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i have a ceiling i need plastering.it is 32sq metres , all joist are level, needs boarding and skimming. oxfordshire area. anyone help please.

says on the pot apply plaster when tacky, so all you people that plaster onto dry pva are really taking no notice of the manufacturers recoomendation, if it falls off in a years time , who's to blame ?? better to do it properly or not at all.

do as i said, but make sure you pva it properly , maybe give it 2 coats of pva , but wait until the first coat of pva is almost , but not dry. apply skim 2 coats. should'nt really be a problem.

i would give it a coat of 3-1 pva and apply new skim while tacky

never forget me roots , but as ive said always been a hawk since i started out in 1976.

im from middlesbrough , so well past the northern gap,when i left school and started my apprenticeship i was always told it was a hawk and that was from the 3 60 year old boys that trained me up.lol

had the injections 2 years ago, no problem since.

sorry i am having a brain block moment, i would'nt use hardwall in bathroom.

sorry that should say , would NOT use browning

aquapanel boards are ok in the shower area, the rest depends on wether its going to be fully tiled. i would use hardwall on the walls. better to dot and dab em. i have used bonding on the walls and tiled straight on top of that using mapei tile adhesives.but only on walls that are not going to...

how did this go, would be interseted if ever there is another trip.

the amount of time i have been in with a floor scraper and taken off a skimming coat because the walls where not solid is unbelievable, still each to there own as they say , but i would definately do as it says on the tub.

on most over skims you can pva any background using neat or 4/1 pva and it will be tacky within 30 mins to an hour, enough time to get set yourself up for skimming and maybe have a quick cuppa.as for plastering on dry pva , you wont see the problem till the custmer has either wallpapered and...

haha yes ross always a hawk, never a hand board.lol

whats the best way of getting on these council jobs, i would'nt mind a go of it myself. work is work after all.