Chimney soot

[Timw]

We have had to demolish a chimney breast in our 1800's property. This is to make way for a window at first floor level.

Our builder says we must install a dry lining system on the wall rather than simply plaster it, otherwise soot and other contaminents in the brickwork will leach through and produce unsightly stains at the surface.

Is there a way to seal the wall against this problem and thus avoid the dry lining route?

 

[Gervase]

Cow crap works well - seriously. Details here.

 

[Nemesis]

And if you ask Gervase nicely I'm sure he will put a parcel in the post for you from Wales.

 

[Gervase]

It has become something of a party piece! I've done four houses with it now, and none has any sign of soot staining through the plaster, and I know of two other restoration builders who have embraced the technique after seeing me dripping in green gunge on the box. I don't recommend doing it wearing shorts and sandals, though...

 

[Nemesis]

:shock:

What can you be suggesting?

 

[biffvernon]

Imagine Gervase either naked or in a wet suit.

 

[Nemesis]

That's what was worrying me.

:shock:

 

[Timw]

Cow crap works well

OK, now how do I go about selling that idea to Mr Builder?

 

[Nemesis]

You could point out Gervase demonstrated the technique on national telly...

 

[MdB]

You could point out Gervase demonstrated the technique on national telly...

Naked or in a wet suit?

(sometimes I miss all the best bits on TV)

 

[Nemesis]

I think it was shorts and sandals, as I recall... the wet suit I would have remembered...

(Oh dear how revealing is that?)