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Cheers for the response mate, the architect at the job seemed to think you could bond and skim it but I just wanted a second opinion.

I've heard that it's possible to skim hardibacker but I can't find a definitive answer on the best way to go about it - anyone got any experience advice on the subject? Cheers.

So bigsegs you seem like a knowledgeable kind of fella - Ive got a job coming up on an old house, the walls I need to do (both upstairs and downstairs) have had damp issues in the past, the owners taken it all back to brickwork and says hes 'pretty' sure the damp situation has been sorted - Ive...

So does anyone even use the age old method of batten and board anymore?

Just wondering in what instances you fellas would choose to use one of these methods over the other?

Whats stopping you from taking on jobs at the weekend?

Gold Trowel really are the crème de la crème - I myself went there a while back and did the 3 week NVQ L2 course, everything from the training environment to the instructors are top class. Spear headed by Andy Marshall - the guys there really give you the confidence to go out and make a go of...

Why is it better to overboard using 12.5mm boards?