Interior Walls and Ceilings Specifications
Strip existing coverings where applicable
Remove areas of blown plaster as needed and skim finish
Rake out, fill and smooth cracks; seal all repaired and water stained areas with one coat of Alkali Resisting Primer
Size and line with 1000 grade lining paper, apply one mist coat
Apply 2 coats of either matt vinyl emulsion, vinyl silk or eggshell
Interior Woodwork:
Wash down, sand, fill and make good
Prime exposed areas and apply 1 undercoat and 1 top coat of gloss paint or 2 coats of eggshell paint, sanding between coats
Exterior Woodwork
Where paint coatings are flaking, bubbled, built up in corners or unstable, these will be burnt off, or removed by raking with a shave hook to bare timber.
The surfaces washed down then sanded with abrasive until smooth, and filled either with linseed putty or wood filler.
No cellulose fillers will be used on timber.
Defective putty to be raked out, rebates primed and putty re-run.
Bare timber to be given 1 priming coat of oil based primer.
Bring forward with 1 undercoat and 1 gloss coat.
Timber will be sanded down between coats.
Exterior Stonework:
All loose, flaking and unstable coatings to be scraped, wire brushed, burnt or otherwise removed.
Crumbling stonework to be hacked off and refilled with either cement-based or "Toupret" filler.
Cracks to be raked out, filled and smoothed, and repaired areas to be given 1 coat of exterior stabilising primer.
Surface then to be painted with 2 coats masonry paint.
Exterior Ironwork:
Remove rust and deteriorated paint by wire brushing.
Prime with red lead wherever previous coating is broken.
Apply 1 undercoat and 1 top coat gloss paint.