Recent content by Martyj27

I I use an SDS to strip wallpaper too

Cheers

Good to hear, glad it's not a complete waste of time then!

With an SDS have got the bulk of the blown plaster off the walls to reveal the brick. In a small area I went around with a scraper and wire brush to remove small parts of plaster leftover. As I'm doing it I'm wondering if I'm just being OCD and this is an unnecessary step before applying new...

Finding good trades across the spectrum is always a challenge. After 5 months of searching finally got top plumbers/sparks but haven't started the search for a plasterer yet but will get on it. From what I can tell the best thing for the property given age/construction is to do a combination of...

Ok so potentially there could be little in it if materials can broadly be offset by labour. Sounds like wet plastering it is. Perhaps another consideration, given age of property would it make sense to have them fit insulated plasterboard to the internal walls that face externally on the other...

Hello, Moved in to 100yr old house few months ago and it's clear the plaster is blown in many places. I'm in process of taking all the old stuff off ready to get plasterers in to make good. Question I have is around wet plastering vs plasterboard & skim, my preference is for the former as its...

Thanks all, will scrape away and grit as I've got quite a bit of both green and blue in the house. Forgot to add the picture before, this is the worst of it, main wall face fine but just peeling in corners where steamer on for longer

Hello After stripping all the wallpaper off I'm now left with painted wall. In some parts this has peeled after reacting to the steamer. Question I have is, can I plaster straight on now? Or do I need to sand down the peeled areas or even attempt to strip the entire paint off in its entirety...

Not far off at 6'2". Obviously designed for the maids to easily access off the stair case but I'll be moving it as part of electrical work

Three very good/sensible options, thanks all

Hello, After pulling down lath and plaster in a few rooms (for wiring/pipe access as well as the ceilings bowed) I'm hoping to just be able to overboard the hallway. The question I have is what do you do when you get to the lip at the landing floor? Do you cut the plasterboard slightly short...

This is what I'm trying to understand. Some of the above comments imply that it's highly likely if one wall in the room is not up to scratch then all 4 must be in the same boat (as all done at same time, by same plasterer etc)

Not sure if you're a pro or a DIYer but it's the time and cost of removing plaster from four walls of a 5m X 5m room, disposing of that waste, purchasing board and having delivered as I don't have a van, getting said board dot and dab onto the wall, scrim tape said board, moving 9x sockets and...

It's preferable to avoid plasterboarding an entire room (time/cost), moving a large amount of sockets in the process if there is a viable alternative. As per my earlier comment, it wasn't like the walls were peeling off on their own accord. The chase has unveiled the poor skim but it's not poor...