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    skimming onto tile grout!?

    ta very much for the replies,looks like bonding it is.Will let you know how it went,cheers again
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    skimming onto tile grout!?

    Cheers guys,not been on the site nearly 2 years or so,not really since my back went(x2)prolapsed disc and some big problems with my legs which left me almost crippled for a awhile but fingers crossed,a few spinal cortisone injections and some new meds,i now have a trowel back in my...
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    cracked render

    cheers for the replies guys def makes sense what you say,i think the lintels have shifted a bit.bit late in replying as the missus finally dropped on thursday 2.30am,got a little girl!!!got the nursery finished just in time.just got to put new skirts n architrave on now,shes got the best room in...
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    cracked render

    went to look at a mates house who had it rendered bout 2 years ago.the renders got long skinny cracks coming off diagonally from the windows,even joins up to the nextwindow above(from ground floor windows to 1st floor windows).theres also one running horizontally bout 6.5 ft all around.i thought...
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    can you use board adhesive for.....

    cheers for the advice guys,had the tapered ones as i let my mate with the big van pickem up for me and didnt realise until id got half of them upstairs,didnt have the heart,soul or effort to lug em all the back to wickes,or tell him they were the wrong ones for that matter.lol he was chuffed coz...
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    can you use board adhesive for.....

    can you use board adhesive for filling out where 2 tapered edge boards meet ,making the joint flat before skimming,or should i use a bit of bonding??advice always appreciated :-/
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    nvq2

    to right they do...good idea to get the level 2 tho mate,like to go that way meself but not got the time right now.the missus is due to drop in 3 weeks n i decided to rip down the ceiling and go back to brick in the babys room last weekend!managed to board the ceilin out same weekend tho n gonna...
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    nvq2

    hi scot,just wonderin if you got your city n guilds cert yet.?I gotta find time to go n sign bit paperwork before it even gets sent off so it looks like im gonna have a bit of a wait meself! :(
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    upvc reveals

    great,cheers for that mate.il give it a go.
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    upvc reveals

    got some really ugly upvc window reveals in a room im d&d ing,just wondering if anyone else had tried to screw board onto these prior to skimming,i know its not the norm but no reason why it shouldnt work..or is there???
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    how i loved that stand

    sorry to hear of your loss,i hope with time,the grieving gets better...
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    spot boards

    sorry justone mentioned 7 quid,do draper or trago make one.......or maybe pooondstretcher??
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    spot boards

    nothin wrong with a cheapy workmate,clamped in by a baton counterscrewed into your board.when the board starts lookin like a mushroom,screw the baton on the other side.dont even need the baton really.....just nothin wrong with cheapy workmates!!someone mentioned £7.99,which i know i have seen...
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    finally finished..

    no way,thats interestin mate.not even signed any of the paperwork for mine yet,but all done on the practical.was hopin to go full time with the spreading either with a firm or somebod timeserved but the mrs is on maternaty leave as from monday and im gonna take her job on for a few months.as you...
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    finally finished..

    finally finished the city n guilds today,was supposed to take 8 weeks but was more like 12!did an exterior render with bellcast beads then finished it with a tyrolean finish this mornin for me extras.good to have it finished!!
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