When renovating 2up,2 down victorian terrace, discovered some of the
bricks in the walls under the stairs are extremely dry and crumbly.
(The downstairs is concete floor and no damp present). Looking at old
posts on this web site seems like PVA or fibre glass resin is the
solution. I want to plaster then paint over this area to match the
rest. Can anyone confirm the best way to deal with this?

On Jan 29, 7:24 am, Eleanor Clark wrote:
When renovating 2up,2 down victorian terrace, discovered some of the
bricks in the walls under the stairs are extremely dry and crumbly.
(The downstairs is concete floor and no damp present). Looking at old
posts on this web site seems like PVA or fibre glass resin is the
solution. I want to plaster then paint over this area to match the
rest. Can anyone confirm the best way to deal with this?

which website?

Jim K

this DIY discussion (website...)

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Eleanor Clark writes:
When renovating 2up,2 down victorian terrace, discovered some of the
bricks in the walls under the stairs are extremely dry and crumbly.
(The downstairs is concete floor and no damp present). Looking at old
posts on this web site seems like PVA or fibre glass resin is the
solution. I want to plaster then paint over this area to match the
rest. Can anyone confirm the best way to deal with this?

That's a funny place to find crumbly bricks, but that is where the
'B' grade bricks and less skilled brickie will have been deployed.

For making the surface stable, paint them with well watered down
PVA so that it soaks in well, and then let it dry. This won't do
anything to strengthen the bricks, just stop the surface coming
away when you plaster it.

--
Andrew Gabriel
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thanks

On 29/01/2012 10:01, cool cucumber wrote:
this DIY discussion (website...)

You're on Usenet. It looks as though you are accessing it via Google
Groups, which is probably what you think is the web site, but that's
just a view onto the real content.

Good luck with the PVA. Andrew normally knows his stuff.

Andy