Interior walls

[danmonken]

First of all Hello, everyone ;D
been reading a few post on here and find it very informative, and thought i would ask for some advice. i am by trade a dryliner/ceiling fixer, but also do general renovation and did plastering at college. At the moment i am doing a refurb on an old farm (circa 1840) all the external walls have been lined and boarded but the chimney breasts and dividing walls have had a rough s&c parge coat, and the client wants these walls floating and setting... so what would you lads recommend to use... should i continue with s&c (mixer on site but big diesel job 50m away) or should i back off with hard wall and finish with multi. any input would be welcomed.

PS The client aint bothered about plumb flat walls he likes the rustic look ;D

 

[Western Province]

Hardwall is prob more workable, but if you have the s&c there, you could coat, then multifinish if client doesn't mind the rustic look.

 

[warriorupnorth]

would use 6:1:1 sand/cement/lime if i was doin it or if finances permit dri-coat or lime lite, if it had not already had a scratch coat of sand/cem then i probs would of looked into NHL

 

[S a plastering]

i would go lime-lite an high impact finish but you could use multi

 

[murplastering]

madmonk you can only use limelite finish with limelite, limelite and multi dont get along

 

[Gibbo]

hard wall

 

[S a plastering]

murph thats what i thought then some lads poynton plasteres went over a load with multi they said it was ok thats shown me then but i allways use high impact over it helps it breath an all that poo

 

[carlos]

Rubbish have set loads of m2 of limelite with board finish never had a problem. Would never use hardwall in a building that old as good chance of damp. s+c all the way + waterproofer.

 

[essexandy]

Sand & cement all the way, you've already got the gear there and it's not like theres much to do so the mizer being 50m away isn't a great problem.
How anyone can find Hardwall more workable than a nice bit of S&C is beyond me ???

 

[lucius]

Carlos so you would always recommend SC with waterproofer on a building that old, why?
Lucius