On 03/03/15 11:16, sm_jamieson wrote:
On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 4:21:05 PM UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Robin wrote:
Neighbour new to the joys of walls with an inch of Victorian plaster
before there's even a chance of finding brick asked me what wallplugs I
recommend. I told him I use Fischer SX rimless so they can set into the
brick (when you find it) but that I wouldn't want to recommend as such
them without asking my betters. So any recommendations please?

Victorian plaster is usually so soft you're not going to want to fix to it
anyway. So make the correct sized hole into the brick, then tap a flanged
plug in so it stops at the brick.

To risk thread drift, but oh I hate the plaster dilemma. Should I get the old plaster skimmed and hope it stays on the wall, or rip it all off and start again? I have tried drilling holes and injecting PVA which sometimes helps.
Simon.


I sounded all of mine out with a spanner wheeltapper style.

Knocked the loose patches off (usually the skim) then PVA'd it and
reskimmed.

Been fine for several years - still find the odd small hollow patch, but
they are extremely few in number and of no consequence.