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hi i did the scratch coat on a treated damp chimney breast with limelight renovating plaster about a year ago. Due to circumstances out of my control i've not put the skim coat on yet. i'm assuming as its left for a long time it would normally need some pva to control the suction? can you do...

hi i'm not a plasterer but having a go at a job for my mum as she hasn't got a lot of money so needs must so any advice appreciated. she's got two attic bedrooms with damp from the chimney breasts in each rooms, i've done everything possible to rectifty potential causes but walls still damp and...

hi i need to fix some timber battens to a wall prior to plasterboarding that i will be applying tanking slurry to. what's the best way to do this. i'm assuming i don't want to be screwing through the tanking slurry. would using an adhesive be ok for the battens? just a grab adhesive like...

hi i'm not a plasterer but after a bit of advice if possible. my mum has an old house 1901 that the top attic room has a really damp front wall. the damp reader was reading upto 35 in places and the internal render has all blown. the walls are 9" solid brick, and when i hacked off some of the...

hi i was wondering if anyone can advise. i'm a diy'er plasterer. i've just built an extension on my house and without going into details i had to use concrete lintels on the inner and outside skins of the wall. to close the cavity at the top of the opening i've used plastic cavity closers...

hi complete novice but i think i can handle dry lining a ceiling. the problem i have is that the ceiling size is 3.6mx3m but i notice that tapered edge boards have the taper edge only up the long sides, not the short sides. how do i joint the boards when one side of the joint is tapered edge...