Repair of plinth

The base part of the building is exposed to aggressive influence of many factors. It often needs repairs in most other areas. You can not delay it. After the destruction of the base reduces the durability of the entire structure.

To damage the plaster did not lead to the growth of mold and prevent moisture from destroying the wall, it is necessary to correct the situation and timely repair the socle of the building. As a rule, it consists in the restoration of joints, the new plastering of the hotel areas. Sometimes when repairing the basement of a brick house, you have to change individual bricks.

Step-by-step instruction

First release the bottom of the wall from contact with the ground. To do this, use a shovel.

Then remove all fragments of plaster, which are kept poorly, you should try not to let the emptiness pass, they can be revealed by tapping. All the rendered plaster is beaten with a hammer or chisel.

Then clean the surface of dirt and dust. To remove all remnants of plaster carefully, use a wire brush. How to perform this work, you can see the photo or video.

All surfaces that need to be protected from plaster, for example, window frames, must be pasted with paint tape. It will protect important areas from contamination.

Detected defects in the masonry before repairing the lining of the plinth of the brick are moistened. This is necessary to ensure a better contact of the plaster mixture with the surface.

To fill the existing voids, you should select the bricks of the appropriate size. You can cut out fragments of the correct size from aerocrete blocks.

The next stage of repairing the plinth with our own hands is to fill the voids with prepared bricks and fix them with a mortar solution.

Before plastering the surface, it should be thoroughly moistened. For this you can take a bucket and a brush, but it is easier and faster to moisten the wall with water from a hose.

Then a mortar( waterproofing slurry) is prepared for waterproofing. The mixture is diluted with clean water.

The solution is applied to the restored areas in 2 approaches. First, a thin layer of 1 - 2 mm, when the first layer begins to set, a second layer of 3 mm is applied. You can use a brush or a wide spatula.

The applied layers must survive for 24 hours. You can continue the work the next day.

Then a mortar is prepared for the plaster.

Again perform a 2-coat application. First apply a layer of 10 mm. The plaster is rubbed hard against the surface, moving the spatula along a semicircle.

To ensure that the walls are smooth in the end, it is advisable to use stucco slats that require a level to be set. Such bars have several varieties. In this case they are made of wood.

The next layer of plaster is applied in a thickness of 15 - 20 mm.

Next remove the excess layer of plaster with a flat bar and leave the surface to dry for 48 - 72 hours.

The plaster is carefully applied over the whole surface, it is advisable to fill the entire surface with it up to the basement. Then it will be possible to talk about full and qualitative repair of the plaster of the plinth.

The base point for removal of excess solution will be not only plaster bars, but also undamaged layer of facing, as in the photo.

When the surface dries, it is leveled with a plaster trowel.

To beautifully draw a corner, plaster bars are used. By fixing the bar to the corresponding corner, you can align the end of the wall. Then the bar is removed.

Then you can use a special corner spatula. He will give the corner the final form.

The last stage of repairing the cap of a private house is to treat surfaces that come into contact with the ground. For this you can use a waterproofing slurry or bitumen mastic.

Repair of the socle with your own hands is easy. As a result, you can breathe new life into the old building.

Video repair cap