Recent content by nedc

Not what I want to hear, but it makes sense. On the bright side of things, we're not moved in to the place yet - mainly because the contractor took his sweet time - and we haven't paid him anything. Giddy-up,'cause I already got lawyered-up. Thanks for the feedback!

A solution was proposed today: the contractor is willing to repair the cracks in the walls using a fiber-glass mesh with plaster. In the room with a lot of cracks, this means covering most of the wall with mesh and plastering over it. Any thoughts on how well this will work?

haha thanks!

Hi FreeD, Thanks for the feedback! The contractor didn't do the work himself, his plaster workers did the work and I think the contractor did not check up on their work. I think you may be correct that the workers did not check the old plaster and didn't do it properly. We also had new...

Thanks! How deep into the plaster would you do these things? (my contractor says the old plaster "was hidden beneath good plaster" and that "no one would have been able to detect it") Would you be looking at the particular characteristics of the plaster? (dry, sandy, etc.?) Or how it adheres to...

Hi, The Keim mineral plaster was used as a preventive measure against dampness. It's a small room (10x10feet) and previously and older couple lived there and never opened a window. There was some visible black mold (less than a square foot in size) but it was located father away in a bottom...

Hi all, Three months ago, I had walls re-plastered and painted by a plaster/paint company. The walls which were taken down to the brick and built back up are fine - no problems. But the walls which were "spot" plastered (plastered where needed) are now showing large spider cracks (2mm). The...