Plastering & Rendering

Are there alternatives for using Lime on old houses?

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 2.53 PM

I hear that old houses need to 'breath' to have it redone in lime would be expensive I think? can modern materials be used or would that be a waste of time and money I live in an old cottage - all held together with woodchip,I am a single women and live with my 19 year old who is very keen to do some of the work on the house to save money.He is desperate to remove the old plaster from his bedroom walls and replace the ceiling and the lath & plaster, which to me sounds like a job for a professional.He has bought all the tools for the plastering himself.It has become a constant battle between us of what I should let him do.( he did plaster a wall in his room,which for a complete beginner wasn't bad) When I get builders around to give advise he always says they don't know what they are talking i.e recommending damp proofing not suitable for old properties? he wants to use the old l traditional method of lime which I hear is not the easiest to work with.Please a bit of manly advise for the struggling widow!! Thanks Annie