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So hardwalling over plasterboard is a bit naughty - Ok right, so I need a solution - imagine my situation if you will - Once apon a time there was a door frame, on the right hand side of this door frame there sat some old bare brickwork, on the left hand side and above the door frame there...

Im in a situation where by hardwalling over a bit of plasterboard could save me alot of bollock ache - but can it be done without suffering any adverse consequences?

Well I did suggest to the customer the possibility of bringing the door frame out a little via the addition of battens but they weren't up for it! Its an old house you see with old looking door frames that they didn't want f**cked with! furry muff I thought Anyways, nice one for the responses...

So the soot needs treating church? and I can just wack in a bit of hardwall to fill out the voids? PVA then float the whole thing out? Sorry about the 20 questions but im supposed to be hitting this first thing tomorrow :-?

I need to float and set this wall, kind of hard to make out from the photos below but the brickwork contains massive voids, my question is - Is it just a case of filling the voids with s&c then foating out using hardwall or is there more to it? Oh yeah and I cant dot and dab...

http://www.goldtrowel.org/guesthouses.htm 'Maybrand Fishery' is your best option mate - its about a 10 minute walk from Gold Trowel HQ

Re: FLOAT SPONGE MULI !!! One coating! - Sounds like cowboy country to me!! Yeeee Ha

skim I - haha brilliant ;D - You bloody welsh dragoon!!

If it wasn't for the height and platform issues then I wouldn't batter an eyelid - but being fresh out of goldtrowel HQ, a little wet behind the ears and with limited experience of any wall above 10ft I do find it a little intimidating

At its highest point the walls around 19ft tall although its only 7ft wide, so its not massive but then there is the added pressure of faffing around with platforms and what not - think ill take your advice on board Jonathan and run with it! and maybe throw in a bit of lime putty for good...

Tackling a job soon which involves the largest/tallest area Ive ever taken on, it might just be more than I can handle so was wondering if anyone had any tips or tricks on slowing down the set time - I heard throwing a bucket trowel load of lime putty into your average sized mix gives you an...

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