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Plastering & Rendering

How is best to remove internal BRICK EFFECT rendering?

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.28 PM

I have some really awful brick effect rendering in my stairway which I really want to remove. (It's like h bossik brick effect stuff). At the moment I am using a wallpaper scraper with a hammer to chip away at it, but I reckon it'll take forever to do that. I thought I'd be able to chip a bit off then get a scraper under a big section and pull it away, but I can't! I've tried a hammer and chisel which is even less effective. Are there any other ways / techniques to get this stuff off? I don't want anything too noisy as conscious I don't want to disturb the neighbours too much. Also because of the lockdown, I'll struggle to buy more equipment. Any suggestions welcome!

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5 Answers

Complete Carpentry

Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Swindon

Plastering straight over the top could be a easier option.

Answered14 April 2020

Anonymous user

Order from screwfix or toolstation a hammer drill and a grinder and a few boards of plasterboard or a bag of filling and finish and one of bonding. Or, use that bonding to render it and the filling in the top to finish it. Than paint it and that s it. Boostick have an adhesive, so what you have on the wall is pretty strong. However, a trade person will do that more quickly, cheaply and with less mess. There are industrial aspirators to remove the dust and powerful hammers and grinders plus experience.

Answered14 April 2020

PSA PLASTERING LIMITED

Rating: 5 out of 5

Walsall

Bond out & skim is your best option

Answered17 April 2020

G.Gale Plastering

Rating: 5 out of 5

Bridgwater

Bonding and skim is your best option as trying to remove this would create mess and rubble you would have to get rid of to only have to re plaster wall anyway.

Answered17 April 2020

Anonymous user

You have a few options- you can plaster board over the top of the wall and skim it which is probably the quickest and cheapest solution or hack it off and do the wall again- this is called float and set . Float and set is the preferred method .

Answered20 April 2020