Plaster Board fitting to brick?

Question

Hi I have an old cottage and I am now embarking on a massive project to renovate to entire house. The house is 4 stories from a basement to a converted attic. I am starting in the basement, currently the basement is lined with drywall, I want to remove all the dry wall and replace with plaster, in doing so I am looking at plaster boarding straight on to the brick walls to get rid of the echo sound that plasterboard can give off when fitted to a stud frame and the finish it off with a skim of plaster. I am looking at doing it this way because I believe it to be cheaper that plastering the entire basement

My question is this is it possible to fit plaster board straight to brick if so what is the best way to do this…

Thank you all in advance

Answer 1

This is not a good idea. Brick collects and holds moisture. The moisture will "wick" into the plasterboard and eventually crumble and you will need to replace it. Mold will be an even worse problem.

Answer 2

With all due respect 4 stories is hardly a "cottage" Though admittedly a daunting task for a DIY.

Again with no offense I cannot imagine plastering being of any more value than drywall, and certainly no where near as aesthetically pleasing as brick (just my opinion).

The studding is to keep any wall material away from the brick face and you should likely do a vapor barrier at the wall no matter what you use.

I'm going to assume you may not be located in the USA. Are you interested in a smooth finish to those walls in question? OR a Stucco look?

Any "echo" effect can be deadened somewhat with insulation between wall studs, and if the basement is to be inhabited on a regular basis it should probably be insulated anyway. Furnishings and carpeting also aid in deadening sound.

If in fact you're set on Plaster, and if I was doing the job, I'd still go with studs to the brick, then a vapor barrier, then construction grade foam sheet at the very least. Then I'd install concrete backer board to the studs, then plaster over. In my case though, I wouldn't plaster; I'd use a Synthetic Stucco, as I have on exteriors; which is fiberglass based.

In any wall material I'd keep it at least 1 inch off a basement floor.

Steven Wolf

Answer 3

If you have an old cottage, keep the dry wall and just grout. That's what i did in the old house i bought. It is a long job to do, especially if you never did that before, but the result is wonderful. You will then keep the spirit of the cottage. You can grout in many color.

Answer 4

in case your skirting board are on the outdoors ,i'd probubly use a stud gun to shoot a nail into the plaster,attempt to hit a morter joint if all possable,also you would possibly want to positioned a touch Liquid nails in the back of the board, it may look loopy yet at the same time as it set's up it will be very not straightforward to bypass the forums.

Answer 5

Whu don't you direct bond tile backer board to the walls as this is moisture resistant, then skim ontop of this?

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/PLASTER_BOARDING_DIREcT_BOND.htm

http://www.knaufdrywall.co.uk/aquapanel/

then skim over these boards-

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/PLASTER_SKIMMING.htm

Answer 6

challenging thing. search into google. that will can help!