Hello!
My partner and I are about to buy a house with a finished basement. There was a flood in the basement a few years ago, and the plaster is porous and has detached along the floor in several rooms. There is a lot to fix in the house, and we are wondering if the plaster is mostly cosmetic (it's mainly on interior walls, but a few exterior walls).
And when we tackle it, do we need to tear down all the plaster and redo the whole layer, or just remove what's loose? The plaster is original in a brick house from 1963.
Thanks for the response!
My partner and I are about to buy a house with a finished basement. There was a flood in the basement a few years ago, and the plaster is porous and has detached along the floor in several rooms. There is a lot to fix in the house, and we are wondering if the plaster is mostly cosmetic (it's mainly on interior walls, but a few exterior walls).
And when we tackle it, do we need to tear down all the plaster and redo the whole layer, or just remove what's loose? The plaster is original in a brick house from 1963.
Thanks for the response!
One must tear down everything that is loose. It's not easy to get a perfect transition between old and new plaster.
The risk is also that the new one peels off after a few years if the drainage is too poor. If the drainage is new and there is heating in the basement, the chance is clearly better. So I would have fixed it a bit simpler and seen if it holds.
The risk is also that the new one peels off after a few years if the drainage is too poor. If the drainage is new and there is heating in the basement, the chance is clearly better. So I would have fixed it a bit simpler and seen if it holds.
And yes - the plaster is cosmetic. You can wait to fix it if you, for example, want to focus on the upper floor first. The important thing mentioned above is not to have organic material standing/lying on a cold slab and to keep the basement at room temperature and dehumidified.