Plastering A Brick Wall From Scratch | NO PLASTERBOARD...NO PROBLEM!!
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In todays video we're going to show you how to plaster a brick wall the old school way. No plasterboard. No adhesive.
Just solid plaster!
Now I have to admit that this is one of the hardest aspects of plastering. It takes time, a lot of physical labour and a huge amount of attention. But I must say that it's the most satisfying part to plastering.
There's nothing better than skimming on a solid base. The finish is 10x better and the skill gained from doing this sort of work in invaluable! Trust me...if you can do it, give it a go!
But don't be scared because I'll walk you through he full process.
I'll show you which products to use, how to prime your walls for success, the best way to apply the plaster and effective tips for getting your walls flat and plumb!! And It's a big one so get cosy.
If you liked this video then please like and subscribe. And feel free to leave a comment because we'd love to hear from you!!
Thanks a lot. I'll see you on the next one.
Cheers.
Blaine Gray,
Plastering For Beginners
Not sure how I ended up here but nice to see younger gen learning the trade. I'm 54 and been in the trade to long lol. When I first started out as a labourer one job I hated was knocking up Browning/Hardwall as we didn't have a power whisk. It was done by hand in a bath mixed with a shovel and a rake. Then loaded onto a spot board. Getting shouted at all day by spreads to hurry up as they were on price work. It used to kill me. I would go home and tell my mum I hate this job and would never want to be a plasterer. The whisk came along and saved us all 😁
Massive respect mate! It sounded so hard back then and I think todays plasterers take it for granted! It was a lot harder so fair play. And thanks for watching…I really appreciate it 👍
Yeah the guy I used to labour for used to spit on the spot and say " I don't want to see that f@#ker all day! " 🤣🤣
I'm a 58 yr old yank and I used to mix mud/mortar in a tub with a masons hoe. First we'd sift sand and then put 14 shovels to two bags of Portland cement. Brick masons screaming all day! Lol I hear you.
Don’t I know it I’m 62 and had over 45 years of it but I’m not getting much work lately probably most the people I worked for are retired or worse and trying to get some to understand that they don’t need plasterboard to stick over nice new Block work even bad uneven walls easier to plaster and with sand and cement any painted walls a splatter dash before plastering will ensure it takes to that
Same generation more muck or more Donald working for 2spreads but they paid me on top of my day rate they was on price on the tools by 17
Talk about a pro who likes his trade and does it with perfection. Bravo. The impossible wall became possible.
You have the gift of teaching
I learnt the trade from my brother and was in it with him for years,but it was during the time when it was all done by hand,and yes it was very hard work.He was a very good spread and use to say that you would find many as good ashim but not many better.We were subbies.
You are my hero. It's great to watch a real plasterer, there are so many bodgers pretending to be plasterers.
Cheers mate! I really appreciate that!
You are the best Plasterer on UA-cam. I plastered my bathroom walls after watching a lot of your videos. Ceiling was really hard on my neck. Stiff for a week! Great teaching vids.
he really isn't
If he was, he would have scraped the damn pain off first
@@demukazz True 😂😂😂
@@demukazz scraped the paint off? Why? That would take forever.
@@tonymcfadyen8302 because it is the technical requirement of such procedure and to make sure plaster adheres to more rigid surface.
Luckily for me Blain,I'm plastering in the day and watching your videos by night, best of both worlds cheers buddy keep em coming 👍
Thank you for watching mate. I really appreciate it - cheers!
Just live at work 24/7 that must be a tough life
@@shootermcgavin8793 if you enjoy what you do, you never work 👌
Excellent presentation. A true professional and sets the high standard to which an apprentice should aspire.
Thanks mate. I really appreciate that 👍
Great spread good to see old school plastering I've been in the trade 35 years great video well done you 😊
Lovely job and a great video to show just how much work it takes to straighten and prep a wall for the skim finish, people just dont realise.
This has answered one of the questions I’ve been asking myself. I’ve been watching your videos on UA-cam and just signed up to your online course. I’ve just bought a house in Scotland that need quite a bit of renovation and I’m going to attempt to do it all myself. Every room needs some plastering work, some more than others. The best bit is, I’ve never done any plastering before but I want to learn. Most rooms have been plaster-boarded (by the previous owner), haven’t been skimmed but lining paper put on, scrim tape over the joints and that’s it, it looks terrible. One big wall in the living room is original old stone with old plaster crumbling and falling off it. So this video has answered my question of what product to use before using top coat plaster. Thanks for making this video, I appreciate it. I’m new to your online course and I’m about half way through the videos. I’m going to study them time and time again before I even think about attempting to plaster. I sent you an email a few days ago with more detail than this and would love some further advice from my new found plastering guru. Thanks again. 👍
Just bear in mind that gypsum may not be most suitable to older buildings in scotland
Have to consider the rising damp in old buildings, bridging the damp course (if there even is one) can be an expensive mistake....there's more to renovation that just a bit of plastering.
