Renovating old farm cottage - Plaster Advice needed

3 years ago

Hi,

My partner and I purchased last year a 100yr old Farm Cottage as a project to renovate together. Having spent just over a year in the property as is, we now have a good idea what we would like to do. We are however conscious that due to the age of the property and some of the materials used in its construction, that we tread carefully to do things right, preserve the character and ultimately not damage the property.

This is particularly relevant with the internal wall plaster. We recently had central heating fitted and in doing so, the engineers channelled pipework into the walls, see below:

This channelling now requires making good. However we believe the pre-existing plaster is lath & plaster and are not sure what is best to approach here to repair this. The plaster also appears to have been painted if that is of any relevance.

We have the same challenge in an upstairs bedroom, where damp was identified on the chimney stack after discovering we had a leaky chimney, which has since been repaired.

We understand that due to the construction of this property it has to breathe in order to ventilate correctly, so we after some advice around what the best approach is to tackle this and not cause damp. Does all the plaster need to be removed, or can it be patched, and with what material?

Many thanks for your time :)

Comments (9)

Sonia
3 years ago
I had all the electrics re-wired in my 1934 house which involved a lot of channelling of the walls. The electrician then filled the channels a little and then I had a plasterer smooth it all over and make good. He did an excellent job. What makes you think it’s a lathe plaster? I don’t think it would be a problem for any decent plasterer. I would get some quotes and discuss your worries with them.
E D
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
I’m not an expert but I’m pretty sure this is not lath and plaster.

Perhaps you’re confusing it with lime plaster, which does have breathable qualities, but your gaps should be easy to be filled using lime plaster, if indeed that’s what your property needs.
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sarh123
3 years ago
Lath and plaster doesn’t look like this -we had it in our old house and the plaster was backed by lots of wooden supports,not applied to the bricks.
PRO
Magic Projects London Ltd
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Hi Simon,

If you book a qualified plasterer they will be able to advise what will be best for your walls, ask them to come and give you a quote and see what they say. best if they can have a look at this. We believe that applying stipple coat lime primer and lime green duro basecoat onto the brickwork is a good idea and then lime green solo one-coat lime plaster as a topcoat. Best of Luck.
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Magic Projects London Ltd
3 years ago
+ mesh to prevent cracks
Sonia
3 years ago
Magic Projects, don’t you mean Simon? 😂
E D
3 years ago
Hehe, what the heart thinks, the tongue speaks. 😆
PRO
Magic Projects London Ltd
3 years ago
Of course, I meant Simon:) I got you on my mind Sonia :P
Simon Ridley
Original Author
3 years ago
Dear all many thanks for your responses, I'm grateful 🙂 I've taken your advice and organised a plasterer to come visit

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