whats the material put on walls before skimming

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Hi I am renovating my property and have taken all the old plaster of the walls back to the chalk and brickwork. I used to work as a labourer on site and laboured for the plasterers that was about 10 years ago and i remember them putting a thick undercoat of some sort on before they skimmed but cant remember what it was any help would be great...cheers simon
 
hello simon,

right it would have been either hardwall or sand and cement.

now a days its mostly hard wall as this has some great thermal properties you can also use tough coat which from what I remember is a little more expensive but is tougher!

failing that you could always dry line teh walls with plasterboard? then it just a case of skimmin the board?

I personally like a backing plaster but I see the advantages of plasterboarding!

Danny
 
what type of property and how old?
sand cement
browning
bonding
tufcoat
all sorts out there suppose its the plasterers preference
 
Danny said:
hello simon,

right it would have been either hardwall or sand and cement.

now a days its mostly hard wall as this has some great thermal properties you can also use tough coat which from what I remember is a little more expensive but is tougher!

failing that you could always dry line teh walls with plasterboard? then it just a case of skimmin the board?

I personally like a backing plaster but I see the advantages of plasterboarding!

Danny
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thanks for that it was hard wall not sand and cement
 
plasterjfe said:
what type of property and how old?
sand cement
browning
bonding
tufcoat
all sorts out there suppose its the plasterers preference
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Its a mid terrace two up two down 1890's this stuff came in a bag like the multi finish stuff but was thick with a sandy texture if this helps...i am going to try to do it myself :-\
 
I would recomend you dryline if doing it your self most plasterers I no even struggle to apply an undercoat and keep it level and true its not really a job for a beginer unless you use some screeding bars hope this helps
 
pwi said:
I would recomend you dryline if doing it your self most plasterers I no even struggle to apply an undercoat and keep it level and true its not really a job for a beginer unless you use some screeding bars hope this helps
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thanks...but that must be whole new ball game rather than mixing it up and trying to apply it
 
I have done a rake load of hack offs.... that dust will be around for a long time!!

I used to just send 2 labs in for the day to hack off and clear up.

I would dry line it mate if doing it yourself....

took me a while to get teh hang of applying backing coats....

Danny
 
Danny said:
I have done a rake load of hack offs.... that dust will be around for a long time!!

I used to just send 2 labs in for the day to hack off and clear up.

I would dry line it mate if doing it yourself....

took me a while to get teh hang of applying backing coats....

Danny
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cheers for your help i will scour the forum on how to dry line... ;D
 
1890s - wont bee hardwall then, was it lime mortar maybe, that would be the norm then. still the plasterers preference anyhow, thats if you as the owner want solid walls. if you decide on drylining you could have issues with your fixtures and fittings - door arcs sockets/swithces maybe just depends. I would stick with solid if it was my house
 
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