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Gingerirvin

I'd originally discounted self levelling compound as I thought it would "self level" and I need to finish to a slope. I've never used the stuff. Can I lay it to a slope? And I'd have to buy it and I'm tight. Anyhow, I've removed ceramic floor tiles from the concrete so there are only the s...

Gingerirvin

Thanks for the advice. There are no cracks. My gut feeling was the lime render. So that's what I'll use. A friend has given me a recipe for distemper today, so I reckon there will be no problems re the wall breathing with a finish of that. Cheers.

Gingerirvin

I want to lay a screed over an existing sloping concrete slab (interior, no DPM in existing slab but plastic sheet test shows no damp whatsoever). The problem: half the room has a new concrete slab complete with insulation and DPM. I've necessarily had to lay this new slab so it rises 25mm over its ...

Gingerirvin

I've got a stone built house without any damproofing. In the ground floor room I'm doing up the walls are plastered with a cement based render, the bottom 750mm of which has been made powdery and weak due to damp and there's lot's of efflorescence. I intend to hack this 750mm strip off, rake out the...

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Intentionally laying a sloping screed.

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Sloping screed

Lime render

Intentionally laying a sloping screed.

Interior render: lime mortar or waterproofed cement mortar?