1910 terraced house Nottingham... Few questions to ask (thank you) about Lime, mortor, plastering, quarry tiles and DPC concrete.

[edscull]

Well, I'm in between Derby and Nottingham. I saw reviews and YouTube and stuff, and limelite bond, renovation plaster and high-impact finish all seems really good and simple enough to follow. It's just confused by different manufacturers' stuff. I can't believe it's hard to get these in I was gonna get these just one bag each to do one wall half-wall section.

Then use nhl 3.5 for laying some quarry tiles and do an area under my fridge so it not just resting on the damp earth.
Then take some old wood decorative panels off the wall and put new ones in to cover half of another wall.

It's one of those jobs where you need random areas completed and fixed before painting it.

I'm a bit annoyed.
Basically got the mortgage for this house in the early 2005s in my early 20s and only one could afford (northern rock mortgage so screwed from the start) and didn't have any knowledge of different types of stuff for the house. Then I started to know defects.

my family randomly helped me later on with my kitchen and since it's family and also coz it's not their home, so they don't have to live in it and see it everyday and they were wanting to get it over with. It was not a good result.

The kitchen was bad b4 and when the family did the kitchen by installing new units and stuff. That was fine. But the walls tiled are not great, but I'm going to leave them.

the worst thing was that the floor that got put down was by a joiner who basically only helped coz he
Was new to the family and wanted to impress my parent (lol).
My family took the floor up (didn't give me time to take the self-level compound up, like only a few hours, I also never knew about what was hidden underneath them or the knowledge) and covered the uneven floor with green underlay material. and then the laminate floor, he was saying when doing it this floor is sponge-like so it will be comfortable to walk on, rest of my house has a laminate floor which has lasted longer and is strong to walk on (well until recently). Just within 2 weeks it started to come up then over a long time I basically left the floor like it. I've been in the house for over 15 years and only just started to learn about old houses.

My kitchen had a burst pipe in 2021 and had to take up the floor and found all mould. Then chipped a way through the compound which took days to find quarry tiles and then found out.more info about them.


I've not done the house up over the years coz of money and I had a car accident over a decade ago so it has been a very long recovery etc.

Sorry for all the info, it's all random but sometimes some people might read this and relate to it. Also never get family to help.

 

[Lacan07]

Well, I'm in between Derby and Nottingham. I saw reviews and YouTube and stuff, and limelite bond, renovation plaster and high-impact finish all seems really good and simple enough to follow. It's just confused by different manufacturers' stuff. I can't believe it's hard to get these in I was gonna get these just one bag each to do one wall half-wall section.

Then use nhl 3.5 for laying some quarry tiles and do an area under my fridge so it not just resting on the damp earth.
Then take some old wood decorative panels off the wall and put new ones in to cover half of another wall.

It's one of those jobs where you need random areas completed and fixed before painting it.

I'm a bit annoyed.
Basically got the mortgage for this house in the early 2005s in my early 20s and only one could afford (northern rock mortgage so screwed from the start) and didn't have any knowledge of different types of stuff for the house. Then I started to know defects.

my family randomly helped me later on with my kitchen and since it's family and also coz it's not their home, so they don't have to live in it and see it everyday and they were wanting to get it over with. It was not a good result.

The kitchen was bad b4 and when the family did the kitchen by installing new units and stuff. That was fine. But the walls tiled are not great, but I'm going to leave them.

the worst thing was that the floor that got put down was by a joiner who basically only helped coz he
Was new to the family and wanted to impress my parent (lol).
My family took the floor up (didn't give me time to take the self-level compound up, like only a few hours, I also never knew about what was hidden underneath them or the knowledge) and covered the uneven floor with green underlay material. and then the laminate floor, he was saying when doing it this floor is sponge-like so it will be comfortable to walk on, rest of my house has a laminate floor which has lasted longer and is strong to walk on (well until recently). Just within 2 weeks it started to come up then over a long time I basically left the floor like it. I've been in the house for over 15 years and only just started to learn about old houses.

My kitchen had a burst pipe in 2021 and had to take up the floor and found all mould. Then chipped a way through the compound which took days to find quarry tiles and then found out.more info about them.


