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I am having a ceiling skimmed next week, my plumber has just run a new gas pipe along one side of the room where the wall meets the ceiling. I am intending to get this boxed in and to ask the plasterer to skim it as well as the ceiling. Is skimming the boxing a good idea? If so, what material...

First of all, thanks for the advice on getting my bathroom skimmed before tiling, not just repairing with bonding - I now have a very nice skimmed bathroom. How long should i leave it to dry before tiling? It will have had 3 weeks on Thursday. The plasterer advised not putting a fan heater...

Recently hired a plaster to do two jobs (now done) and am scratching my head about the pricing of them. First was skimming the walls (lid already done) in a stripped out extension. 1 wall 3m x 2 m. Another 2m x2m. The rest: beams and window reveals. Ie not a huge area, but fiddly. Took him...

Just had a quote for decorating some rooms: prepping and painting with 3 coats of trade emulsion. Small bedroom (3mx2.5m) £300; medium size bedroom (4x3) £320; dining room (4.5mx3.0m) £430. Guy says he can get a high quality smooth finish by filling and rubbing down, similar finish to...

I have asked a plasterer to quote on re-plastering a bathroom (existing plaster is damaged in some places when old tiles removed). He suggests just putting on a bonding coat, not skimming. Is this ok? Also, he suggests using PVA before tiling, but I have read that is a no no, since it creates...

Hi all, I have just spent the last day or so trying to learn some basics about plastering. Am now possibly more confused than before I started. Might be interesting for you to be reminded (by the stupid questions I am going to ask) about how little the general public knows about plastering!