Hi,
I tried searching for this in the forum - but couldn't find any topic addressing this (though I'm probably not alone with this problem).
We have removed wallpaper in the bedroom - and now have a surface of plaster.
The problem is that the plaster is loose in some areas. If you press lightly on the wall, you can see here and there that it "bulges inward" - as if the plaster has no "support" behind it (and that's exactly what the plaster doesn't have). It seems the plaster has detached/moved from the "main wall" and is now loose.
There are no cracks except in a few places.
Plaster has completely come off around a door we closed off, and along a corner in the room. We thought about applying new plaster to stabilize this.
However, the question is: Should we maybe instead remove ALL the plaster and apply new? Alternatively, cover the walls with drywall instead of plaster? Or should we just, as I wrote above, stabilize the plaster by applying new plaster where it's completely detached? (this would give some stability to the plaster).
The problem with applying new plaster where it's detached is that the plaster might detach/crack as soon as someone tries to drill up a shelf or something similar.
The problem with applying new plaster is... it's a hell of a job.
I need some advice and tips regarding this...
Thank you very much in advance!
/Anton
I tried searching for this in the forum - but couldn't find any topic addressing this (though I'm probably not alone with this problem).
We have removed wallpaper in the bedroom - and now have a surface of plaster.
The problem is that the plaster is loose in some areas. If you press lightly on the wall, you can see here and there that it "bulges inward" - as if the plaster has no "support" behind it (and that's exactly what the plaster doesn't have). It seems the plaster has detached/moved from the "main wall" and is now loose.
There are no cracks except in a few places.
Plaster has completely come off around a door we closed off, and along a corner in the room. We thought about applying new plaster to stabilize this.
However, the question is: Should we maybe instead remove ALL the plaster and apply new? Alternatively, cover the walls with drywall instead of plaster? Or should we just, as I wrote above, stabilize the plaster by applying new plaster where it's completely detached? (this would give some stability to the plaster).
The problem with applying new plaster where it's detached is that the plaster might detach/crack as soon as someone tries to drill up a shelf or something similar.
The problem with applying new plaster is... it's a hell of a job.
I need some advice and tips regarding this...
Thank you very much in advance!
/Anton
