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of course del your absolutely right ................ and i apologise for any time you may have wasted on myself......... please understand i do this only because i have a dream.......... the dream of one day like your self ........ of becoming the ulllllllllllllltimate! plasterer........ don't...

i think you can see from my new look profile pic how upset i'm feeling about your comments christopher "W" :P that pictures for you chris .... enjoy it buddy :P

good stuff guys thanks for the info...... when i say water marks i mean just excess water from when i wet trowel nothing major..... thanks for everyone with anything decent to say............ not chris W though obviously .... what a waste of time comment why comment at all if thats how you feel...

also after you've wet troweled whats the best way of getting rid of the excess water or are you ok to leave it ???????? i reakon it was maybe a wet patch

well i'm not gonna panic seems solid enough everywhere else ???????????????? what are we saying then use wba / bond it on every ceiling regardless of paint?????? i think if your skimmed ceiling ended up all over the floor you were dealing with more than matt emulsion............... and some...

well thanks everyone for your advise i think i shall use bond it in future ..... it was a horrifying feeling >:(...... the ceiling itself was in quite good shape few marks and cracks where the plasterboard joins were..... wasn't a high gloss silk paint on it....... i just put scrim over the...

just skimmed my mates ceiling all went well.............. left it for 6 days and painted it with crowne mat emulsion again all went well.............. 2nd coated it today and when a rolled over a patch with the roller the plaster came off on the roller??? only a patch the size of a cig packet...

there's no way around it .... i've tried avoiding the question... searching on google.... but i might as well just ask????? what is it? what does it mean??? is it difficult? what equipment do you need?????...... whats the beneifits / downsides???? thanks in advance and sorry for asking what to...

i guessed this would be the case cheers for the info lads

when you've built a stud wall and skimmed it do you just put a line of decorators caulk at the top after skimming where the plasterboard buds upto the ceiling??? is there any need at all .... will it crack? or with the plaster act as a filler any way???? thanks for your help and advise.... cheers

your trying to compare the incomparable........ plus once again in a fashion your talking what you do down??? ??? i learnt to ride a bike when i was 6 ..... could you teach a 6 year old to plaster????.... how many people ride bikes ????? how many people can actually plaster????....... look feel...

i can't beleive you guys are like this about what you do???? i'd give my right arm to be able to do what you lot can do.... i.e coverage and finish etc..... its such a highly skilled and rewarding job... you don't know how lucky you are....... i only do this messing about because i enjoy D.I.Y...

i absolutely love it..... you can take a room thats on its knee's and transform it into something amazing.... i really really enjoy it..... i only wish i was faster ;D

thats great guys but no one has actually given me a time scale..... 48hrs? or does no one actually know approx??

yes caulk after skim thats what i meant to put ;).... so always use 12.5 board no insulation going in it as such small wall ...... don't want to skim the other wall unless i must therefore there will be no scrim used on the angle where the new stud wall meets the origional wall ..... don't...

building a stud wall to half my brothers extension..... should i use 12.5 mm board or is 9.5 ok??? also where the plasterboard of the stud wall meets the existing wall obviously i can't use scrim as i'm not gonna be plastering the existing walls ... so if i bud the board up best i can will a...

how long do you advise your customers to allow your re skims to dry before they can think about painting????? and is there better paints out there than others for this purpose??? speaking from experiance not very impressed with b and q trade "paint for new plaster" went on shocking and dried...

what on earth is that a picture of spunky on your profile pic????? :P.... any ways mate think your giving me too much credit i don't even own a corner trowel let alone have a time scale in which to use it....... i'm painfully slow compared to you guys i'd be ashamed to tell you how fast i...

just been doing 2 coat with a fresh top mix....... i've got double the amount on that i normally do in the same time (i'm not prepared to say how much that is cos by your lots standards its still shocking!) but must say it went on miles easier... well chuffed 2 coat seperate mixes gets my vote...

what is the very best to overboard a ceiling???? smash a whole each side and snap a chalk line all the way accross to see where the joists are.... which are always 400mm centres anyway ;) screw them up scrim your joints and skim away...... is there any better way / tricks / anything???? ???

got asked this today by my brother in law.... we has solid walls in his bathroom and the bottom half is tiled.... all of which is solid but very un even...... as oppose to hack it all off could he just board over it ???? adhesive will stick to other plaster won't it and then maybe give the tiles...