I'm a bricklayer by trade but I love watching your videos, A great tradesman and teacher
Im not a professional and i learnt 37 years ago using washed sharp, my mentor taught me by letting me only do reveals, it taught me how to keep the mix on a hawk and trowel.... this year having had a big extension built and having a team of plasterers come in i realised i needed to do the plastering, watching your vids has given me a great refresher and although nervous about it im going to attempt K render.
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Nice work pal ! I watched a couple of your videos in preparation for plastering my staircase today for first time... I did alright, will need to get sander out when dry lol.
Brilliant mate, really helping me and confidence in plastering my own place
Just found your videos and it's nice to see someone whom knows how to plaster old school. I live in a old ex MOD property from the 1930's it has lime plaster and needs some repair. I have asked around a few plasterers now and they have all said that they only know how to dot and dab plaster board with finishing coat plaster.
You are my go-to instructor. Thanks so much for this video. I have a few wonky old walls and this is exactly what I needed to know. 👍👍
So satisfying to watch a professional craftsman at his trade. Perfection as always mate
PROFESSIONAL CRAFTSMAN??? Don’t make me laugh plasters are one step up from painters, I’ve been a joiner for over thirty years and the best plasterer I ever came across was a bricklayer by trade, the one and only time I didn’t have to scribe my boxing in to his wall because it was bang on level and plumb, and he mixed his sand and cement and finish by hand! Plus no speed skims or plastic trowels back then! Just a well worn steel ragni trowel and a level!
Great channel , I'm a painter by trade and my brother is a plasteter, but I also enjoy plastering.. learnt a lot from you mate 👍
Superb workmanship.
Superb. Very professional. Invaluable advice. Just a few questions if you would be so kind. 1)So long as you only build 8mm at a time can you apply deeper than the 25mm it states on the bag? 2) if you have to wait between layers say next day. Is it best to apply a 1 to 5 PVA mix prior to applying next or finishing layer and apply the plaster when PVA is still wet? 3) Many thanks 👍Tony
This is so helpful! I wanted to fix a wall in a house I own in a village in Europe and this enlightened me. I am going to apply this knowledge soon and plaster a brick wall soon there.
How did it go? I'm scared to pull down my plasterboard and try this but I really want to
I just fell over , a plasterer with a level,unheard off
Great job mate
Haha it happens 😂😂
Absolutely beautiful work.
Stumbled upon this as i was getting lots of mixed msgs from tradesmen. Not only i enjoyed your video but feel maybe just maybe giving it a go myself for small wall. Noted your professionalism and dedication which i dont see much now a days. This over plasterboard anyday.
Wow what a great job
Came out beautiful man! I had crappy ceramic tiles in the kitchen of my house in Croatia and it was all old school solid plaster aswell. I was freaking out because after i took the tiles off it was all exposed stone, and i was thinking how the hell was i going to make a wall that smooth but after watching this i think i can do just fine. Thank you for posting, this is the only video ive seen on plastering solid, everyone usually does board underneath.
Thank you so much been a great help not quite up to your standards but I’m happy with it I’m a 63 year old welder thanks again
Great video can't fault your technique. Especially when you said usually you should float from right to left and using the D-float 👌🏿 that is correct.
Thanks matey!
Was virtually spot on with the first coat as he showed with the level,should have skimmed that.
Absolute artist my man!
Takes me back..it's all in the final noise.
I even remember jute scrim and clouds, we'll done sir a noble art indeed
Ha thank you my friend!! All the best
this is the best UA-cam video out there. It will one day be part of UA-cam Hall of fame. Plastering old properties is the best. and very beautiful. Could you do one project with lime plaster? If possible.
Thanks mate! There's a recent Lime Plaster video on the channel pal - check it out ;)
I’m so impressed! Great video! 🙏🏻😊
Wow you really put that on thick! That's amazing!
