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What happened to prices? I was offered £13/m for skimming in London 15 years ago

This is what I would do Thanks Mum x

Yes, that. Use K-read thin coat system. Check their website for more info. Bomb proof finish

Agreed

This is what I would do

Thinking I should do in 2 passes, was first attempt though

Spat finish= spatula, as in just flatten with the big refina or speedskim? I did first pass of about 4 mm then mesh then skimmed mesh in with 2mm then went over all with 3mm then refina spatula to flatten all pretty good then sponged any lines, came iut good

Hi all, I'm heading to Barcelona area to help friends who are renovating a house there. I'm a plasterer with 25 years experience in UK, but never used Spanish materials. It'll be mostly plastering onto those clay bricks, high suction no doubt. Could anyone recommend a product for going over...

Hi there, I'm heading to Barcelona area to help friends who are renovating a house there. I'm a plasterer with 25 years experience in UK, but never used Spanish materials. It'll be mostly plastering onto those hollow clay bricks, high suction no doubt. Could you recommend a product? I've heard...

There was not enough height above door openings etc to allow for this

It's a flat roof at the top of a stairwell, at some point in the last 30 years a skylight was installed, whoever did it cut through most of the joists, bridled several with a single 4x2" on joist hangers, then hung move joist hangers on the bridles and ran joists to narrow the opening. The...

The ceiling lath was swallowing tons of gear, a bag to a metre and a half area, on the first coat onto the lath (let's say pricking up/scratch coat) which I was then planning on doubling up (ruling/floating coat) but due to time constraints (we only had a fast left at this point) I boarded over...

Surely any moisture that would have damaged pb would damage a gypsum plaster such as the bonding coat I was using anyway? I suppose cement render is what you are thinking of?

What is a 'metal top hat ceiling'? Does this involve EML?

With a 3" sag over a 9' span of ceiling, there no way the 'odd packer' would have given a cost ceiling!