How to make cheap wall repairs? What materials to use?

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How to make cheap wall repairs? What materials to use?

For a variety of reasons need to urgently move into a newly built house. Finances are extremely limited, in connection with this question arose the need to make the most budgetary repairs only in the most necessary rooms, most likely by their own efforts, no experience. There are no special requirements for quality and appearance, I just want the walls do not dust and did not look quite bad.

Please advise which is the best way to repair the walls? The walls are flat, made of aerated concrete and brick.

Yamura75

Plaster and inexpensive wallpaper. It's not hard and you can do it yourself.

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Rails and drywall, fast even, after caulking the seams paint/glue, any options. A basic option, but very decent. On top as I mentioned there may be variations. You may have to go to a craftsman to install, but if you want you can do it yourself.

Tuesday Builder

Thought plasterboard is an expensive option, which is done on a permanent basis.

Plastering comes out more expensive and longer, and it needs 3 primers and all the little things also count. Then there will be a proper comparison.

– Yamura75 · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-01 05:35:47

Buy water-based paint, tint it to the right tone, paint with a roller. It will look like a loft. It's also the cheapest and best option. All you can do yourself and strong requirements for the accuracy of the work is not.

Finn Bohler

Brickwork sure would look good painted. But not so sure about the aerated concrete, I have not heard of it being done that way. The outside of my aerated concrete is perfectly flat and the seams are caulked. The inside is flawed because the geometry of the block is a bit staggered and was evened on the outside. And the seams inside are not plastered. Builders said no need to waste glue, plaster inside anyway. How do you advise to do with aerated concrete?

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1. Buy a textured roller. No frills, just like a very coarse sponge. 2. Buy some gypsum powder. Anything will do, gypsum plaster, gypsum glue, just building gypsum – doesn't matter. 3. Buy a water-based emulsion paint and coloring for it. By the way, I told you to buy emulsion, resistant to abrasion? Well, here I am. 4. I hope you have a drill and a mixer for mixing the paint. Or find one.

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5. So there you go. You tint the paint, mix it well, then add the powder a little at a time. Periodically check on a piece of cardboard or plywood what texture you get. The more gypsum, the more texture you get. 6. IMPORTANT: Remember, or better yet, write down the proportions. To mix the next paint in the same way. And that's it. That's it. Paint without pressing the roller too hard). And yes, if the aerated concrete is very dusty – prime it first.