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    Mushroom Fixings Bending

    Sorted the problem anyway. Fixings are pretty crappy compared to the previous ones I used. Tips aren't tapered all the way around, just one side so I reckon they're snagging on the hole walls. Blowing dust out with a piece of air line helped also.
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    Mushroom Fixings Bending

    Ok, well if you aren't capable of helping, I'll just ask the manufacturer's for ideas.
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    Mushroom Fixings Bending

    So this this is really frustrating and I never had problems with the 110mm ones, but since I switched to 8 x 140s they're often jamming and bending when an inch or so is left to drive (happened with 4 so far) Problem isn't caused by the obvious things. I'm using an 8mm bit that isn't worn...
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    Recommended Length of Mushroom Fixings for 62.5 mm Sheets

    Yes, insulation backed plasterboard panels. I'm fixing them to shuttered concrete walls with metal mushrooms. (sorry I'm calling the cement skim under the plaster "render", probably not the right term. Why would they cement over shuttered concrete? The concrete should be relatively smooth since...
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    Recommended Length of Mushroom Fixings for 62.5 mm Sheets

    I used 8 x 110 mm for the kitchen, but the render and plaster was fairly shallow. On the old part of the house, the render is quite thick, 1/2 inch in places and crumbly. So after the fixing goes through the sheet and render, there's about 35 mm in "solid concrete", but the end of the fixing...
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    Should Tapered Edge of Board Align With Window?

    The corner of the bead that is. Maybe just don't push it too tight to the board (probably overthinking this).
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    Should Tapered Edge of Board Align With Window?

    I meant at the point where the angle bead goes though? If the bead is tight to the corner, will it get covered? I have to cut sheets into 8 x 2s to get them upstairs, so they'll only have one tapered edge and I'd prefer to keep that edge on the other side so that it buts against another tapered...
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    Should Tapered Edge of Board Align With Window?

    The last time I insulated around the reveals of a window, I aligned the square edges of the sheets so they butted up against the reveal inserts. Then I plastered so there was a gradient all the way to the window frame. Should I be using the tapered edges instead? Or would that result in the...
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    Plastering External Corner of Window Reveal

    Thanks Danny, When I bed the bead and coat over it, how do I cover the metal corner of the bead where the two sides of the mesh meet? Or does it barely project through the plaster and just get painted? I'm not skimming the boards.
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    Thoughts on Using a Float For 2nd or 3rd Joint Coats

    I've used a 6" knife for the first coat on tapered joints. I saw someone using a float on YouTube for doing subsequent coats. I used a float for plastering the cement render on the outside of my workshop and it turned out fine, but what if any are the disadvantages of using it for joints on...
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    Plastering External Corner of Window Reveal

    I'm not skimming the plasterboard, so what's the best way of covering the corner edge of the beading? Also should I use PVC or metal beading? Alternatively I might use 1/2 inch timber for the reveal and caulk the hairline gap where the plasterboard butts up to it. This is what I'm doing for a...
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    Mushroom Fixings - How Many for an 8 x 4 Sheet?

    I'm in the process of stripping the vinyl. Got the plastic layer off but will have to steam or wet the paper to scrape it off. I wonder is there any point considering the slabs themselves have paper at the back on the cold side of the vapour barrier? (Sorry, over analysing again!!!)
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    Mushroom Fixings - How Many for an 8 x 4 Sheet?

    It has my head done in so might just do that!
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    Mushroom Fixings - How Many for an 8 x 4 Sheet?

    Do I need to remove vinyl wall paper before slabbing? Kingspan say at least score the paper if dabbing or try and get top layer off, but I wonder should I try to strip it back to the paint underneath or even sand back to the original skim?
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