Recent content by mrast

they seem clued up so thats a start. i dont know why im stressing so much about this! All i can think of is i knew the previous bloke well and i dont know anything about these boys. Its my first house and i just dont want my dream layout and setup to crumble off in lumps i guess! Ill post...

no i didnt do the plasterboard. well 2 guys have just come so i guess its now or never. here goes......

No they have 4walls and the Celling to do in the liv room (ceiling newly boarded, Walls old plaster) then the hall way and stair well right the way upstairs which us artexed walls and ceiling, all scraped back then sanded over to make sure. They said a little over 1 day for the liv room and...

It's 500 notes cash job and I'm supplying the materials.

500 for job, reckons 3 1/2 to 4 days. No he is English and it's his own company! I think I will see how tomorrow goes and evaluate. Going to be a sleepless night though I think.....

The artex has been scraped back and then sanded over so there are no raised edges. He has done it this way all his career apparently and who am I to argue as I'm not a plasterer. I just don't want it to start falling off or something silly in 6 months time. What us making me more worried is...

what are the implications for not doing a tacky pva layer before skimming and skimming straight onto the 24hr old dried pva?

Hi there, I had 1 plasterer re-skim my kitchen and utility room. He has finished that but has been called off to a massive job and told me he cannot get back to me for 4 weeks to do living room and hall way. Kitchen had 1 artex wall and 3 old plastered walls and utility had all old plastered...