Brings back great memories. 2 years ago when i bought my first house I did the exact same learning as I went. Stripped out all of the old plaster & lath brought it all back to brick. Insulated the ceilings with the exact same green rockwall. Every room in the house. Then hired a builder for 8 weeks to plasterboard etc. Learned a hell of a lot working with him. Now 2 years later I couldn't be happier with the work I put in knowing that everything has been properly rather than patching the old plaster (which was hanging off in many places). Also had similar damp issues to the one you mentioned. Called in a damp expert and he quoted me £2000, instead I learned all I could about damp watching RUclips videos and decided to dig around the house lowering the level (bigger job than I could have imagined). Had a couple more air bricks installed and the damp hasn't returned.
Hi CraveThatCoin I take my hat off to you sounds like you done a cracking job, I must confess I do love digging, good to hear about the air bricks thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Guys. I’m dead inspired to watch this video and hear you talk about your own diy version. I’m thinking of doing the same. Can I do it? It’ll be a big step for me. I’m confident I can work it out but would want to get all the details you show in this video. Lots of damp in the walls and chimney breast too. But I think that’s down to brown gutters and broken flaunching up above.
Another great video your attention to detail is just fantastic I have never known a building company that goes into fine detail like you guys do .have a great weekend guys take care
Hi Guy’s hope you are both well, have you finished today or in Monday, Tuesday we trying to finish Tuesday, the tiles are quite special have a awesome weekend all the best Tony 👍
Hi Kieren hope you are well, I find now it just becomes more efficient and cost effective getting set up right all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend, enjoying your channel dude keep the content coming.
Great job again guys! Out of curiosity, retaining the cornice like that. Isn’t it just hanging on old laths? Do you have to do anything extra to support it? I’ve got the same thing at my house and I’m trying to figure out the best way to tackle it while retaining the cornice! Thanks!
Hi Paul we used a nibbler around the edge it was good and secure but we have used drywall screws in the cornice before and screwed the cornice into the floor joist to help hold the cornice up, pilot and csk the cornice hope this helps all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Did this house have cold walls solid brickwork with no insulation. I want to plasterboard my house but I have cold walls with no cavity. Does this mean I would need to use like mortar. Or would I be ok using hardwall
Hi noticed you double boarded the ceiling with plasterboard and something else?...after rockwool insulation. What was the second board and why? Thank you.
Hi Toz we used 15mm sound block plasterboard and then the second layer was 1/2 standard plaster board hope this helps all the best Tony 👍 thanks for watching
Hi . Is it a problem if you do 1-3 rooms at a time what you did in the video . As in 1-3 rooms say for e.g in jan then later after 3-4 months abother 3 rooms ?
See you're battening the walls out to fix the damp issues, wondered what your thoughts are on Vandex? Ever use it or is your preference to always batten? Does it depend on time cost etc, cheers and have a good one, great video as always!
Hi Oncewasdonka it was blown in different places and patch from an earlier leak so clients wanted it over board but we had suggested they would loose the mould detail so we explained that we. Oils take down the old ceiling without hopefully not damaging the cornice to much and put insulation in so it was crack on love that idea, all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Great work Tony et al. One question I've got is about rising damp. There's a great channel on RUclips by a chap called Peter Ward who is a historic England surveyor (I think). He thinks rising damp is a load of BS and moisture gets into brick due to high ground levels and is often trapped by modern building materials like concrete and gypsum which don't allow buildings to breath. What are your thoughts on this? Could you have used lime plaster on that wall and allowed it to breathe and achieved the same result? Perhaps not economical but would be interested to know your thoughts
Hi Tim thanks for your kind words, I have heard of Peter Ward through watching other channels, High ground levels will cause issues but not every property has high ground levels, I’am no expert but here’s my take on it, old houses have either two blue bricks with slates on them or old red class b all imperial, in time this fails. Now for central heating this takes all the moisture out the house dries everything, modern paints, plasters it’s modern living. It’s true if we just used fully breathable products then the properties would be allowed to regulate its moisture better with also the correct ventilation, old houses leaked air like nobodies business and we tape up old vents even block them up so we create lots of condensation which then create mould, sorry about long text it’s something we are to talk about on are new podcast we should ask Peter to join in and get his thoughts thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Hi Tim we are in the midsts of building the podcast room in the unit, we will have some amazing things going on and have some awesome people coming on, one of the walls will be called the Wall of knowledge that’s all I’am giving away all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
yes i was thinking the same. Increased moisture levels is not a diagnosis of the cause . Need to check drains, downpipes and guttering, ground level. Salt content in the chimney if it has had a lot of use. Any cement repairs or render to the wall. Often isolating the wall from the inside makes the wall colder and can exacerbate the problem overtime .. particularly if the underlying cause was not identified.
