Recent content by Matty2000

Would be interested what you did in the end with this and what knowledge uve gained since about the subject.

My house walls are solid. It is rendered on the outside. The inside walls are rendered. What is the difference between render, bonding, and hardwall basecoates and when shouls each be used. Ie is bonding meant for internal cavity walls and and render internal solid walls?? Thanks

Also can u use normal plasterboard screws on insulated plasterboards or are there long ones made for this. My bathroom celing is the only celing where the lath and plaster has been removed and replaced with boards, i had some water damage so someone the board has come away and ive noticed it...

In that casw how would u seal the joins in foil backed plasterboard?

My entire house is flat roofed and ive had it re covered and insulated making it a cold roof. I 6am going to pull down the old lath and plaster ceilings and replace with plasterboard, whilst doing this i need to install a vapour barrier, which for most areas i will cover with polythene, however...

Ahh okey, so just put scrim on the joints and ya ready to skim. Thanks.

Really?? i seen many walls looking like this (see photo) which i thought was option 2?? And isnt easy fill designed to be a jointer rather than a filler. Maybe i described the scenario i correctly

I like DIY projects like bathrooms and kitchen but ive never deared trying plastering and i dont plan too, but in the past i have had different plasters do 2 different methods and wondering what u would do and why? I dont seem to have had problems with either. 1) On the joints between...

Good shout, I got and used some hardi skrim when i got hardiboard for floor but i might of forgotten another that, cheers

Heres a pic... The bricks were damp after i removed it all

Cheers all. Had plaster round, didnt really know whats happened other than its still drying, and said he could rip it out and refill so said id have a think.... he wont be able to come back till after easter anyway so ive ripped it out myself, took my 5 mins with a drill and a no 10 drill bit...

Thanks for ur reply, what ratio would u use? I have some waterproofer that i used for morter, would it be worth adding that in?

Thank for your reply. How do affix membrane inside the chase and then fill?

The external wall is solid (no cavity) so that cant be helping. If i was to fill it what would u recommend

Haha that would be mine, i only use it for small jobs, its my small jobs trowl. I think they used bonding, a friend of mine mentioned he never uses bonding on external walls coz it sweats and can sometimes never dry, so u used a sand and cement mix. He suggested i remove it and fill with one...