Great video maye it has helped me a lot. Keep up the good work
Another great job buddy
I served my time as a wet spread in 1981.the days on the bath scarred me for life 😩 Friday used to be direct load day from British gypsum 44ton of carlite bonding/browning etc. we had to unload by hand and still keep in front of the spreads who unlike today had no mercy on apprentices. Hard times but taught me well and I went onto make a lot of money on the trowel over the years
That’s madness mate. Nothing but respect for that - sounds like real graft! Fair play for your time served and thanks For watching. I really appreciate it 👍
No fun mixing browning in a bath with the shovel is it
nice job, the wall looks great.
I learnt a lot thanks very much. I have a load of old walls to Plaster
Thank for watching my friend 👍
Love the videos Blaine, new subscriber! This reminds me why whenever I say to one of the plasterers I use, 'I wish I could do that', he always replies 'so do I' LOL
Great to see someone do a little bit of solid work.Top job m8 thx for sharing
Thanks for watching matey!
Best plastering video I've seen
I honestly didn't think that wall could be fixed. The shinny high gloss paint and all the highs and lows on the wall. You did some amazing work on that wall. ❤
prior to apply gypsum plaster, you need at least 1 coat of PVA bond agent, (Thistle GypPrime), to prevent adhesion failures.
Amazing as always
Thank you very much!!
Never seen a plasterer use a level. Nice one.
I love float and set take it over board any day perfect results everytime for me love it hard graft but worth it 💪🏼
Excellent tutorial 👌
Excellent video ❤
Subscribed 👍
Brilliant!! Cheers mate 👍
Great vid and superb work as always bud looking forward to the next one 👍
Thank you pal - I really appreciate that 👍
Any chance you could do a video for beginners on plastering artex ceilings?
I have a few in my house (tested negative for asbestos)
Would love to have them smooth skim
Great job Blaine, fantastic video too, very informative.👍👍👍
Thank you mate!
Always great advice and videos from you.
Nice project, very interesting.
Cheers!!
Amazing talent! Well done!
Possibly demonstrating setting out screeds using box method for beginners
fantastic.
Excellent work thanks for sharing!
Thanks mate!!
nice work, complements from a Canadian stucco plaster.
Damn Blaine, loving the upload rate!
And always just when I’m hours away from work! Perfect timing 😁
Haha thanks Marcus mate! I’m upping it whilst I can pal. Hope you enjoyed it my friend...all the best
@@PlasteringForBeginners Another world class output buddy. Damn, that was impressive. From rough bricks all over the place to like a sheet of glass at the end! Lovely!
Excelente trabajo 👌🏻, excelente video saludos desde chile 👍 👊
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Naive amateur here. Love your videos. Just wondering in this scenario if you could use thistle bonding coat instead of hardwall? Why or why not?
Top job as always blaine! My only issue is!!!! If the internal skin is brick then the odds are their is no mechanical dpc installed so gypsum plaster is a no go! It will promote damp.
Out of curiosity, I have an old brick outbuilding that I want to convert into a room. What would you recommend instead of gypsum in these situations?
@@allglorytothehypnofox when i converted my singles skin garage the spec from building control was to create a 2" cavity using 3x2 stud work, infill with 3" kingspan, put a breathable membrane on the back of the stud and to put a visqueen vapour barrier on the front! Then board and skim.
Couldn’t agree more. Personally I would of suggested to the customer to tank that whole wall prior to plasterwork.
@@brad7180 yep. Doesn't matter what the customer wants! You as the trades man has to tell them what they can have..
@@brimplas1 Thanks for your input. Really appreciate it. Part of the wall is underneath the ground level of neighbouring property, so looks like I’ll get some tanking done!
There was very little or no dry lining going on 36 yrs ago when I started out as a young plasterer! Though would always agree that a solid wall is better than dry lined. When you tap dry lined it always sounds hollow! Though my point here is to say that if a wall is rough then maybe the easiest way is to just dot and dab board over it? This method is fast, and clean. You can of course then skim it but I notice that many new domestic builds, all they do is tape and feather joints out with NO SKIM? Though If this is done properly you just won't see the join! Proactivity and ease of system on site will always win over what we might prefer!
You are right mate. Ease will always win on site. But I must admit that I much prefer this method - it’s so much stronger and it’s a lot more enjoyable than just skimming. But that’s me...I rarely do float and set now to be honest so I love it when it comes!
I believe there’s a difference between the craftsman’s eye and the client’s eye. Even the best taped joints can be seen from certain angles where a skim covers all if it’s good. It’s like the difference between frozen chips and real tatties: nothing wrong with frozen, but you can’t beat the real thing. Just my POV.
@@gerarddunmoore7609 Indeed!