Man you look after your guys!. Lovely full cover scaffold with ply top, just a shame it wasn't for something more glamorous than the absolutely horrible job of stripping that lathe and plaster ceiling. Great to see you are not trying to battle against existence of damp in those few places but rather work with it using batten to create an air gap. Be interesting to see in the next part, what kind of plasterboard you used. Always great to watch A&E videos. Cheers. Del.
Hi Del hope you are all well, thanks for your kind words, I wonder if you can guess the board, pint on it even thou I don’t drink 😂 thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Hi Mate, great work and thanks for the tips. I have couple of questions if you don't mind. Whats a better choice, batten or dot and dab? And how many days did it take to strip the room? Thanks in advance
Hi Keef yes walks were inspected by Kilrot and injected, DPM back of batterns chimney unblocked to allow good air flow and then Duplex plasterboard it has the foil on the back thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Your team do beautiful work. I wish you were closer to us in Yorkshire, I’d hire you straight away to renovate our house. Also, can you use wooden battens and plasterboard for Victorian houses? All the research I’ve done suggests lime plaster, but I understand this is time consuming and costly.
Hi AW much appreciated, cost is always the big factor in any build. Lime plaster is the way forward it allows your house to breathe but it comes at a cost but not to much extra. You can battern as we did, ventilation is key as we did from the cellar, up stairs you can dab all the best Tony 👍
Hi TH FC we had Dick Dickson from Kilrot a damp and basement expert he had high reading in certain area’s so he recommended injecting the walls, we always put damp at the back of the battern, we did also noticed the chimney had been blocked up so opened that up to allow air flow, no high level ground issues checked the gutters were good for leaks on that gable end, personally I do think damp most of time is caused by a lack of ventilation and ground levels also people not wanting to be cold so they start blocking everything up thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Just finished watching. Looks like this is going to be a great series. When it comes to putting the walls back to brick with an SDS, is it safe? I’m paranoid I’m going to weaken the structure with vibrations!
Hi Marcus much appreciated, SDS drill is fine if you drill middle of the brick plus with the loads imposed on most walls the structure it shouldn’t move but just be carful, if the brick moves then stop and seek local advice all the best Tony 👍
Hi David it’s a great shout, just a question hope you don’t mind me asking did you think or offered a lime plaster breathable option thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Its going to look lovely when its finished especially with the period fire place. There was plenty of dust, that stuff seems to find its way all over the place.
Cables going across chimney breast aren’t in the wiring zone , a plasterer I used to know used to leave the laths up if the was in decent condition and board over them he said that it made a stronger ceiling
Hi cj you can leave them in, it has no additional strength properties that would make any difference we just prefer to double board better fire regs and sound proofing thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Another great video. Every one of the videos I have watched in this series, I have learned something. Absolutely invaluable when renovating an Edwardian house on a tight budget 😀 As for those tiles?.... I would choose them over jewellery any day of the week 😍😂😂
Hi saudilass we are glad that you are enjoying the channel and learning a lot, the tiles are beautiful thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
@@BuildWithAE Thanks for coming back to me. Rising damp is a bit of a contentious subject, did you say you were getting a damp proofer in? It would be interesting to know if they thought it was rising damp or the affect of condensation / humidity in the room. Potentially caused from lack of fresh air vents or use the of a dehumidifier?
Love your videos. Whenever I hear you talk about “damp” I think about Peter Ward’s channel ruclips.net/user/stibnite11 Some interesting watching in his videos on damp problems in older houses. Likely the blocked up fireplace has not allowed the room to breathe causing condensate.
Hi Bob I do think Peter has a lot of answers to many damp issues, ventilation is key for me thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍have a awesome weekend
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Brings back great memories. 2 years ago when i bought my first house I did the exact same learning as I went. Stripped out all of the old plaster & lath brought it all back to brick. Insulated the ceilings with the exact same green rockwall. Every room in the house.