thanks for all your input guys.... but still a little baffled???? if theres no damp can i just dot and dab as normal??? ???

hi guys... is there any major differences when d&d to a sandstone wall of an old traditional non cavity house than when doing it to a normal breeze block wall??? any tips / things to bare in mind or be mindful of?? thanks in advance for your help. ;)

cool nice one guys what so around the 300 mark to board only.... and it would take 2 days of work..... what about total charge to board and then skim as well again customer provides materials pus how long total time to board and skim 2 rooms. ???

how much do you guys charge a day for just boarding ???? or what would your total charge be to board out walls and ceilings of 2 rooms 5 x 4 meters??? materials supplied by customer? ???

wheyyyyyyyyyy!!!!! stainless steel bucket trowel £2!!!!!!! they knew nothing scanned it and wala!!!! nice one

neither...... dot and dab and skim.... sorted plus better finish ;D

hi folks, been to see a mate of mine who's having some work done maybe by one of you guys out there..... done 2 rooms and re skimming a 3rd,,, and i've noticed he's stapled his angle beads to the wall..... i thought this was a great idea..... any of you guys do this if so can you recommend a...

i plaster for myself only and not as a full time job... although i do enjoy it.... to be honest pal if you want my opinion i wouldn't do any qualifications but then again i wouldn't do site work only domestic thats where the money is if you market yourself correctly.... whatever you deside to do...

no such sale no body heard of it... must be at wickes extra's only 8 in the country

13" marshall town perma shape never look back.... ;D

i've only done it about 6 times and i take small wooden blocks out after 2 hours and its never moved ;D

thistle bond it / wba from wickes.... easy as pie easy as pie : -) :P

no idea what your wickes is on about ... nothning mentioned online????

:o newbie question coming up get ready for the barage of insults!!!! :o Whats taping and jointing then??? to me that would be covering the joints of plaster board with scrim tape before you skim???? is this not correct??? Also someone mentioned silver scrim? is that really hi adhesive scrim...

i only ever scrim tape the joints but i know alot of people use jointing compound.... just wondered what the prefered method is?????

i have a question but i don't really know how to put it into words and as a consequence theres a strong possibility that none of you will know what i mean :P...... basically I've seen a number of times where plasterers have removed an inset fire place ,,, plaster boarded it and skimmed it...

I always top coat with the same mix once the first coat is touch dry (doesnt leave finger marks in it when touched) but looking through alot of previos comments, i'm starting to think this isn't the norm or at best seems to be the way a novice would go about things.... to myself (a complete...

omg your kidding!!!! :o :o :o well the cracks are bad .... but only in the corners???? you think it may be a good idea to get a structural engineer to take a look ??? ???.... oh and its just under 4 years old.....

cheers mate will do...... would caulking then skimming not do the trick or would it just just crack again????? when you go to a house say to do a walls only full re skim of a bedroom for example would you always re skrim the internal angles ???? or only if there were any cracks????? how would...

hi mate cheers for that... i assumed it was settlement cracks..... its boarded but even where the 2 walls meet the old house (thus solid walls with backing coat) its cracked there also???? is it just that they haven'y used scrim tape when they did it???? caulk will sort it?????? thanks again... ;D

hi everyone havent been on here for a while...... question need help with please.... my mate had an extension put on his house 4 / 5 years ago maybe...... the plaster right in the corner of all 4 walls has cracked heavy..... i've scraped all the loose stuff away with knife and i cant see any...

thanks segs

thanks guys..... how long can boards be left for before they go like this??? whats there used by date???

hi there guys quick question .... my mates just bought a new house.... he's having an on suite put in the bedroom.... wanted me to skim the already boarded stud walls..... went to do it today... and as soon as i mixed the multi and put trowel to board..... it was touch dry?..... it immediately...

nice one cheers guys.... ;D

multi and bonding open bags but not fully used.... are they ok to seal bag well and use again.... or do you need to use fresh bags??? i've got half a bag of both in the garden shed.... can they be re used or after open is it use all or bin what you dont use???? ???

surely you don't need to use wba?.................... old wall scraped = tons of suction.... pva and multi all the way....... nice ;)

i'm gonna get a right kicking off the damp crew now! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

wouldn't tank..... get damp issue sorted.... hack old plaster off upto 1 meter or 300mm above last effected area.... leave plaster off the wall as long as poss and allow the wall to breath.... it takes 25mm of effected brick 1 month in ideal conditions to dry....... then i'd use thistle dri...