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How do you deal with blown plaster on breeze block walls in a 1960s House.
Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.23 PM
We have bought a 1960s detached house. The upstairs bedrooms have been built with solid breeze block walls and wallpapered. The plaster on most of them has blown and we are told this is probably due to the movement over the years. There are many cracks. Can these walls be skimmed or replastered? ....structural engineer confirmed no issues.
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4 Answers
Just One Builder Plastering
Rating: 5 out of 5
The walls can't be skimmed, ale plaster needs to be off then replaster or board the walls
Answered8 August 2019
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A. James Plastering and Building Maintenance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Plasterboard over the top of the walls and skim them. Nice need tidy modern finish
Answered8 August 2019
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MGG
Rating: 5 out of 5
I would get the customer to get the advice of a structural engineer, if all ok I would recommend cutting out the cracks screwing eml over the cracks then bond and skim them.
If the whole wall is blown then take off all blown plaster screw eml over cracks then float and set in sand and cement.
Hope this helps
Answered8 August 2019
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Anonymous user
Wall need a coat of hard wall and screem tape or mesh then skim on top of it
Answered16 August 2019
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