Hi all, my first post on this forum . I recently managed to buy our first home which is an early 1900 stone house . It was all original with lathe and plaster ceilings and lime rendered walls, however the ceilings were sagging in a couple places after a previous water leak so we decided to pull them all down , then went onto remove all plaster off the walls and dug up the soil/stone floor . So we are back to a shell !
Floor insulation and under floor heating have been fitted , double glazed windows fitted throughout . Couple stud walls and roof insulation are being done this week .
Now then, my builder who has been my landlord for the last 11 years wanted me to take the walls back to stone so he can then cement plaster and dot and dab on insulated plasterboards . I didnt know anything about lime/cement until i started reading up about it . I like the idea of insulating plasterboards but not keen on the cement plaster
I asked him if we could dot and dab the boards directly onto the stone so the walls could still breathe behind the boards ? Would that work? he said that would cause bad damp issues but i cant see how as the walls are bone dry and surely its better than cement plaster?
Obviously he is the builder so knows more than me, he is the go to guy in this area and has been for over 30 years and said hes never had a problem
I will add pictures when i work out how to
Thanks for reading
Floor insulation and under floor heating have been fitted , double glazed windows fitted throughout . Couple stud walls and roof insulation are being done this week .
Now then, my builder who has been my landlord for the last 11 years wanted me to take the walls back to stone so he can then cement plaster and dot and dab on insulated plasterboards . I didnt know anything about lime/cement until i started reading up about it . I like the idea of insulating plasterboards but not keen on the cement plaster
I asked him if we could dot and dab the boards directly onto the stone so the walls could still breathe behind the boards ? Would that work? he said that would cause bad damp issues but i cant see how as the walls are bone dry and surely its better than cement plaster?
Obviously he is the builder so knows more than me, he is the go to guy in this area and has been for over 30 years and said hes never had a problem
I will add pictures when i work out how to
Thanks for reading