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A GUIDE TO DOT & DABBING
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essexandy
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A GUIDE TO FLOATING WALLS
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malc
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Rendering
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Bit of gypsum history
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jamesthefirst
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A GUIDE TO PEBBLE DASHING
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Hair oil
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A GUIDE TO QUOIN STONES
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mikeadams1985
mikeadams1985
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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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beddy
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Newbies Read This
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church
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suction control
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Chris W
Chris W
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The most awesome guide to priceing jobs...........EVER!
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CSCS cards
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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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christ
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church
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Basic guide to external rendering
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nelly
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Lack of suction? Create a 'key'
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Chris W
Chris W
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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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flynnyman
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Plastering over artex...
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richardbrown
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Tanking - what is it and when to apply
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phippsy333
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Internal backing coats - a basic guide
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bigsegs
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Unhappy with rendering
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KingCharlesTheTurd
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How to Replace a Suspended Ceiling Using Plasterboard?
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ChrispyUK
ChrispyUK
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Advice needed please
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aidangallacher1993@gmail.
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Leaving water marks behind
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Stevieo
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scratch coat render on block work outside wall cracking
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essexandy
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Price per job or day rate?
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Stewie03
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prb render
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spunky
spunky
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Knauff Pro roll light
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Ecorend/Weber Thin Coat on Krend HP12
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themucky1
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Iv tried rendering the back of my garage and its smooth in places and rough in others. Iv floated it and sponged it and cant seem to get it smooth.
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Cockney
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Insulating plaster
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essexandy
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Recently had my house rendered ,when I cleaned the stone it made the walls wet .and uncovered this
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James1324
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Looking for a plastering apprenticeship Manchester/Bolton area
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essexandy
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Overboarding
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Stevieo
Stevieo
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Blocking doorway with stud wall before plastering
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ChrispyUK
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The plaster popped in areas
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Stewie03
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Silicon top coat - drip angle bead or stop bead?
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NEW TO THIS GAME
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Render and skim
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Slightly cracking plaster top corner or external wall in living room
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aidangallacher1993@gmail.
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Plasiflex
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Cockney
Cockney
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renderlite tearing/sagging question
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Stewie03
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Reveals??
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essexandy
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Plastering gone off too quick !
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Pool plaster stain bleeding though?
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Cockney
Cockney
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1 coat k rend
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Lumpy
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Tanking slurry failed
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Stewie03
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Ceiling boarding/plastering
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Spitandpolish
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Flexi bucket
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Casper
Casper
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s*p*r*lex trowel
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Sold daub in gas pipe
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Cracking in new sand cement plaster, skim yet to be applied
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The Hobo
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External angle bead
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Spitandpolish
Spitandpolish
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Ox speed skim ST plastic blade
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Cockney
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Pricing up a job
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Stewie03
Stewie03
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Prep artex kitchen Ceiling
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Help info needed
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Smudger1
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Multi-finish over bonding coat? Do I have to pva?
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Stewie03
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Cement board to drywall
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ChrispyUK
ChrispyUK
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Spatula good or bad
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Stewie03
Stewie03
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one or two coat
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Fred 15
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Advice on
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Fred 15
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Webber, chalk, overnight
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Stewie03
Stewie03
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K-Rend coverage for K1 textured
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Elite exteriors
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Refurbishment Question
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The Apprentice
The Apprentice
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140 year old house (advice needed!)
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Retired Spread
Retired Spread
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Can I wet plaster up the next day and scrape a bump out
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essexandy
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Ritmo turbo off Mel kemyon
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Cement fiber board
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essexandy
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To all the billy big bollox on here!!
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Bigstevehammer
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Stilts
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S a plastering
S a plastering
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How to cancel you post on hire ?
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MakeItSmooth
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Plasterboard scrim tape
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The Hobo
The Hobo
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Rendering mix
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Cockney
Cockney
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How to newly plaster walls after ceilings have been painted..?
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davidar
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Rendering common bricks
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S a plastering
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Curved ceiling tips
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S a plastering
S a plastering
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How to remove paint from Parex render
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Cordless mixer
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S a plastering
S a plastering
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SBR
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Casper
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Thistle Universal one coat on board!!!!!
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Ian-s
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Eze spray caps
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Ftp321
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Quoins
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Mat87
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bonding agents
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malc
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tyrolean/cullamix
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The Hobo
The Hobo
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Stucco or render mix.
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Mikej1982
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Moisture board
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BryanJ
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Artex! how do you do yours?
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devneydutch
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Bbq
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Jimmycee
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Plastering Cost for a 3 Bed Semi-Detached
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Cockney
Cockney
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Artex
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markyspread
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A thing of the past...
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smoother09
smoother09
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hardwall plaster on bonding plaster.
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sewinelwy
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Can i prime a wall with sbr before plastering
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Superman98
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Intensive course options
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Gibbo
Gibbo
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Trigger fail
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Monkey Boy
Monkey Boy
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Patching solid 9"wall in upstairs room
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The Hobo
The Hobo
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Need tips on plastering interview
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MakeItSmooth
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Help
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ChrispyUK
ChrispyUK
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1920s traditional house.
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superspread
superspread
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Plasterers Solutions ltd
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John j
John j
renoman79
why do we use a second coat when skimming
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tapit
tapit
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Reveals
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Wezly
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Jamie09
Venetian plastering
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ChrispyUK
ChrispyUK
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What Render Finish Is This?
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The Hobo
The Hobo
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New Cracked plaster on top of old cracked plaster
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Pdunstan22
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leejamesthompson
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Microcement
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plas1
plas1
Kylie10
External rendering and preparing backgrounds
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Tony rover
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Jokes
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Groove37
Groove37
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Parging foundatuon.
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Mikej1982
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Cornice Company
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smoother09
smoother09
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Patching Missing Areas from Alginate
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The Hobo
The Hobo
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Large ceiling
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Cockney
Cockney
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Sovereign finishing plaster
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Djr
Djr
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Plastering in site
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essexandy
essexandy
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Depression
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John j
John j
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Getting back in to plastering
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ChrispyUK
ChrispyUK
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Paintwork
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20
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Wayners
Wayners
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