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Plastering & Rendering

Plastering small kitchen

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.44 PM

I have old kitchen that has old plaster.. when you knock on the walls 70% of them sound solid but some areas have a very rough finish and there are places where they sound like cardboard.. i believe plaster would just crumble away if hit harder. My kitchen is about 4-6m2. My question is would it be better removing all of the plaster to the bricks and re-plastering all walls ? or would it be better to try patching bad places and re-skimming ?

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4 Answers

G & G Plastering

Rating: 4.8 out of 5
Leatherhead
It’s best to remove all plaster to brickwork or you will end up with different strengths which would cause cracking. PVA walls and apply a scratch coat of waterproof render or hardwall, float and rule. Allow to set and apply multi finish.
Answered5 July 2019
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Anonymous user

We've come across old walls like this before, where the old sand and cement has deteriorated. You have a couple of options after the walls have been stripped back to bare brick. One, dot and dab plasterboard straight onto the brick ready for a final plaster. Two. We could use a plaster that is called, Bonding coat, that let's the walls breath. I would prefer to dot and dab, as the next day it would be ready to plaster. The whole job should take 3 days . Let us know what you think. Many thanks
Answered3 July 2019
0

Afon Plastering

Rating: 5 out of 5
Newport, Gwent
First of all I would ask the client if I could take a look at the walls and give my advice . If most of the walls are solid and ok I would recommend hacking of all the blown plaster and the hollow sounding bits. Then I would PVA all the walls and use Thistle bonding to patch up the patches I’ve hacked off and then 2coat multi-finish Tks Afon Plastering
Answered5 July 2019
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TRS Plastering and Building Services

Rating: 5 out of 5
Cottingham
PVA and scratch coat of Bonding, then a coat of multi-finish, because Bonding cannot crack, and it’s a lot cheaper than Hardwall plaster.
Answered11 July 2019
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