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Roger Moss wrote:
I like the idea of lime - but is it strong enough to put screws in?

No plaster is strong enough for fixings. You go through that into the
brick behind.

I have memories of old houses with light fittings, bannisters etc
dangling where rawlplugs have turned what should have been a nice 6mm
hole into a dusty, almost conical excavation.

Old houses didn't use rawlplugs - they're too recent an invention. The
common way to fix to a brick wall was to hammer wood wedges between bricks
and fix to them. If those do come loose, you're left with a pretty large
hole. With a light fitting to lath and plaster ceiling, the correct way is
to fit a batten between the joists, and fix to that.

What you're describing is not a problem with the material, but a lack of
decent workmanship.

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