What to do with plastered exterior wall once conservatory removed - any ideas?

Doctorbee

Hello

I inherited a 30 year old conservatory (floor to ceiling PVC panes on a concrete base) that is damp and unrepairable. I am planning on having it demolished (I definitely don't want another!) and having the concrete base dug up replaced with paving/patio. My only question is what to do with what originally was the exterior wall and that has been plastered (with skirting boards) that surrounds the french doors (which I want to keep) as it will be damaged I assume.

Anyone have any experience of this scenarios or have any suggestions? One person said the only way to stop it looking awful would be to replace it with a similarly sized brick extension - but I assume that it might be very expensive (any ideas?) and I would be happy to have more garden.

Thanks for any advice - much appreciated!!!!

Doozergirl

See how the plaster is attached. If it's been boarded, it can be levered off and some elbow grease will remove much of the evidence of dot and dab and you'll still have a brick wall.

If it has been bonded then you'll probably end up rendering the whole back wall, or up to a certain level for it to be uniform.

martinsurrey

Doozergirl wrote: »

See how the plaster is attached. If it's been boarded, it can be levered off and some elbow grease will remove much of the evidence of dot and dab and you'll still have a brick wall.

If it has been bonded then you'll probably end up rendering the whole back wall, or up to a certain level for it to be uniform.

OP assuming is wet plaster (not boarded) I would remove as much as I could, replace with render, but square it off, then build some trellis at ether end and grow some plants up it.

Keeps the external render to a minimum, so less ongoing maintenance, but doesn't give any really strange junctions.

Doctorbee

Thanks so much guys - good advice. I will check out what sort of plaster I have and go from there. Your help is much appreciated.

road2manchester

could be brick rendered to match the house.

I_have_spoken

Take back to a couple of mm with an SDS drill and wide chisel then get it dry grit-blasted

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBGEGiq_uyY