Then hired a builder for 8 weeks to plasterboard etc. Learned a hell of a lot working with him.
Now 2 years later I couldn't be happier with the work I put in knowing that everything has been properly rather than patching the old plaster (which was hanging off in many places).
Also had similar damp issues to the one you mentioned. Called in a damp expert and he quoted me £2000, instead I learned all I could about damp watching RUclips videos and decided to dig around the house lowering the level (bigger job than I could have imagined). Had a couple more air bricks installed and the damp hasn't returned.
Hi CraveThatCoin I take my hat off to you sounds like you done a cracking job, I must confess I do love digging, good to hear about the air bricks thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Guys. I’m dead inspired to watch this video and hear you talk about your own diy version. I’m thinking of doing the same. Can I do it? It’ll be a big step for me. I’m confident I can work it out but would want to get all the details you show in this video. Lots of damp in the walls and chimney breast too. But I think that’s down to brown gutters and broken flaunching up above.
Another great video your attention to detail is just fantastic I have never known a building company that goes into fine detail like you guys do .have a great weekend guys take care
Hi Kenny thanks for your kind words we are glad that you are enjoying the channel, have a awesome weekend all the best Tony 👍
Nice” little “ project that involves a LOT of work ! It’s going to look smart , can’t wait to see those tiles all cleaned up 🧼👌🏼🧱👍🏼
Hi Guy’s hope you are both well, have you finished today or in Monday, Tuesday we trying to finish Tuesday, the tiles are quite special have a awesome weekend all the best Tony 👍
@@BuildWithAE still doing a few bits here n there , Al has his feet up though 😁you too pal 🧱👍🏼
Just a super job and the craftsmanship is superb.
Hi Maria have a awesome Christmas and New Year thanks for your support all the best Tony 👍
I love the platform that you use. Makes it so much easier for your lads.
Hi Nate it makes life so much easier and a lot safer and more efficient when working, thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have awesome weekend
@@BuildWithAE ive been telling customers who've come Into work haha. Sad I know but it blew my mind the first time I saw you guys using it
Excellent stuff as always guys. It's going to be one heck of a transformation!
Hi David much appreciated, very rewarding job the little spin around projects have a awesome weekend all the best Tony 👍
Nice one guys! Wondering why you stripped the ceiling rather than overboarding like i've seen on another video of yours??
Great work gents. A proper job. Can't think of a better compliment than to say if you were local I'd hire you.
Hi lestyn thanks for your kind words we are glad that you are enjoying the channel have a awesome weekend all the best Tony 👍
Amazing quality you guys can’t wait for the next one 🏴👍
Hi yorwerth much appreciated episode 2 tonight hope you enjoy the final product all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Lovely working platform there👌🏽 HSE won’t be sniffing round you boys! Well done🙌🏽🔨
Hi Kieren hope you are well, I find now it just becomes more efficient and cost effective getting set up right all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend, enjoying your channel dude keep the content coming.
@@BuildWithAE brilliant way to work mate, it looks so much easier!! Thanks tony, have a good Christmas if I don’t speak to you sooner👍🏽🔨
so was the battens just to keep the normal plasterboard off the wall? might do the same in my bedroom
Great job again guys! Out of curiosity, retaining the cornice like that. Isn’t it just hanging on old laths? Do you have to do anything extra to support it?
I’ve got the same thing at my house and I’m trying to figure out the best way to tackle it while retaining the cornice!
Thanks!
Hi Paul we used a nibbler around the edge it was good and secure but we have used drywall screws in the cornice before and screwed the cornice into the floor joist to help hold the cornice up, pilot and csk the cornice hope this helps all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Did this house have cold walls solid brickwork with no insulation. I want to plasterboard my house but I have cold walls with no cavity. Does this mean I would need to use like mortar. Or would I be ok using hardwall
Hi noticed you double boarded the ceiling with plasterboard and something else?...after rockwool insulation. What was the second board and why? Thank you.
Hi Toz we used 15mm sound block plasterboard and then the second layer was 1/2 standard plaster board hope this helps all the best Tony 👍 thanks for watching
This vid looks great. Going to watch immediately!
