Recent content by Liam Murray

you didn't say whether new house or old,as flynny said could be cill, are the windows wood/plastic,is the cill on the inside damp/wet.

when ringng plasterers ask them, can they do solid plastering then you'll get the right guy's, as already mentioned there's probably guy's on this forum in your area who can quote you

Hurst, you've answered the question yourself,problem with the pva,did the frost get to the pva

It might be the bloke you spoke to is telling porkies

kirk, you havn't said how big the room is

If you run your fingers over it,if its distemper you'll see some on your fingers in the form of chalk/dust. you can get a sealer from paint suppliers,or you can wash it off using sugar soap.Dont try to seal it with PVA or you'll have problems as already said it will just come down.

As skimmin has said whitewash is made up from lime normally on external walls, if your dealing with internal works it's more than likely your dealing with distemper which was made up from chalk

I usually get accupunture for this,If you get cortizone injection's they inject right into the bone and will need to be done about every five years

If I'm just doing a ceiling' I tend to use an internal trowel just after laying it down,just to keep it tidy,and then just use my trowel and water brush to finish

We should be pushing prices up not down

If a builder or some other pr++k asked to do this I would have asked for a written Instruction,then see how quick they'd reconsider

I'll take your word about him grand

I met him once grand, when Malabright did a job in Chancery Lane,I was only there a couple of days when they sent to another job where they had problems that I had to sort out.I did here that he's a good plasterer though

I'm in Cork, it'll take a while for the sites to get going again, but I'm sure it will take of again this year banks/etc cant leave unfinished sites all over the country

Yes Church loads of them,was back there in June,rescimmed house in dagenham for a niece,