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hi all 1910 house in dire state

sibster
11 years ago

Hi all, recently retired fromt he Army and moved to the wifes country, czech republic we bough a house that was built in 1910. Well the wife did I was not there to see before we bought due to dam army stuff lol. But on to the serious note.

I started on the back room and ripped all the old plaster down wich was a mud/straw/sandy lime sort of mix not sure what was in it lol, got to the brick work the bottom quarter is good solid brick but the top 3/4 are the very old clay brittle type brick. Now I want to render it but I cant use a browning mix as this is not good for these old type buildings that need to breath. I really dont want to go down the lime mix as this can take so long to dry. Now my plan was to fit furring strips run a vapour barrier and insulation then plasterboard over the top. In your eyes could this work????

Many more problems to come as this is a self done restoration.

Once again. thanks all.

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