Hi Marcus hope you enjoy have a awesome weekend all the best Tony 👍
Hey what's your opinion on stormdry masonry protection cream £80 from wickes for a 120 year end terrace house with the gable end in black tar?
Fantastic video keep up the good work everyone stay safe 👍👍
Hi . Is it a problem if you do 1-3 rooms at a time what you did in the video . As in 1-3 rooms say for e.g in jan then later after 3-4 months abother 3 rooms ?
See you're battening the walls out to fix the damp issues, wondered what your thoughts are on Vandex? Ever use it or is your preference to always batten? Does it depend on time cost etc, cheers and have a good one, great video as always!
Hi James never used Vandex personally but Dick from Kilrot has I think thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Thanks Tony
What was up with the ceiling.? It looked in good nick
Hi Oncewasdonka it was blown in different places and patch from an earlier leak so clients wanted it over board but we had suggested they would loose the mould detail so we explained that we. Oils take down the old ceiling without hopefully not damaging the cornice to much and put insulation in so it was crack on love that idea, all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Great work Tony et al. One question I've got is about rising damp. There's a great channel on RUclips by a chap called Peter Ward who is a historic England surveyor (I think). He thinks rising damp is a load of BS and moisture gets into brick due to high ground levels and is often trapped by modern building materials like concrete and gypsum which don't allow buildings to breath. What are your thoughts on this? Could you have used lime plaster on that wall and allowed it to breathe and achieved the same result? Perhaps not economical but would be interested to know your thoughts
Hi Tim thanks for your kind words, I have heard of Peter Ward through watching other channels,
High ground levels will cause issues but not every property has high ground levels, I’am no expert but here’s my take on it, old houses have either two blue bricks with slates on them or old red class b all imperial, in time this fails. Now for central heating this takes all the moisture out the house dries everything, modern paints, plasters it’s modern living. It’s true if we just used fully breathable products then the properties would be allowed to regulate its moisture better with also the correct ventilation, old houses leaked air like nobodies business and we tape up old vents even block them up so we create lots of condensation which then create mould, sorry about long text it’s something we are to talk about on are new podcast we should ask Peter to join in and get his thoughts thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Tim Saxon - peter talks a lot of scenes and having solved a few damp condensation issues with ventilation, I agree.
Thanks Tony that's a great reply. Would love to.see a build with a and e podcast with guests on it (Inc Peter)
Hi Tim we are in the midsts of building the podcast room in the unit, we will have some amazing things going on and have some awesome people coming on, one of the walls will be called the Wall of knowledge that’s all I’am giving away all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
yes i was thinking the same. Increased moisture levels is not a diagnosis of the cause . Need to check drains, downpipes and guttering, ground level. Salt content in the chimney if it has had a lot of use. Any cement repairs or render to the wall. Often isolating the wall from the inside makes the wall colder and can exacerbate the problem overtime .. particularly if the underlying cause was not identified.
Short and sweet,have a good weekend👍
Hi Anthony episode 2 tomorrow thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Man you look after your guys!. Lovely full cover scaffold with ply top, just a shame it wasn't for something more glamorous than the absolutely horrible job of stripping that lathe and plaster ceiling. Great to see you are not trying to battle against existence of damp in those few places but rather work with it using batten to create an air gap. Be interesting to see in the next part, what kind of plasterboard you used. Always great to watch A&E videos. Cheers. Del.
Hi Del hope you are all well, thanks for your kind words, I wonder if you can guess the board, pint on it even thou I don’t drink 😂 thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
@@BuildWithAE I cant take that kind of pressure Tony, so I'm gonna stay tight lipped. Cheers.
Hi Mate, great work and thanks for the tips. I have couple of questions if you don't mind. Whats a better choice, batten or dot and dab? And how many days did it take to strip the room? Thanks in advance
After knocking off the damp plaster, are you treating the wall behind in any way or just battening out and covering up?
Hi Keef yes walks were inspected by Kilrot and injected, DPM back of batterns chimney unblocked to allow good air flow and then Duplex plasterboard it has the foil on the back thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
@@BuildWithAE Cheers, have similar issue with a room at our house, trying to work out how to remedy myself 👍😉
Hi Keef hope all goes well with your project all the best Tony 👍
@@BuildWithAE Cheers fella! 👍
Your team do beautiful work. I wish you were closer to us in Yorkshire, I’d hire you straight away to renovate our house.
