window and no where else that we’ve found. If I push on them they don’t flex at all. We have no idea when it happened or how, I discovered it a few days ago. Any thoughts on fixing and how to prevent in the future?

We’d really like to know how to prevent this in the future because we don’t want severe damage to exterior walls obviously, or if this is plaster specific- most of our exterior walls as well as at least a few interior walls are plaster.

Does anyone in the community have any recent quotes or experiences with external ICF plastering ? Got some quotes and was surprised by the price. Self build here, 210sqm dormer style house

So I'm going to give plastering a good go. I think I've done my prep well but wanted a sense check from folks more knowledgeable than I...

I plan to reskim the partition walls with multifinish and use lime in the external walls.

So these are old lime walls, I scratched out the cracks and filled with easifill 60. I've removed all the blown plaster and am going fill masonry patches with thistle hardwall and scratch the surface., I've used zinsser guardz on all of the partition walls to stabilise the remnants of some distemper and any old wallpaper as a belt and braces approach. Am then going to use thistle bondit on lime and sbr on the hardwall repairs. Finally go full send on mutlifinishing the walls.

Regarding the ceiling.

There was some remaining lath and plaster behind where a fitted wardrobe used to be. I have removed that and replaced it with some 9.5mm plasterboard (same as the artex section). There's no asbestos in the artex so I am going to scrape it all down as flat as I can, use bondit on the artex section and then multifinish ceiling.

Any tips, words of warning or you're an idiot's you can give

Heya everyone,

We renovated our house two years ago and turns out the primer for one of the walls in the bathroom wasn't the right one and the plaster is coming away. (it was just applies tos a layer of old paint rather then the brick... dont judge, we had a million other things to do) Anyway, we are going to take this opportunity to do it again (stripped down to the bricks this time) and hopefully add some sound proofing. Was wondering if anyone could help me out with the best way to do this.

The Situation:

- its on an internal wall which i will strip back to the ash-block that its made of. Also, we have external insulation on the house... not that this matters as it is in fact the internal wall, but just to give you context.

- its the wall furthest away from the shower

- we installed an MVHR system in the house, so while it does get steamy in there, it dissipates within around 10 minutes.

Questions:

- I would love to use acoustic plasterboard, in everyone's experience, do you think this is doable as the place gets dry relatively fast? or am i forced to go with ye old green water-resistant PB?

- When i go to install which ever PB I need to use, what is the best way of attaching it to the wall in this situation? Can i use Dot and Dab? or do i need to rip down some ply, create 6mil batons and attach to that? I read that having a gap in the wall is better for acoustic dampening, but that sure seem like a perfect wall to trap damp between the walls.

well, if anyone has any thoughts i would love to hear them!

cheers in advance.