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Good evening. I’ve come up against a first, I’m plastering an office that has previously been plaster boarded and painted, the joints of the boards were covered in 6” timber cladding to give it an old traditional look. . We have removed the timbers, I plan to screw all the boards to make...

My main concern would be in a half tiled bathroom that with dot & dabs the cold spots would eventually show through the paint, also i would be a bit concerned about dry fix foam taking the weight of tiles at all, even with mechanical fixings.

This is a good alternative to stop the damp transferring through the dot and dabs to the board. The only thing would be loosing space, as often space is a major priority in a bathroom

People have so many different ways of doing things now, it becomes very confusing on what is actually the best way!!. So i thought id see what different ways you would all deal with the following situation. So the render/plaster in a bathroom is blown and comes away back to the brick. How...

Evening, Ive put up loads of gyproc 100mm and 127mm coving. And done the odd jobs with the 135mm cornice (84mm x 92mm). Was fitting it today and packing out my mitre block total the ceiling edge at 92mm to get my mitres 'close enough'. I was just wondering if anyone has any other ways they...

Thanks for all the comments so far. The MM21 looks like its the way to go. Bob spread has thrown a spanner in the works. I had never considered the MM19 before. The MM19 is £60 cheaper then the MM21. £235 or £175. Im not overly worried about saving £60 to be honest. just don't want to...

My old faithful mixing drill has died on me. So its time for a new one. Now i know the Refina Mega Mixer has been discussed lots on here, and seems to be the brand to go with. But what size would people recommend?, MM21 or MM30? I'm a bathroom fitter, and do all my own plastering, but i'm not...

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