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Bang on the money that, JTN ;)

What difference would that make?

They were standard boards, not fire or sound dooodas. I wonder if we use PVA too much sometimes.....

The spread I just worked with put PVA on fresh plasterboard. His reasoning was that the place had been boarded for a year or more and that this meant the board would have much more suction than if it had gone up last week. Really? Wouldn't have crossed my mind to be honest, but nevertheless, I...

Did a job last week where the customer had 20 bags of Thistle multi finish that had a summer 2012 date on them. The fella running the job chose to order new stuff, which seemed sensible, but I couldn't help thinking it was all such a waste (especially given that I opened a bag and it all looked...

By putting sbr, pva, vinyl silk et all on a lime plastered wall, you are in effect 'sealing' what was once breathable. And by doing so, you might be causing structural problems down the line because you could be creating damp. There are products that are better than PVA in such situations (by...

Just wanna reiterate Plastermind's note of caution - early artex contains asbestos. DO NOT DISTURB ;)