Recent content by WireNC

Thought that I had cracked it but, when I painted it two days ago my joins were crap. So I'm re-doing the whole ceiling. Practice makes perfect. This time I'm doing it in 2 halves so I only have one join to worry about. Hopefully get it done this weekend.

I had several vents in my rooms in a 1930's house. They were there for the old coal fires apparently. Once I got cavity insulation they became useless apart from blowing dirt into the rooms. As I replaster each room I am filling these vents in. I fill them with bonding. PVA the vent/bonding when...

I also have wood burning stove and when I installed it over 3 years ago I had a copy of building regs and I remember it saying that inside the chimney it has to be a non combustible material. Mine was brick which was fine. But if I wanted to plaster it I would have to board it out with fire...

Took 5 hours of hard graft. Divided the ceiling into 3 sections and went for it. Sweat pouring and arms aching. The joins don't look too bad. Ok for a first attempt. You can see them but they feel smooth. Going to see how it goes over the next day or so as it dries. I don't think that once...

14m2. All boarded out and scrim taped. Hope to start skimming tomorrow. A little aprehensive on how it turns out.

So do I have to start the next section straight away or can I leave it until the following day? I was planning to spilt the ceiling into 3 sections done over 3 days. Is it best to just carry on and do it in 1 day?

Greetings. My first post. I have recently done a plastering course after wanting to learn for a few years now. After the course I plastered my box room to a decent standard. I pulled the old lath and plaster ceiling down. Boarded up and skimmed the whole room. I am now tackling my living...