r/Plastering

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What is going on here?

100 year old plater, popped up decently quickly. No water damage in the room above, no water pipes behind the wall.

u/breezy_yurrr — 6 days ago

What’s going in here then?

So these badlads have popped up over the past few days (like 3 days).

No new plaster, internal thermalite blocks on an upper floor. Wall built straight across the wooden floor - I can pull a floor board and reach straight under the wall and up into the next room if I so wish.
No water pipes - nowt.
Paint has been on there for 3 years. Low humidity and moisture in the room - just checked.

Plaster has been on there for 20+ years - gypsum based over the original old cement based stuff.

Any ideas please?

Oh aye. New roof on the house and loft above it bone dry so nothing coming down-over. Just overnight genital warts of the wall.

Patches of plaster just lost its key?

u/Itchy-Ad4421 — 5 days ago

What style of plaster is this? Thin coat over gypsum blueboard, two coat over gypsum blueboard, or something else?

u/mneuropath — 5 days ago

Anyone want some free help

Hello everyone, I have a little experience plastering, I have done a few rooms and one of those 5 day courses so i completely understand im not a plasterer and certainly dont claim to be, i just really want to get better and keep improving, I also really enjoy it but I also want to keep gaining experience, I was wondering if any spreads wanted a free hand with jobs in exchange for some experience and more advice/practice, im in the north west N-L-W area. I have got pictures of plastering i have done so far

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u/exmilgaming — 5 days ago
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Advice on Victorian lathe and plaster ceiling.

Hi all, my Mrs and I have recently bought a Victorian house and my god is it a pain in the arse. We’re doing the upstairs bedroom and this is the state of the plaster underneath the lining paper we stripped. The original plan was to repair all the cracks, zinsser gardz the whole lot and go over it with one of those paintable plasters that you paint on and smooth out. I know the answer is probably knock it all down remove the lathe and board it but we don’t have much money. What’s the best way of tackling this taking into consideration that we don’t have much money or are we wasting our time trying to short cut it? Any advice appreciated.

u/No-Significance-6605 — 12 days ago

Is this dry?

First time plastering, definitely rough in areas and will sand/fill appropriately, learnt a lot, and had a fun evening attempt to trowel up in the dark after zapping myself on the light switch. But regardless, we’re here. Is this wall dry and ready for sanding?

The other wall I already sanded because i did the wall a week before and it looked dry, but this walls colour remains somewhat consistent and hasn’t changed. I plastered it 12 days ago (20/09)

Cheers!

u/tinkering-with-time — 13 days ago