I've not done the house up over the years coz of money and I had a car accident over a decade ago so it has been a very long recovery etc.

Sorry for all the info, it's all random but sometimes some people might read this and relate to it. Also never get family to help.

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Sometimes family can do more harm than good precisely because they're the people you tend to trust the most. I've learnt over recent years to take my brothers advice with a pinch of salt, especially when it comes to houses! He's purchased numerous properties / projects over the years and bodged every one of them.

 

[overlander matt]

Hi Ed. I live in Shardlow so probably close to where you are. I normally have a few bags of lime kicking about so if you need a bag or two without the delivery I might be able to help.

 

[LadyArowana]

He's purchased numerous properties / projects over the years and bodged every one of them.

Yes, but did he manage to sell them on at a profit before anyone except you noticed?

 

[Lacan07]

Yes, but did he manage to sell them on at a profit before anyone except you noticed?

Yes. Let's face it, it's not difficult, especially when property was booming.

His current house is valued at 650k, he paid 250k for it I think. I wouldn't buy it.

 

[Stevers]

Your house is very similar to my first home (Yeovil, Somerset built 1913). The houses were built in batches from the other end of the street over several years, and mine was the first one with cavity walls all round. That house was perfectly OK to live in as it was, but sadly got fully damp proof 'wallied' and 'modernised' when we sold it, and even the nice boxed eaves have now been plasticised.

It seems that not all NHLs are pure as the driven snow as some have traces of cement or gypsum to help the initial hydraulic set. This might be OK for pointing a garden wall, but could be a problem when used to plaster a wall where salts are present. The NHLs that claim to be clear of such additives are probably the ones to go for; the one's that are stum on the matter perhaps best avoided. Not used it, but I've seen Limelite renovating plaster 'dissed' elsewhere for containing cement of all things. Many builders merchants now stock an NHL, but in my experience prices vary dramatically. You will need to shop around for the best price on a good clean NHL. I've found that a good local chain will always beat the nationals. In my neck of the woods I can recommend CRS Builders Merchants (also A J Champion & Sons) for good value and a pleasant experience.

Some other points about NHL are that batching 1:3 by volume could be heading for 1:4 or weaker by weight. I've used 1:3 by volume on garden walls and around the house, and that's worked well, but it should really be 1:3 by weight, so I'm always generous with the NHL. In my case half of the aggregate is usually local stone dust (from limestone), and that has a life of its own anyway. Last point is that unlike OPC, NHL can't be made up too strong.

Steve

 

[sarah.in.liverpool]

Your house is very similar to my first home (Yeovil, Somerset built 1913). The houses were built in batches from the other end of the street over several years, and mine was the first one with cavity walls all round. That house was perfectly OK to live in as it was, but sadly got fully damp proof 'wallied' and 'modernised' when we sold it, and even the nice boxed eaves have now been plasticised.

It seems that not all NHLs are pure as the driven snow as some have traces of cement or gypsum to help the initial hydraulic set. This might be OK for pointing a garden wall, but could be a problem when used to plaster a wall where salts are present. The NHLs that claim to be clear of such additives are probably the ones to go for; the one's that are stum on the matter perhaps best avoided. Not used it, but I've seen Limelite renovating plaster 'dissed' elsewhere for containing cement of all things. Many builders merchants now stock an NHL, but in my experience prices vary dramatically. You will need to shop around for the best price on a good clean NHL. I've found that a good local chain will always beat the nationals. In my neck of the woods I can recommend CRS Builders Merchants (also A J Champion & Sons) for good value and a pleasant experience.

Some other points about NHL are that batching 1:3 by volume could be heading for 1:4 or weaker by weight. I've used 1:3 by volume on garden walls and around the house, and that's worked well, but it should really be 1:3 by weight, so I'm always generous with the NHL. In my case half of the aggregate is usually local stone dust (from limestone), and that has a life of its own anyway. Last point is that unlike OPC, NHL can't be made up too strong.

Steve

Thank you for this information Steve, I have just read through this thread and that is very useful.