Two foot long, about 1" strip next to pvc door. Tap it and it's got
that hollow sound.

Any easy fixes?


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Straightforward yes, chip out loose material if that includes the plaster undercoat take back to brick. PVA the brick. Fill with bonding plaster or if you can plaster OK then use one coat plaster smoothing to a finish alternately apply finish plaster to bonding coat. If you are not confident with finish plaster use my favourite filler namely drywall filler. You should be able to smooth it out well but if you do not it will sand down a dream.

Richard

On 26/09/2019 12:27, AnthonyL wrote:
Two foot long, about 1" strip next to pvc door. Tap it and it's got
that hollow sound.

Any easy fixes?



The hollow sound may be a bit of plasterboard to fill the void eft when
an old door was removed. The crack because no taping before skimming.

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Easy - NO!

Straightforward yes, chip out loose material if that includes the plaster
undercoat take back to brick. PVA the brick. Fill with bonding plaster or if
you can plaster OK then use one coat plaster smoothing to a finish
alternately apply finish plaster to bonding coat. If you are not confident
with finish plaster use my favourite filler namely drywall filler. You
should be able to smooth it out well but if you do not it will sand down a
dream.

Richard

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On 26/09/2019 12:27, AnthonyL wrote:
Two foot long, about 1" strip next to pvc door. Tap it and it's got
that hollow sound.

Any easy fixes?



The hollow sound may be a bit of plasterboard to fill the void eft when
an old door was removed. The crack because no taping before skimming.


Or the plaster section was "glued" to the door frame with crack
filling caulk/silicone, & with the shutting/slamming or just the
frame coming & going with seasons, has moved the original crack
out onto the next weakest point...
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On Thursday, 26 September 2019 12:27:28 UTC+1, AnthonyL wrote:
Two foot long, about 1" strip next to pvc door. Tap it and it's got
that hollow sound.

Any easy fixes?

Drill hole(s) and inject water first and then fixing foam.
It needs the water to make it go off.
Then just fill the crack.

Brian Gaff wrote

Yes when we had the back door replaced the whole of that corner fell to
bits and needed to be redone from the brick. I'm useless at it so got a
many in!

Is that a nanny in or you got many in ?

"Tricky Dicky" wrote in message
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Easy - NO!

Straightforward yes, chip out loose material if that includes the plaster
undercoat take back to brick. PVA the brick. Fill with bonding plaster or
if you can plaster OK then use one coat plaster smoothing to a finish
alternately apply finish plaster to bonding coat. If you are not confident
with finish plaster use my favourite filler namely drywall filler. You
should be able to smooth it out well but if you do not it will sand down a
dream.

Richard

On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 12:45:07 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


Yes when we had the back door replaced the whole of that corner fell to
bits and needed to be redone from the brick. I'm useless at it so got a
many in!

Is that a nanny in or you got many in ?

Take a guess, senile Rodent!

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On Thursday, 26 September 2019 12:27:28 UTC+1, AnthonyL wrote:

Two foot long, about 1" strip next to pvc door. Tap it and it's got
that hollow sound.

Any easy fixes?

Fill it with filler or plaster. I'm assuming it's 1" wide because plaster fell out, not because the wall needs rebuilding. Hollow sounding bits can be done at the same time, but not if well held in place - that happens sometimes.


NT

On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 08:03:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Thursday, 26 September 2019 12:27:28 UTC+1, AnthonyL wrote:

Two foot long, about 1" strip next to pvc door. Tap it and it's got
that hollow sound.

Any easy fixes?

Fill it with filler or plaster. I'm assuming it's 1" wide because plaster fell out, not because the wall needs rebuilding. Hollow sounding bits can be done at the same time, but not if well held in place - that happens sometimes.



No the crack is not 1" wide, the dimensions I gave are of the cracked
section. The crack is a fine crack.

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On Friday, 27 September 2019 17:41:02 UTC+1, AnthonyL wrote:
On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 08:03:09 -0700 (PDT), tabbypurr wrote:
On Thursday, 26 September 2019 12:27:28 UTC+1, AnthonyL wrote:

Two foot long, about 1" strip next to pvc door. Tap it and it's got
that hollow sound.

Any easy fixes?

Fill it with filler or plaster. I'm assuming it's 1" wide because plaster fell out, not because the wall needs rebuilding. Hollow sounding bits can be done at the same time, but not if well held in place - that happens sometimes.



No the crack is not 1" wide, the dimensions I gave are of the cracked
section. The crack is a fine crack.

then wipe it with a finger with a little filler on. It's all in the wiki.


NT

On 27/09/2019 17:41, AnthonyL wrote:
On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 08:03:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Thursday, 26 September 2019 12:27:28 UTC+1, AnthonyL wrote:

Two foot long, about 1" strip next to pvc door. Tap it and it's got
that hollow sound.

Any easy fixes?

Fill it with filler or plaster. I'm assuming it's 1" wide because plaster fell out, not because the wall needs rebuilding. Hollow sounding bits can be done at the same time, but not if well held in place - that happens sometimes.



No the crack is not 1" wide, the dimensions I gave are of the cracked
section. The crack is a fine crack.

OK, waht has happened is they were lazy plasterboarding it and didnt
tape up a sliver of plasterboard. Is this a stud wall or block?

To do a pukka job you probably want to remove it, fit it properly and
redecorate.


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