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Installing new staircase on brick before plastering
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Will this boarding be ok?
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Bonding or Hardwall
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Rendering internal basement walls
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Plastering over old cracked plaster
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What to do?!
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"Double plastering" by machine
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Bad quality plastering??
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old school help from a chippie
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Old plaster removed, I need to plaster the substrate now, what process is the best?
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What would you do?
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Plastering over paint
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Removed the classy tiles, how would you result this?
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Mesh or skim ?
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Gave it my first shot today. Far worse than I hoped but also better than expected. Massive respect to you you guys and I'm excited to learn
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Ceiling dry lining
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3rd coat of skim
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asbestos worries
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Do you have to remove lath and plaster?
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Plasterboard on window/door frames - any advice?
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Best way patching holes in plaster (on indoors brick)?
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New plasterboard, breaks and paper tears from installation
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Bonding coat over KA Tanking Slurry?
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Should hardwall be dry before skim?
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Plastering onto blackjack
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Bond over timber
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Pva and water mix still bubbling
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Plasterboard suggestions for the ceiling of a small en-suite
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What is this material?
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Fireplace help advice
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Cracking of wet plaster
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Renovation of bathroom
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filling a few holes in new skim
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What would you do?
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Colour match render - which sand?
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Beading not drying, showing through mist coat.
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Render scratch coat not drying after two weeks
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Plastering over silk paint
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Asbestos in artex - overboard vs skim
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Wall prep
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monocouche render
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Skim over artex ceiling
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Can DIY plasterer use a plastering machine?
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Fix rough first coat over artex
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Wet Dash Refresh ?
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Attaching beading to brick work
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Best adhesive for coving?
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lime render advice
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So confused over which product for external wall
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Patch up or start again
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How to remove plaster coving without damaging lath and plaster ceiling
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Internal Wall Plaster Coat Missing
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Assistance: Advise Please.
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Ceiling and RSJ
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Best product to render internal brick?
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Mid terraced 1920 blown plaster
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Rough plaster in corners
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Garden Wall & Raised Bed Plastering & Beading
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Salt in plaster
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When an interior wall becomes an exterior wall...
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Concrete barge to block
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? Sand and cement, ? K-rend, ? SBR first what do you pros think
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Blown lime plaster in bathroom
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Replacing & Repointing spalling bricks
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Paper taping for a PB ceiling and plastered brick wall
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Crumbing wall render- solution?
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Lime plaster -vinyl paint applied
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Removing Plaster Stains from Old Wooden Feature Beam
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External render prep
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Rendering a caravan
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How long do you need to wait to skim a new skim?
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Patch fire place
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Plastering over stippled Artex
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Advice for sand/cement
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Plastering Finish
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Faux finishes
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Wall prep after removing loose plaster
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Eco rend mr1
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Plasterboard questions?
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Roof trusses uneven what's best?
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Render Mesh
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Plaster patch over lathe ceiling
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Stabilising solution and PVA
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Council house ceiling help needed please
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should you chip off finish coat before attatching angle bead for a reskim of a wall
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Victorian walls and chimney breast
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How to plaster/cover wooden shelf in faux chimney
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First attempt at rendering didn't go very well!
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cracking plaster
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Deep cracks in plaster
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Cracked paint
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Cornice plaster
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Fixing angle bead
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Plaster-boarding tips between floors
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Rendering over Tyrolean
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1st coat dried like lightning on me..
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Plasterboard repair to original plaster
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Gyproc Cement Joint Compound on plastered walls
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