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Thread: Painted Internal Brick Walls
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27th July 2005, 10:29 PM #1
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Painted Internal Brick Walls
Hi, we have an old house and it has painted brick walls inside! Can anyone suggest what we do. It will be too messy getting a plasterer in. We were going to try and paint with a texture type paint, but that won't fill the gaps in very much. Then there is Plaster Board, but my husband doesn't seem keen on the idea? Please help!
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27th July 2005, 10:32 PM #2
plaster board, sorry it's the only way
If at first you don't succeed, give something else a go. Life is far too short to waste time trying.
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27th July 2005, 11:11 PM #3
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27th July 2005, 11:19 PM #4
Originally Posted by bitingmidge
If at first you don't succeed, give something else a go. Life is far too short to waste time trying.
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28th July 2005, 07:00 PM #5
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How thick would the battens on the wall need to be in order to nail the plasterboard to? We've got exposed brick walls in the back room and kitchen and we were just thinking of bagging them, but plasterboard may be an option as well.
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28th July 2005, 08:07 PM #6
solid plaster will not stick to a painted wall
likewise you cannot direct stick gyprock to painted brick so you have to use battens 15 - 20mm
Cheers IanSome People are like slinky's,
They serve no purpose at all,
but they put a smile on your face when you throw them down the stairs.
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28th July 2005, 08:56 PM #7
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28th July 2005, 08:59 PM #8
but why would you?
Some People are like slinky's,
They serve no purpose at all,
but they put a smile on your face when you throw them down the stairs.
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28th July 2005, 09:05 PM #9
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Originally Posted by bitingmidge
Specially if you use an over charge, and it goes right through the wall.
Al
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28th July 2005, 09:52 PM #10
Originally Posted by Ian007
!
It also gives the renovators 20 years from now a chance to bring it all back to what it was like before the brickwork was tastelessy covered up.
Can you imagine some yuppie kids in 2025 eagerly peeling off the dead plasterboard, and scraping the paint back to discover the original 70's wire-cut bricks underneath all that?? They'll think they've won Tattslotto!!
Cheers,
P
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28th July 2005, 10:20 PM #11
Originally Posted by bitingmidge
or even nail or screw straight thru gyprock in to brick.
this i just gotta see :eek:
I think I would Pee myself laughing
Ian
Ps I think ive got how to do it,
its fire rated gyprock 26mm thick double layered rightSome People are like slinky's,
They serve no purpose at all,
but they put a smile on your face when you throw them down the stairs.
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28th July 2005, 11:04 PM #12
Glue the plasterboard to the bricks.
Its only glued to studs in timber frames and not nailed.
Just take a few sections of paint off the wall back to bare brick with a wire brush in a drill.
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1st August 2005, 09:28 AM #13
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ya, seeing as though it's not a wet area, from memory you can just use adhesive to glue the p/board to the walls and finish them off with paint. (also if you go glue option, you can't tile the walls)
i'm currently doing my laundry with p/board before tiling it to get a smooth tiling surface, and isn't that hard at all... (but i've installed battons up first)..
have you considered giving the walls a bagging type finish? might be something different / nice?
D
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1st August 2005, 09:37 AM #14
Originally Posted by Ian007
All of the above (OK shooting is a bit extreme) are quite easy to do if you nail or screw straight into the beds or perps, remember you are only holding the stuff in place till the glue goes off.
And yes as pointed out above, scratch the paint off before dolloping the glue on, or if it won't come off that's good!
Cheers,
P
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10th August 2005, 11:36 AM #15
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another option is a 'readiwall', which is just a masonite sheet. 5.5mm thick, you can just glue to the wall or nail etc. Thinking of it myself; although I havent quite figured out what you do with the joins. Probably put in no gaps or something.
It is a bit more expensive that gyprocking tho. The benefit are no stuffing around with plastering and take up less room (albeit not much - 5.5mm vs say a 10mm gyprock sheet). I also suspect its a bit easier to work with, if you have no gyprock experience. On the other hand, its a wood product and so looks different to gyprock.
see here
http://www.australianhardboards.com..../readiwall.htm
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