Recent content by DanGipson

Thankyou Algee English not your strong point

I should add this is just my own flat and i'm no professional plasterer, just after advice. Figure if it's been ok like this for 50 odd years it will do me another few decades the same way. I don't have the space around the bath walls to install board without going back to brick. So hoping to...

Yes as in it'll be fine as is?

Hi folks Am in the process of retiling my bathroom and am looking to fix some of the deeper holes to make level before the new tiles go on. When removing the tiles over the shower feed and electric supply it has been left like this with the tile across the top. My thought is to add bonding...

And just screw into the strapping without any extra timber? or aim to screw it at the crosses of the straps and the joists?

Hi Folks Thanks for any assistance in advance. I am in the process of removing the badly cracked lath and plaster ceiling in my kitchen to put up plasterboard in its place. With the lathes removed it's clear that they were nailed to quite small straps spanning across the joists, rather than to...

Hi all Looking to plaster the front face of this big old lintel where the previous plaster hadn't stuck very well. My plan at the minute is to apply some PVA and use bonding coat in stages to build up to the thickness of the old wall before skimming. It is 20+mm so will likely need to apply...