White Salts on Plaster and Brick (Efflorescence) — What It Means and How to Fix It Properly
Across 50-60 call-outs in Bristol and Bath, 70% of white salt cases are harmless drying-out issues, while 30% are damp symptoms; salts that appear once and stop are harmless, but those that keep returning are a damp symptom, and washing or vinegar actually makes the recurring kind worse because it re-dissolves the salts back into […]
Microcement vs Venetian Plaster — An Honest Comparison From a Bristol Installer Who Fits Both
Microcement vs Venetian Plaster — An Honest Comparison From a Bristol Installer Who Fits Both We fit both microcement and Venetian plaster across Bristol and Bath, and the most surprising thing for most homeowners is that these two finishes look similar in a showroom but behave completely differently in a home. In a showroom they […]
Why Do Plaster Corners and Edges Crack? (And How They’re Actually Fixed)
Why Do Plaster Corners and Edges Crack? (And How They’re Actually Fixed) Across our 50-60 reported jobs in the Bristol and Bath region, our data shows that the vast majority of corner cracks are caused by specific underlying bead issues — a cracked corner is almost never a structural problem, it’s simply the most vulnerable […]
