Hi,

I thought I'd take a shot at repainting my bathroom today. It is an old
flat (built in 1880) and has about three or four layers of different
wallpaper. I started by removing the wallpaper. On the section of wall
that I've been working on, I've removed the layers of wallpaper and
also the plaster has been coming off too. Underneath it is stone (I
think), but the stone is very crumbly in places. I'm not sure if this
is going to cause problems for re-plastering it.

I've taken a photo of the section so you can get an idea of the state
of things:

http://www.dingnet.org.uk/~saxm/badwall.jpg

Can I just replaster on top of this?

Also, the whole job is getting to be a bit bigger than I expected. Now
that I've started, is there any way I can abort this, or am I comitted
now?

Any help would be *greatly* appreciated!

Steve

steve wrote:
Hi,

I thought I'd take a shot at repainting my bathroom today. It is an
old flat (built in 1880) and has about three or four layers of
different wallpaper. I started by removing the wallpaper. On the
section of wall that I've been working on, I've removed the layers of
wallpaper and also the plaster has been coming off too. Underneath it
is stone (I think), but the stone is very crumbly in places. I'm not
sure if this is going to cause problems for re-plastering it.

That's not stone, it's the backing plaster, probably sand and lime, and very
often horse hair, you may want to remove the lot and get it all plastered
properly


I've taken a photo of the section so you can get an idea of the state
of things:

http://www.dingnet.org.uk/~saxm/badwall.jpg

Can I just replaster on top of this?


You can but it will be very patchy, especially if the backing is loose,
which it looks like it is.


Also, the whole job is getting to be a bit bigger than I expected. Now
that I've started, is there any way I can abort this, or am I comitted
now?

Any help would be *greatly* appreciated!

Steve


If you've not touched any of the other walls yet, you may be as well not
bothering...this one wall needs re plastering completely - you may get away
with dry lining it.

Phil L wrote:
That's not stone, it's the backing plaster, probably sand and lime, and very
often horse hair, you may want to remove the lot and get it all plastered
properly

It did feel very sandy, know I know why: because it is!

If you've not touched any of the other walls yet, you may be as well not
bothering...this one wall needs re plastering completely - you may get away
with dry lining it.

I've only touched this wall. Dry lining sounds like a very good idea -
I'll look into that tomorrow, thanks!

Steve