pianoredwood73
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Hi everyone and thanks for all the useful advice re heating 15thc house topic below.
While waiting for drawings for a kitchen extension, we've been removing nasty fitted cupboards in the existing kitchen and had a shock as despite having thought entire house was stone (prev owners were adamant and we can see that some of it is as it's limewashed not rendered), the back wall of the kitchen is definitely cob.
Listing says part stone, part cob but doesn't say which parts. We have the ubiquitous concrete render which has hairline cracks in loads of places. I'm now worried sick that the whole house is about to fall down. Obviously we need to replace the render with lime, and this has now moved up to the top of our priority list, but sounds like there's a definite way of doing this, and is there ever an argument for leaving well alone?
Hubby has been on a SPAB course and has done a lot of plastering, among other trades, so feels confident he can put the lime render on, but is concerned about the procedure re removing small sections, which sections first, what weather conditions are needed, etc etc. Who do I ask? I guess we need inspection holes in all the walls to see which ones are definitely cob but they'll obviously have to be filled again with cob. Help. Sorry to sound so thick. Advice gratefully received.
Sarah
While waiting for drawings for a kitchen extension, we've been removing nasty fitted cupboards in the existing kitchen and had a shock as despite having thought entire house was stone (prev owners were adamant and we can see that some of it is as it's limewashed not rendered), the back wall of the kitchen is definitely cob.
Listing says part stone, part cob but doesn't say which parts. We have the ubiquitous concrete render which has hairline cracks in loads of places. I'm now worried sick that the whole house is about to fall down. Obviously we need to replace the render with lime, and this has now moved up to the top of our priority list, but sounds like there's a definite way of doing this, and is there ever an argument for leaving well alone?
Hubby has been on a SPAB course and has done a lot of plastering, among other trades, so feels confident he can put the lime render on, but is concerned about the procedure re removing small sections, which sections first, what weather conditions are needed, etc etc. Who do I ask? I guess we need inspection holes in all the walls to see which ones are definitely cob but they'll obviously have to be filled again with cob. Help. Sorry to sound so thick. Advice gratefully received.
Sarah
