bobbobberson
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Hi,
We have an 1800's listed farm house. Last year, we had the exterior re-rendered in the appropriate lime render. The worst room of the second floor is my childs bedroom, this is on the side of the house so has 3 external walls
One wall in particular has always been quite damp (wall in green) - I assumed this would improve with the external render, however I am guessing that the wall is still deeply damp so could do with stripping away and re-finishing in a lime base coat with a finishing lime skim
The other walls have very loose finish in places, so I have begun to remove the really loose bits to see what is underneath. At first glance I assumed gypsum basecoat with a gypsum finish, however doing the vinegar test just now the basecoat seemed to fizz a lot whilst the top coat produced a few bubbles. Could it be that the base coat here is lime, and the top coat is gypsum? The basecoat seems to have hair in it, which is a good indication of lime I guess?
I want to give repairing and finishing a go, and have been reading up on lime. My first thought was to remove everything, and look to re-plaster using appropriate lime, however I am unsure now as if it has a good base of lime it might be worth patch repairing with lime again and then putting the appropriate lime skim over that?
I am keen to not just band aid stuff, I want to ensure that we get the benefit of our external render being the proper breathable type now which is better for the fabric of the building, but I also need to temper this with not going too crazy on the interior walls and effectively looking for problems
Thanks!



We have an 1800's listed farm house. Last year, we had the exterior re-rendered in the appropriate lime render. The worst room of the second floor is my childs bedroom, this is on the side of the house so has 3 external walls
One wall in particular has always been quite damp (wall in green) - I assumed this would improve with the external render, however I am guessing that the wall is still deeply damp so could do with stripping away and re-finishing in a lime base coat with a finishing lime skim
The other walls have very loose finish in places, so I have begun to remove the really loose bits to see what is underneath. At first glance I assumed gypsum basecoat with a gypsum finish, however doing the vinegar test just now the basecoat seemed to fizz a lot whilst the top coat produced a few bubbles. Could it be that the base coat here is lime, and the top coat is gypsum? The basecoat seems to have hair in it, which is a good indication of lime I guess?
I want to give repairing and finishing a go, and have been reading up on lime. My first thought was to remove everything, and look to re-plaster using appropriate lime, however I am unsure now as if it has a good base of lime it might be worth patch repairing with lime again and then putting the appropriate lime skim over that?
I am keen to not just band aid stuff, I want to ensure that we get the benefit of our external render being the proper breathable type now which is better for the fabric of the building, but I also need to temper this with not going too crazy on the interior walls and effectively looking for problems
Thanks!


