Jasmine Dale

Interesting discussion, though I'm wondering about limewash over conventionl, fresh gypsum plaster skim

I have a 300 year old stone cottage, with various layers of post 1950 conventional cement external pointing and interior paint. As long as there's ambient heat the building is fine, if not it gets mouldy quickly.

Anyhow for better or worse, I just gave in to government scheme to have the house interanlly insulated. They have used rock wool in a kind of woodchip/polystyrene stud frame, followed by plaster board and they are now doing a gypsum skim coat.

Bill Bradbury wrote this some yrs ago on permies https://permies.com/t/43317/Bathroom-Remodel-Retrofitting-Natural-Materials

"Gypsum is a great plaster that often gets overlooked, because that is what drywall is made from. It is still a great natural mineral plaster. I like to then apply a lime wash"

I'm aware the fresh plaster needs to dry to a pale finish and then have at least one coat of watered down paint, before a finish coat. My question is: can I use a limewash onto the fresh gypsum skim (over conventional plasterboard)?

Would I need to let the plaster dry completely first, as is the conventional route, or because I'm using limewash is slightly damp better?

And following the limewash, can I then use conventional paint (a pity I know, just loads of pots of it here when we moved in), or better to just keep up the limewash layers in the way we would do with a lime plaster wall?

Really hope someone can offer insight before the gypsum coat dries!
Best wishes from Wet and Windy West Wales, UK
Jasmine

I've been looking thru the threads, and perhaps someone here has an answer for me regards limewash over conventionl, fresh gypsum plaster skim

I have a 300 year old stone cottage, with various layers of post 1950 conventional cement external pointing and interior paint. As long as there's ambient heat the building is fine, if not it gets mouldy quickly.

Anyhow for better or worse, I just gave in to government scheme to have the house interanlly insulated. They have used rock wool in a kind of woodchip/polystyrene stud frame, followed by plaster board and they are now doing a gypsum skim coat.

Bill Bradbury wrote this some yrs ago on permies https://permies.com/t/43317/Bathroom-Remodel-Retrofitting-Natural-Materials

"Gypsum is a great plaster that often gets overlooked, because that is what drywall is made from. It is still a great natural mineral plaster. I like to then apply a lime wash"

I'm aware the fresh plaster needs to dry to a pale finish and then have at least one coat of watered down paint, before a finish coat. My question is: can I use a limewash onto the fresh gypsum skim (over conventional plasterboard)?

Would I need to let the plaster dry completely first, as is the conventional route, or because I'm using limewash is slightly damp better?

And following the limewash, can I then use conventional paint (a pity I know, just loads of pots of it here when we moved in), or better to just keep up the limewash layers in the way we would do with a lime plaster wall?

Really hope someone can offer insight before the gypsum coat dries!
Best wishes from Wet and Windy West Wales, UK
Jasmine

Interesting discussion, though I'm still wondering about limewash over conventionl, fresh gypsum plaster skim

I have a 300 year old stone cottage, with various layers of post 1950 conventional cement external pointing and interior paint. As long as there's ambient heat the building is fine, if not it gets mouldy quickly.

Anyhow for better or worse, I just gave in to government scheme to have the house interanlly insulated. They have used rock wool in a kind of woodchip/polystyrene stud frame, followed by plaster board and they are now doing a gypsum skim coat.

Bill Bradbury wrote this some yrs ago on permies https://permies.com/t/43317/Bathroom-Remodel-Retrofitting-Natural-Materials

"Gypsum is a great plaster that often gets overlooked, because that is what drywall is made from. It is still a great natural mineral plaster. I like to then apply a lime wash"

I'm aware the fresh plaster needs to dry to a pale finish and then have at least one coat of watered down paint, before a finish coat. My question is: can I use a limewash onto the fresh gypsum skim (over conventional plasterboard)?

Would I need to let the plaster dry completely first, as is the conventional route, or because I'm using limewash is slightly damp better?

And following the limewash, can I then use conventional paint (a pity I know, just loads of pots of it here when we moved in), or better to just keep up the limewash layers in the way we would do with a lime plaster wall?

Really hope someone can offer insight before the gypsum coat dries!
Best wishes from Wet and Windy West Wales, UK
Jasmine

We've been making straw and lime buildings for years. However, I now have a 300 year old stone cottage, with various layers of post 1950 conventional cement external pointing and interior paint. As long as there's ambient heat the building is fine, if not it gets mouldy quickly.

Anyhow for better or worse, I just gave in to government scheme to have the house interanlly insulated. They have used rock wool in a kind of woodchip/polystyrene stud frame, followed by plaster board and they are now doing a gypsum skim coat.

Bill Bradbury wrote this some yrs ago on permies https://permies.com/t/43317/Bathroom-Remodel-Retrofitting-Natural-Materials

"Gypsum is a great plaster that often gets overlooked, because that is what drywall is made from. It is still a great natural mineral plaster. I like to then apply a lime wash"

I'm aware the fresh plaster needs to dry to a pale finish and then have at least one coat of watered down paint, before a finish coat. My question is: can I use a limewash onto the fresh gypsum skim (over conventional plasterboard)?

Would I need to let the plaster dry completely first, as is the conventional route, or because I'm using limewash is slightly damp better?

And following the limewash, can I then use conventional paint (a pity I know, just loads of pots of it here when we moved in), or better to just keep up the limewash layers in the way we would do with a lime plaster wall?

Really hope someone can offer insight before the gypsum coat dries!
Best wishes from Wet and Windy West Wales, UK
Jasmine

What do people feel is the difference between breathing out through the nose and breathing out through the mouth? sounds like it's always optimal to breathe in through nose... I'm keen to hear what people have found, thanks

Morning Justin from here in windy Wales, UK. Your open source plans for portable chicken houses are one of the finest gifts out there. thaanks for sharing your experience. Enjoy your PErmies week

Something similar seems to be brewing in UK

Here's a list of which minerals 'weeds' aka soil repair plants bring to the soil web.
From my book www.beingsomewhere.net/pdcbook.htm

Blackcurrants, redcurrants, gooseberries and a few autumn olive cuttings. They are very simple to get and grow here in the UK.
Snip out 30 -45 cm branches off existing bushes. About pencil thickness is good. Then either stick them in the ground, a nursery bed or pots. They start to fruit well in year 3.
They are from my old place, where I had 100s of mature bushes, grown from the cuttings of a neighbour years before.

Ive just moved to a new place. I have about 100 x 1 year old fruit cuttings to plant out before spring. Wondering where to make my first garden here. So mostly observing.
Looking forward to propogating wild marjoram, yarrow, comfrey and so on, as a basic diverse mini ecosystem to support fruit and veg over time.