Recent content by DC16

This is the kind of advice I’m here for Bobski! If you’re recommending sealer rather than PVA then I’ll look at that. Is there one you’d recommend? I’m not religious though, so perhaps you can say a prayer for me…

Thanks Steve, that’s what I was thinking re a few coats of PVA first. Appreciate the advice. The bonding I applied over the areas originally exposed has taken really well so far.

Pretty sure that was one of the half a dozen or so layers of paper i’ve spent days peeling off!

Probably not but I guess I’ll find out. I did plaster a wall in the living room as a stop gap mainly to stop dust coming in some of the gaps. Not the smoothest but got it all on, albeit plaster started to go off pretty quickly as I think I over mixed. Hopefully get a bit better this time. It...

Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated. Fully accept a professional plasterer is always the best way to go and had someone in to do the bedrooms before we moved in to meet the deadline. He did a great job and I’d have him back in a heartbeat. Reality is that I don’t have the budget to...

Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated. Fully accept a professional plasterer is always the best way to go and had someone in to do the bedrooms before we moved in to meet the deadline. He did a great job and I’d have him back in a heartbeat. Reality is that I don’t have the budget to...

Hi, I’m renovating a 1930s property and currently replastering the hallway. The wallpaper has been a nightmare to remove, so much so that on some parts of the wall it was easier to scrape off the top skim coat (some of it came away with wallpaper anyway). The render underneath seems pretty...