ᐅ Which interior plaster should I choose? Lime plaster or lime-cement plaster? Any experiences?

Hello, I have been trying for months to find out if there is an alternative to gypsum plaster for interior walls.

We currently live in a newly built house (gypsum plaster) and it always feels very, very dry.
I’m someone who is quite sensitive and notices these things.

Now I am considering using lime-cement plaster (a finer version) or lime plaster, and I am looking for other homeowners who have had issues with these materials.

I hope to get information here from people who do not have gypsum plaster in their living spaces.

P.S. I recently visited a newly plastered house (cold cement plaster) and I was able to breathe much easier.
However, I am still hesitant to give the “go-ahead” to my plasterer.

We used lime plaster throughout the entire house and are very glad we did. The air quality inside is really good, unlike in our previous apartment where drywall plaster was used.
Our plasterer also said right away: if you want drywall plaster, you’ll have to find someone else, because he won’t work with that stuff.
Our architect always builds very ecologically and pays close attention to building materials, and he would have had issues with drywall plaster as well.
Of course, it’s also a matter of cost.

By the way, we didn’t paint the walls after applying the plaster. The plaster dries to a very pleasant white shade. The surface does become a bit sandy, but we wanted to keep the beautiful texture.
We’ll see how long we stay happy with it, but so far we haven’t regretted it!

Ok, I have 600 m² (6,458 sq ft) of surface area that needs plastering.

Here are my net prices:

9 euros for gypsum
13 euros for lime-cement
About 30 euros for lime

Of course, that makes a difference.

Is there anyone here who has experience with lime-cement?

I have asthma and have always had good results with gypsum plaster. More important for breathing was: no more carpets. Or only small runners. I also don’t find our house to be dry. Could that be due to the standard air trickle vents in the window frames? Carsten

We have just had fresh lime-cement plaster applied throughout the entire house.

I’m surprised by how varied the general statements about interior plaster are. During the quotation phase, we were often told there would be an extra cost for gypsum plaster. We consciously chose lime-cement plaster instead of gypsum, accepting the associated pros and cons.

It was already dark on Friday, and yesterday I didn’t manage to have a look at all, but later today I’ll take my time to walk through in daylight and see how the final result turned out.

In the bathrooms, we used a lime-cement base plaster... In the rest of the house, the base plaster is lime plaster throughout... For the finishing coat/topcoat, we used 1mm (0.04 inch) varioStar...