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    27th May British Gypsum Mine Tour

    Its a cuttle fish bone the mines full of em, big dinosaur bones too, and big gold nuggets.
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    27th May British Gypsum Mine Tour

    Great day at BG today, thanks for sorting the trip Danny, where you taking us next?
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    Does Being Qualified Make You A Good Plasterer

    What year did you start at collage?
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    Does Being Qualified Make You A Good Plasterer

    Did you go to Shirecliffe Cassie?
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    Does Being Qualified Make You A Good Plasterer

    It don't make you a better plasterer, but blokes that hav'nt been to collage miss out on some of the theory.
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    re - rendering old farm house

    Depends how hard the stone, etc is, its not a good idea to put hard render on soft stone or brick or a substrate that needs to breath, but also consider that the softer the render is the quicker it will weather.
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    Why is plaster expanding when drying?

    Can't you sand it back to give a flat finish?
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    What have I done wrong here????

    That tin roofs your problem to much movement! looks like you'll ave to turf it:RpS_thumbsup:
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    silk plaster

    Natural and wibrant colours:RpS_lol:, how much per roll?
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    To SBR or not to SBR,That is the question..

    How come it dint work Bod, were the bricks porous or leaky gutter/fall pipe or something?
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    Painters!!!!!

    There should be no need for any sanding or filling:huh:, what lights are you using?
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    To SBR or not to SBR,That is the question..

    Unless the wall is soaked your waisting time and money using sbr, if you realy need too give it a coat of sand and cement with an integral waterproofer, then dab it with thermaline boards, you'll only need to use mechanical fixings in area's where, in the event of a fire heat could blow the...
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    New van or used van

    Ex RAC transit, not been thrashed, good service history and you can pretend to be a pikey and collect scrap an pallets when the works quiet, I bought my first RAC tranny a few years ago, it came with FSH and a glove box full of receipts, when I added them up it totaled £7000, :RpS_scared: u...
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    Plaster on top of artex is coming off the walls help and advice please

    Eyup Kev, I have heard (on this site) paper mashy is a good alternative to gypsum, let us know how get on, :RpS_thumbup:
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