how the FRICK do I go about fixing 130 year old wall? just remove everything down to the brick and patch with a similarly shaped drywall? what do I use as spacer/shims, more drywall?
how the FUCK do I go about fixing 130 year old wall?
how the FRICK do I go about fixing 130 year old wall? just remove everything down to the brick and patch with a similarly shaped drywall? what do I use as spacer/shims, more drywall?
Have you tried turning it off and back on again?
I'm fricked aren't I
It looks almost like particle board
But yeah just cut it out to right angles and put in some sheetrock
it's brick, thin layer of plaster, then what used to be lath but it seems that the lath rotten away in this area, then more plaster. this is under a window and I'm assuming the window was leaking for many years. I bought this house a few months ago so I'm not sure.
to me this sounds much more involved than using sheetrock, but it would probably make a better final product. if you see in my pic, where the existing wall is still there you can see it pulling away from the brick and a large gap forming between the two. would you do anything about this or just fill in the missing spot basically?
cut it out to right angles
>fitting and somehow gluing drywall in there
>A SQUARE PATCH OF DRYWALL ATTACHED TO WOOD YOU TAPCONNED
right angles? gluing? attach to wood? wtf
Haven't any of you any idea the true power (malleability & grow ability) of gypsum crystals? well nether did these architects 130 years ago. That is why OP's old wall tech is obsolete.
Top ramen and superglue
1. Rough coat of cement (use the same sand or mix as for mortar, take off any bumps that protrude past the level of the wall with a straightedge)
2. Wait a day or two, then fine coat of cement, mortar mix but sift it first. Work it in the cracks of the first coat with a small wooden trowel. Try to leave this last coat about 2-3mm inset from the rest of the wall.
3. Stucco for smoothness and flatness.
4. Match color and paint.
This will get you a better result that is more like the original wall, fitting and somehow gluing drywall in there would suck.
>fine coat of cement, mortar mix but sift it first. Work it in the cracks of the first coat with a small wooden trowel.
Use plenty of water for this part.
if you do this , get a chipping hammer or similar and dimple the original brick and mortar. Maybe mix PVA. Need to get the first coat to stick, it won't stick on dirt.
You could just fill it up with plaster or Paris
OR YOU COULD CUT THE HOLE SQUARE LIKE A NORMAL PERSON AND USE A SQUARE PATCH OF DRYWALL ATTACHED TO WOOD YOU TAPCONNED INTO THE BRICK
>130 years old
Isn't that brick and mortar, then brown asbestos insulation, then plaster boards, then plaster? And is the window above rotted?
Square off the hole, buy a sheet of 1/2" cement board aka Durock, attach with coated screws into mortar joints leaving 1/4 " shy of wall surface. get a 25lb bag of fast setting Durabond 90 to get it troweled almost flush, skim coat final layer to wall surface with joint compound.
Where are you OP? Looks a lot like my house, also almost 130 years old.
There are two popular methods here, the first one is as you suggested, go to the bare rock and have it plastered. Works well for interior walls since almost no moisture or temp difference anyway. Also gives you exposed brick which some people like aesthetically.
The other way is to make a facade wall, you basically build a thin wood frame with 60cm heart distance against it, put isolation sheets in and put drywall over that. Can be 1” to 6” thick depending on the amount of insulation you need. This would keep the windowsill and floor trim at the correct position if you plan to keep those. Nowadays people also put metal studs (c45) instead of wood facade frames but that’s more for when you want the entire wall done imo as cutting them takes way longer