Great and educational videos. Thanks. Not watched all of them yet but would like to see how you plaster a very high wall and level it. Please attach a link if you have already done it. Also have you got videos on fitting edge beadings and then plastering/skimming them? Thanks for your very helpful videos, please continue to make them. 👍🏆
That wall looks really nice
Nice to see a real plasterer coming from a 20yr veteren👍👍
Really good video on how to plaster for beginners awesome video 👍
Thank you pal!!
wow that is amazing work
Great video. Makes me feel I ca give it a go! But would there have been any additional value in doing this with lime plaster to allow the bricks to breathe? Thanks
Fantastic work and a great video. Thanks.
Thank you mate! I really appreciate that - it means a lot!
Hi Blain your tutorial videos brilliant helped me to plaster like a pro and invest in some great refina tools for my house refurbishment. Question: decided to try drywalling ?? 🙄on a new gyproc wall all that rubbing down and re coating 🤔 i gave up !! can I just plaster on top of the new drywall compound now its dry or will I have to upva to seal it first cheers.
I've found those drywall jointing compounds can suck a lot of moisture out of your multi-finish, and they have quite a dusty finish. I'd recommend using some PVA on the whole wall first. Like Blain explains with half exposed, half painted brick, you want to try and get the suction consistent across the whole wall, so it might not hurt to do 2 coats of PVA across the whole lot.
Thanks John for your reply and advice 👍 very much appreciated can get on with two coats of pva before plastering thanks
A Little tip I use "thistle bond it" over paint instead of SBR gives it uniform suction and grip from the grit in the product. Bit more expensive tho
Yes thistle bond it first & thistle bonding for the scratch coat over the painted side,Hardwall is most likely to come away from the paint just sayin.
lovley job spot on👍🏻
see you use sbr, can that be used before re- skimming over old plaster?? or is pva better.
Cheers pal!! SBR is ok but I prefer PVA personally 👍
I'm looking to plaster my garage soon (never plastered before) so would have been good to understand the consistency of the mixes for the render & top coats.. Also how long you waited between coats, the different tools... Perhaps you've covered it elsewhere?
That was a prof quality job!
Thank you pal!!
I always spray bit of hardwall on my water 😂
Graight vid though pal, nice to see other ways out ther😊
Excellent channel and content man
Thank you so much!!
Thank you. This is extremely helpful. I was wondering if you consult. I am in the US and virtually no one is doing traditional plaster work. I cannot find anyone to consult regarding how to deal with 2 problems in a 1910 home: 1) how to plaster over brick when the brick was originally coated with bitumen and that is now a bit brittle; 2) a wall that starts as brick and continues as a stud/lath and plaster wall that has been wallboarded. The plaster on the brick had failed after 100+ years and many in more recent times with windows not caulked an painted. I'm on a slow trip to putting the old girl back together.
On the bitumin I've been advised to use "Plasterweld". I can get no advise on the brick/stud wall where I'm worried about cracking between the two parts of the wall. The stud wall wallboarded when that plaster failed and someone wire lath over the wallboard onto the plaster on brisk and then used dry wall mud over that. I'm thinking about dot and dab wallboard onto the brick and then treating the joint as any wallboard joint. I'd use wallboard used for bathrooms here. We have a product called Structolite (a gypsum scratch coat plater). We do not have gypsum drywall adhesive ... I'm thinking Structolite + PVA or cementweld.
The only person I can find here to consult is an excellent conservation carpenter, but he's not a plasterer. He insisted I need to screw wiremesh to the brick walll. He also insists that I should mix lime putty with the Structoliite for my finish coat.
I would be interested in learning if you do paid consulting.
Could you do a video on your opinion of using hardwall on solid brick external walls? Some people say hardwall shouldnt be used there. But I didn't hear you mention this on any of your videos on hardwall?
Hi Blain ! When I was working with an old boy plasterer many years ago he would build out with render then he would get me to mix hardwall and multi 50/50 he would build out to where it needed to be then he would trowel it up to a perfect finish ! He was amazing but moody ! Dennis Mathew's ! He must 80 odd by now ! 🤔
I’ve never seen this before - sounds interesting!! I’ll have to give it a look, thanks for sharing. At least you don’t have to work with him any more though 😂
@@PlasteringForBeginners he was amazing on a trowel tho ! He always eat his lunch on his own . Every wall was like glass ! But he hated the painters ! 😂😂
Did he just use the 50/50 as a final coat
@@michaelmoroney4594 he did ! And it worked .
@@anthonyconti9626 what was the logic behind this or benefit of it please?
Hi mate. See when you went over it with water in the last part of the vids, is that a finishing trowel?
