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Any advice welcome please. I was told once that if you board over and close a chimney breast where à fire once was you need to put in a vent? Not sure if this is the case or not.

Am I right in saying that if something is double boarded it will slow set down? Maybe same reason why 9mm board goes off right quick

A lot of different opinions there. I've done a couple of weeks of skimming on fire line boards now and have come up with my solution. First coat on then quick flatten just to level out, then flatten again to a really nice finish, then second coat like normal and just wait till ready for flatten...

It's everything that skimming on normal board isn't. Greasy, wet on surface but going off underneath etc etc. horrible. Basically what I want to know is do you do anything different on fire board than normal and if so what? I done a normal one today and it was lovely then I did pink ceiling and...

Been doing a lot of skimming on pink boards this week and can't get a nice finish. Any advice would be gratefully received.

Just wondered what's best to stop thermalite blocks sucking the moisture out of hardball. Am I right in saying sbr?

Didn't use them, stored them for a rainy day, on the roof bars

Thanks guys that's sorted that one out

Anyone know if you can dot and dab with foil backed plasterboards? Only ask cos I've got loads spare. Thankyou

I know one female plasterer if you can call her that and she is awful but then so are the rest of the company. Haynes plastering in Norfolk I don't mind shaming them cos they ripped me off a few hundred quid and other subbies. The firm are absolute cowboys. Sorry for losing the thread a bit.

Can anyone please give me advice on forming bell drip at the bottom of external wall cos not sure how to go about it and also when to do it before the bulk of the wall or after or what, any advice would be great

Sorry to go on but if you bond the curve do you do it day before then skim?

T fold it? How d'ya mean?

Anyone got any tips on finishing the top edge on a 45 degree ceiling where it hits the flat ceiling cos I can never get a nice straight line? Normally the board work ain't dead straight but still must be a way of getting it better than I've been? Is there such thing as a 45 degree angle trowel...

Anyone got any tips on using board finish? I've mainly used multi in the past and am struggling to get as good finish using board finish. It's tending to go kind of greasy. Is it supposed to be slower or faster set than multi? Any advice appreciated

Does anyone know if blue grit is more or less same as betakontakt cos it looks quite cheap, also does it have to be applied day before like all the others

Anyone ever had to skim over painted plasterboard, would people recommend maybe pva it then skim like a reskim or not?

Can anyone give me some advice on putting decorative ceiling roses up please, any advice would be great

I let it go off over night. It was 60 quid from Sheffield insu 20 kg tub

Yeah I got the betakontakt in 20kg just spread it on so thin, cos when I've used it on artex ceilings it's been really good

Used this stuff the other day over artex and it was brilliant. Also tried it on a painted wall the other day, I did have to put it on thin cos was running out and it was awful, bits drying before other bits etc. Can someone just confirm to me that it's fine to use on painted walls just as long...

Thanks guys some good advice.

Hi all just got a job to skim a bathroom and the customer has painted on that black stuff tanking I think? Is it ok to skim over as per usual? Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks

That's fine as long as the artex doesn't come away from the ceiling

Totally agree with the guy who said use WBA, I like betakontakt but same stuff really. That'll stop the plaster coming off the ceiling but how on earth do you stop the paint or artex coming away? Other than over boarding I would love a solution to this, also done one recently that was just a...

Just wondering how you do that using boards

Hi anyone know best place to get one of those performer arches from and also is this the best way to go for putting an arch in where a door used to be?

Looking to buy some of the above cos I've heard they are cheaper than bondit. I've tried Travis perkins with no luck?

Straight onto artex afer I've scrapped it back

Thanks I'll give it a go

Sorry didn't realise that what it stood for. Does it do same job as thistle bond it?

Is it ok to leave overnight before skimming once wba'd?

Just wondering where best to buy WBA as never used it before and have heard that it's quite expensive? Thanks

Need to skim 6 artex ceilings and customer wants to keep Coving so over boarding is not an option. I've had probs in the past using pva, bonding coat then skimming so been reading on forum and gonna try WBA and then following day just skim straight on top! Firstly does this sound right and...

Never used WBA can someone explain it's uses and is it like pva?

Hi guys just wondering if anyone can help me. Done an artex ceiling the other day, pva'd it bonded over it then the following day pva'd it again then skimmed it. and as I'm trowelling up it decides to pretty much fall off. To begin with the bond coat falling off the artex but then even the artex...