Originally Posted by
Coffin Dodger
If you went back to the brick work why did you decide to go for render and skim? I'd have had it dry-lined, much less likely to crack, and should give a better finish generally.
Because at some point in the past the room had a full damp course put in which meant that their was a 3 ft area of solid grey plaster all round the room, the plaster's advice was to knock off all the old plaster above the 3ft of grey plaster and his original method was going to be dot and dabbing the room above the 3ft area of grey plaster. I wasn't keen on having plaster board hanging in the air above the grey plaster, if it had been dot n dab to the floor then i may have considered it.
I took advice on here and the common consensus was to cement render the bare walls above the 3ft of plaster then have it skimmed.