Hi I have a very dusty coal cellar. In a victorian terraced house.

It is bounded on one side by a party wall and the other side by a loose
cement block (1.5 m high - through to the other party wall) the joists
rest on this block. The resulting space is about 5m by 1.5m.

The party wall is brickwork, which I've painted and relatively clean.
The opposite wall - just touching it produces alot of dust.

I don't want to lag/tank the cellar, just want to reduce the dirt and
make it suitable for storage (hopefully wine)

I'm going to place PVC web matting with air holes on the floor, to stop
bringing dirt through the house but allow original floor to breathe.

Thought of getting the opposite wall rendered. Any special pointers for
mix additives?

Is there something that can quickly be done?

Thought about painting - but how to seal the wall? Preparing it by
brushing just produces more dust.

Thanks

"yitzak"  wrote in message 
news:1125844615.624641.105220@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...

> Hi I have a very dusty coal cellar. In a victorian terraced house.
>
> It is bounded on one side by a party wall and the other side by a loose
> cement block (1.5 m high - through to the other party wall) the joists
> rest on this block. The resulting space is about 5m by 1.5m.
>
> The party wall is brickwork, which I've painted and relatively clean.
> The opposite wall - just touching it produces alot of dust.
>
> I don't want to lag/tank the cellar, just want to reduce the dirt and
> make it suitable for storage (hopefully wine)
>
> I'm going to place PVC web matting with air holes on the floor, to stop
> bringing dirt through the house but allow original floor to breathe.
>
> Thought of getting the opposite wall rendered. Any special pointers for
> mix additives?
>
> Is there something that can quickly be done?
>
> Thought about painting - but how to seal the wall? Preparing it by
> brushing just produces more dust.
>
> Thanks



A 5:1 mix of PVA glue should seal it

yitzak wrote:

> Hi I have a very dusty coal cellar. 


Limewash.

Owain

On 4 Sep 2005 07:36:55 -0700, "yitzak"  wrote:

| Hi I have a very dusty coal cellar. In a victorian terraced house.
| 
| It is bounded on one side by a party wall and the other side by a loose
| cement block (1.5 m high - through to the other party wall) the joists
| rest on this block. The resulting space is about 5m by 1.5m.
| 
| The party wall is brickwork, which I've painted and relatively clean.
| The opposite wall - just touching it produces alot of dust.
| 
| I don't want to lag/tank the cellar, just want to reduce the dirt and
| make it suitable for storage (hopefully wine)
| 
| I'm going to place PVC web matting with air holes on the floor, to stop
| bringing dirt through the house but allow original floor to breathe.
| 
| Thought of getting the opposite wall rendered. Any special pointers for
| mix additives?
| 
| Is there something that can quickly be done?
| 
| Thought about painting - but how to seal the wall? Preparing it by
| brushing just produces more dust.

Is the wall damp?  
If so dry lining may be the only answer.
If it is very damp there may be no answer.
In the West Riding some cellars flood on occasion and there is almost
nothing which can cure that.

-- 
Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk> 
"Intelligent Design?" my knees say *not*.
"Intelligent Design?" my back says *not*.

Dave Jones wrote:

> "yitzak"  wrote in message
> news:1125844615.624641.105220@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> Hi I have a very dusty coal cellar. In a victorian terraced
>> house.
>
> A 5:1 mix of PVA glue should seal it


Easily applied by garden sprayer, 3 or 4 coats will result in a tough skin 
of pva plastic firmly locking in any dust.  Works great in dusty lofts 
too...

I'll try uni-bonding - good idea - won't have to get people in to do it
either. If it doesn't work well it wont have wasted alot of time or
money.

Like it more than rendering - should manage to keep mess to a minium.

Thanks

In article , owain47125
@stirlingcity.coo.uk says...

> yitzak wrote:
> > Hi I have a very dusty coal cellar. 
> 
> Limewash.
> 

I'd have said that too, but I'm not sure that I understand quite what 
the OP was describing.

No Dave - the wall I want to seal is dry the floor is damp.


Dave Fawthrop wrote:

> On 4 Sep 2005 07:36:55 -0700, "yitzak"  wrote:
>
> | Hi I have a very dusty coal cellar. In a victorian terraced house.
> |
> | It is bounded on one side by a party wall and the other side by a loose
> | cement block (1.5 m high - through to the other party wall) the joists
> | rest on this block. The resulting space is about 5m by 1.5m.
> |
> | The party wall is brickwork, which I've painted and relatively clean.
> | The opposite wall - just touching it produces alot of dust.
> |
> | I don't want to lag/tank the cellar, just want to reduce the dirt and
> | make it suitable for storage (hopefully wine)
> |
> | I'm going to place PVC web matting with air holes on the floor, to stop
> | bringing dirt through the house but allow original floor to breathe.
> |
> | Thought of getting the opposite wall rendered. Any special pointers for
> | mix additives?
> |
> | Is there something that can quickly be done?
> |
> | Thought about painting - but how to seal the wall? Preparing it by
> | brushing just produces more dust.
>
> Is the wall damp?
> If so dry lining may be the only answer.
> If it is very damp there may be no answer.
> In the West Riding some cellars flood on occasion and there is almost
> nothing which can cure that.
>
> --
> Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk>
> "Intelligent Design?" my knees say *not*.
> "Intelligent Design?" my back says *not*.