Great vids by the way.
Great job blian....do you recommend skimming over the electricial capping, I've had trouble in the past with cracking in the past in these areas 👍
* skrim taping over the capping I mean *
Lovely job mate! 👍😉
Cheers mate!
Thanks so much - great videos! I have a room that I'm going to attempt to do myself. The walls are made from slate and are very uneven. I don't want to use pasteboard because you get that hollow feel not in keeping. Would Hardwall be good for this do you know - or bonding plaster? I seem to remember using Hardwall before and found that it sagged (but maybe I made the mixture too wet!). Many thanks.
Proper plastering 👍
Cheers pal!!
No doubt you do a great job my friend as this wall was all over the place. I actually don't know how you got it so straight both horizontally and vertically.
One question is why don’t you put on screed boards to plumb up the walls along the length using drylines or a laser? I suppose that is how I would have to do it as I have no experience. Please explain your work strategy to a beginner who has no experience in walls like this?
As always I enjoy these very much and hope to someday do some of my walls which are papered plasterboard.
Thanks mate - check it the latest video. It shows exactly what you’re looking for 👍
@@PlasteringForBeginners
Using drywall as the grounds is quite clever and Iike that approach.
would you happen to know what product made here in USA closely matches your material? I am referring mainly to your British Thistle Mult- purpose. We have a few I have seen like Structolite for base and Diamond for finish. Would this work as well?
Appreciate your time and this info will spread out your videos to our beginners here as well. It all started where you are.
Genuine question: if that's a solid wall, surely it needs a breathable plaster (lime/breathaplasta) on it? The gypsum will seal in the condensation and cause damp issues further down the line.
Master craftsman 👏
Thank you!!
I watched this video and had a go myself lol you defo make it look a lot easier than it is! What do you do to fill the edges to the ceiling and floor and walls adjacent?
What is your slurry made up of for each stage and what are the ratios? Is it all hardwall gypsum? Is it 25kg to 12litre water as bag says for each layer?
And when do you apply sbr and why?
If you’re doing a large wall and one bag isn’t enough do you just feather off the edge and do second coat over what you’ve done then do the section left? Or just whip up some more plaster to finish wall then get ready for second coat?
Great video. I want to plaster my cellar. Its a bit damp. What would you recommend. Old brickwork
Great video 👌good old float and set
Thank you mate!!! Hope you’re well 👍
Yea I’m good cheers stil going 9 months in to plastering can u put pva on the hardwal to help the suction or not as already damp
It’s a life saver seeing stuf in your videos being able to use them in real life 😂 but thinking of trading my suplflex for a nela flex due to sometimes makes a vibrating noice and leaves like ripples witch don’t no why
How many bags of hardwall did u use looks big wall
Hey Blain, I'd be interested in your thoughts on something... If you had your own house built out of blocks, internally, would you dot n dab with plasterboard then skim or sand n cement then skim or hard wall n skim etc
If it’s double skin then all options are available. But I’d personally use Hardwall because it’s faster and in my opinion, a better product 👍
Wouldn't sand and cement be cheaper and rather then hard wall with the same results?
@@waj4177 Not advisable to sand/cement render a painted wall. Especially that thick as its a lot heavier than Hardwall. You could end up with issues
A render mix of your chosen type will give far better thermal mass and will seal the wall better than dot and dab , wet plastering is the preferred technique for passivhaus for the reasons I mention .
What do you recommend when it comes to skimming painted walls?
He mentions in the video that he uses an SBR primer. Works very well. Insure it's dry and tacky before plastering.
Nice work Nice guy
Another quality vid Blaine 👍, question for you what's? whats best going over thermalite block, rendagrip, then sand & cement? With mesh? I don't particularly want to dot & dab.
Is this internally pal?? If so then Hardwall is fine but your method works just as good 👍
Trouble is with sand and cement it's always cold
Hence its not used much inside houses now
Hi, Do you do work in Greater Manchester area?
Great video. Quick question. If you did hard wallone day and then had to plaster it next day would you have to prep the wall in any other way seeing as the hard wall will be dry? Thanks
Cheers mate! You can either PVA (but it will need a few coats) or I like to use SBR. It’s a lot better to use on Hardwall because it kills the suction which makes Plastering a lot easier. I’d use that pal 👍
@@PlasteringForBeginners awesome thank you so much
Float in morning skim in afternoon, sbr/pva causes blistering and ya will be with ya set for ages to get em out
Hardwall has super suction the next day
thanks - very useful tips
Thanks for watching!
You my friend are a plasterer 👍