lime render

We have an old stone house (over 150 years) and I'm fixing some areas of damage to the interior paint, beneath which I'm finding a little discoloration here and there, though perhaps not actual damp. I've like advice on how to stain block and repaint without preventing the walls from...

Hi there, Has anyone used Isovit eCork to render external insulation (over wood fibre)? I understand you need to do a layering of 3mm then add the mesh, then another 3mm. What is not clear to me is whether you let it fully dry between layers, or is it done in one go. Thanks.

Hi guys, Would really appreciate some views on this, photos attached but can take more if helpful. We moved into a ground floor maisonette in a Victorian terraced property last year. There were some damp issues in the north-facing front room (some visible damp patches) and our survey...

Hello, I hope that despite this project being in Portugal and not the UK it is still allowed on this forum! I own a two storey house in northern Portugal, in need of renovation, this summer I plan on installing external wall insulation. Typical houses here (like mine) have granite stone walls...

Hi guys a merry Christmas to everyone! I recently bought a house, it’s 1905, and the photo attached concerns the inside of a built in wardrobe. The wall is a west-facing external wall, and the two holes shown are so loose you can pick them away with just a fingernail, and it goes all the way...

We have some builders currently half-way through lime rendering for us. They've finished scratch coat ... but: -> I think without wetting bricks first -> have nailed hessian to this overnight (into the brick) until temperature consistently back to 5'c from Monday onwards What impact is this...

Hi all - and firstly apologies if this is in the wrong place but hopefully addresses my question! We've recently had a loft conversion done, and as part of this, have put aside a section of the eaves for storage. The builders have plasterboarded out most of the eaves area, but have left the...

Hey all! Looking for some advise, I’m Renovating a small late Victorian terraced house in south London, I fondly call it “humbly built” but the reality is that these were cheap houses quickly thrown up! anyway the living room window sill is in need of some attention. There was a layer of...

Hi All, Large sections of my bedroom wall (external) had blown plaster. I think that it’s a case of many years of non breathable paint and a modern skim coat had basically suffocated the wall. It’s a lime pointed solid wall, with internal lime render. Anyway, I’ve decided to strip it all off...