Also, can you use wooden battens and plasterboard for Victorian houses? All the research I’ve done suggests lime plaster, but I understand this is time consuming and costly.
Hi AW much appreciated, cost is always the big factor in any build. Lime plaster is the way forward it allows your house to breathe but it comes at a cost but not to much extra. You can battern as we did, ventilation is key as we did from the cellar, up stairs you can dab all the best Tony 👍
How much does it cost to remove plaster and ceiling from 3 bed house?
Another belter vid, Tony. Did you get to the source of the damp? All the best mate 👍
Hi TH FC we had Dick Dickson from Kilrot a damp and basement expert he had high reading in certain area’s so he recommended injecting the walls, we always put damp at the back of the battern, we did also noticed the chimney had been blocked up so opened that up to allow air flow, no high level ground issues checked the gutters were good for leaks on that gable end, personally I do think damp most of time is caused by a lack of ventilation and ground levels also people not wanting to be cold so they start blocking everything up thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Just finished watching. Looks like this is going to be a great series.
When it comes to putting the walls back to brick with an SDS, is it safe? I’m paranoid I’m going to weaken the structure with vibrations!
Hi Marcus much appreciated, SDS drill is fine if you drill middle of the brick plus with the loads imposed on most walls the structure it shouldn’t move but just be carful, if the brick moves then stop and seek local advice all the best Tony 👍
Done this in every room in my house its the best way rip it off and start again no point in skimming onto blown and lumpy plaster
Hi David it’s a great shout, just a question hope you don’t mind me asking did you think or offered a lime plaster breathable option thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Its going to look lovely when its finished especially with the period fire place. There was plenty of dust, that stuff seems to find its way all over the place.
Hi Gino the fire will look epic, so true about the dust absolute nightmare 😂 have awesome weekend all the best Tony 👍
Cables going across chimney breast aren’t in the wiring zone , a plasterer I used to know used to leave the laths up if the was in decent condition and board over them he said that it made a stronger ceiling
Hi cj you can leave them in, it has no additional strength properties that would make any difference we just prefer to double board better fire regs and sound proofing thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
@@BuildWithAE thanks you have a good weekend as well
What does this cost?
Another great video. Every one of the videos I have watched in this series, I have learned something. Absolutely invaluable when renovating an Edwardian house on a tight budget 😀 As for those tiles?.... I would choose them over jewellery any day of the week 😍😂😂
Hi saudilass we are glad that you are enjoying the channel and learning a lot, the tiles are beautiful thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
Rising damp? Is that the first floor?
Hi Dave it’s the ground floor with basement all the best Tony 👍 have a awesome weekend
@@BuildWithAE Thanks for coming back to me. Rising damp is a bit of a contentious subject, did you say you were getting a damp proofer in? It would be interesting to know if they thought it was rising damp or the affect of condensation / humidity in the room. Potentially caused from lack of fresh air vents or use the of a dehumidifier?
Dave Kelly ah yes the eternal question is it damp or condensation. I don't think it's damp.
@@Lord-Brett-Sinclair damp caused by condensation?
Weekend watching sorted.
Hi AP hope you are all well have a awesome weekend all the best Tony 👍
Relevant
Thanks for watching 👍
Wish i could afford to use you guys lol
Ill bet this lot wasn’t in the starting price 😂🤫🤑🇬🇧🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼
P3 masks FTW here !
Love your videos. Whenever I hear you talk about “damp” I think about Peter Ward’s channel ruclips.net/user/stibnite11
Some interesting watching in his videos on damp problems in older houses. Likely the blocked up fireplace has not allowed the room to breathe causing condensate.
Its almost always the fireplaces isn't it? Could be migrating salts from the chimney?
Peter Ward saved me a lot of money. Followed his advice, lowered the ground level. Increased air flow and no more damp 2 years later.
Hi Bob I do think Peter has a lot of answers to many damp issues, ventilation is key for me thanks for watching all the best Tony 👍have a awesome weekend
Sorry meant to say thanks for the link 👍
Done all this before, would deffo pay someone else to do the strip out, horrible work, the rest of it was very enjoyable.
Sorry for what I did.