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 Post subject: What to do?
PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 6:17 pm 
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I've got an old conservatory which I'm planning on taking down to make more use of our small garden. The external wall of the house is currently plastered.

I would prefer to remove the plaster as we live in a 3 storey house and the conservatory falls just short of the full width of the house. I'm afraid that after the conservatory has been removed I am going to be left with a wall with an off-centre area which is plastered however I know that sandblasting does more damage than good so what are my options to make it look less silly?

I'm planning on getting cavity wall insulation after the conservatory is gone. Would rendering or pebbledashing be a better option? Or is there anything else I can do?

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have you got a pic? is it the internal of the conny thats plastered? and what with? if its a gypsum based backing coat it might not take much getting off...
in which case maybe a good scrape and a high pressure jetwash would bring it up ok...

there are also alternatives to cavity wall insulation such as EIFS that you can use if you need to render the wall...

if its sand and cement with a skim finish then its not gonna come off and leave a clean finish, youll be looking at re-rendering, and for that you can do whatever you like, have it looking like bricks, stone, slate, whatever, theres all sorts of products and finishes available such as wallcrete

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Well the plaster has come off better than anticipated and just have dusty/pale bricks now so what can I use to bring the bricks back to their original look?


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try brick acid (or brick and mortar cleaner from say, travis perkins)
brush it on with a softish broom...
let it soak...
maybe jetwash it after...
prolly be as good as youre gonna get...

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