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A GUIDE TO FLOATING WALLS
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Rendering
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A GUIDE TO DOT & DABBING
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Bit of gypsum history
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A GUIDE TO PEBBLE DASHING
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A GUIDE TO QUOIN STONES
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A GUIDE TO FITTING PAPER BOUND CORNICE (the stuff that british gypsum make)
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posting photos..
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Newbies plastering guide.
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Newbies Read This
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suction control
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The most awesome guide to priceing jobs...........EVER!
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The rolling set
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Which is the very best Render, Monocouche or otherwise???
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first coat questions..
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Basic guide to external rendering
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Lack of suction? Create a 'key'
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Brief History of Plastering
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Damp proofing and plastering
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Daft Question?
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plasterboards
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What IS plaster?
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Plastering over artex...
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Tanking - what is it and when to apply
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Internal backing coats - a basic guide
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tyrolean/cullamix
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The Hobo
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Stucco or render mix.
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Moisture board
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Artex! how do you do yours?
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Bbq
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Plastering Cost for a 3 Bed Semi-Detached
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Artex
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A thing of the past...
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smoother09
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hardwall plaster on bonding plaster.
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Can i prime a wall with sbr before plastering
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Intensive course options
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Trigger fail
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Patching solid 9"wall in upstairs room
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Need tips on plastering interview
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Help
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1920s traditional house.
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Plasterers Solutions ltd
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why do we use a second coat when skimming
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Reveals
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Jamie09
Venetian plastering
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What Render Finish Is This?
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The Hobo
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New Cracked plaster on top of old cracked plaster
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K Rend damp marks?
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Microcement
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External rendering and preparing backgrounds
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Jokes
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Parging foundatuon.
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Cornice Company
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Patching Missing Areas from Alginate
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Tam Ross 1888
Large ceiling
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Sovereign finishing plaster
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Plastering in site
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Depression
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Getting back in to plastering
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Tam Ross 1888
Paintwork
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Patch Rendering, any tips?
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Advice on newbuild sites
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Bought and fitted the wrong plasterboard ☹️
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New to plastering, looking for work.
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Silicon Rend vs Monocouche
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Lost my a count
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Bluebells
K-rend, Weber, and weather conditions
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Information on forum guide.
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Help on cracking render
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How to price up a job
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Advise on uneven walls
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Lee.D
Weber pralM
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Trisha 12
Parex uneven finish.
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ChrispyUK
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Fill holes in wall
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Help
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K rend
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Tools mixing padle
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Internal sand cement rendering, help needed
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Tape n jointing
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Patch plaster
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Sick of poor joinery and brick work
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Newspread
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Advice needed
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Open chimney breast
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Help with textured finish
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Can I re plaster a bad job with 1 more coat ?
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trowell
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Danny
Danny
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Its time danny?
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lurpak
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Rendering with lime?
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Is it dangerous to use out of date Thistle multi finish plaster on a double skin 5.3m x 4.7m ceiling, no pva prime one 2 mm coat?
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Work out materials
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krend Info
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Need a ruf idea
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Ballistics of Plaster Walls
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Danny
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What to use is best
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cant post pics
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Danny
Danny
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Uni-finish
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Using SBR and blue grit
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Skimming internal curves
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Danny
Danny
RH Preservation
foam plasterboard adhesive
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Wayners
Wayners
Overboard75
A definitive answer to plastering on Knauf Aquapanel
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Advice on rendering lightweight blocks
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28" plazzie
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Jigsaw
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hi looking for plastering work
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New to plastering advice needed
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Danny
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Cream of tarta
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Danny
Danny
Dan Curtis Plastering
Spreads in Romford
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Paint bubbling under skim
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Danny
Danny
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Ashlar lines in render how too?
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choppa
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Plaster tearing
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Danny
Danny
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Nvq fast track
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Danny
Danny
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Sponge float
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Fine surface treatment price
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TonyM
TonyM
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Just how hard is it to plaster a wall?
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Danny
Danny
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How do I plaster a wall?
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Danny
Danny
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K rend
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Danny
Danny
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Best plaster to use on old rendered walls?
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New bathroom
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duke163
duke163
Carter657
New to the forum, just looking for guidance
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Danny
Danny
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Plasterers needed for immediate start in Halifax
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Danny
Danny
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Silicone Render
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RetroPort
RetroPort
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Plastic Trowel - when to use
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raggles
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Rendering mix
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Marshy
Marshy
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Slow drying render!
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Dgplastering
Dgplastering
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Fire proofing
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Xei
X
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How to price up a job
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Marshy
Marshy
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