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    Weighing up a screw gun

    I'm replacing my Dewalt 12v XR2 screwgun. There nothing wrong with it, I just think life would be easier with a collated one. I don't do "real" site work any more, only builder extension/lofts & domestic stuff. So It wouldn't be used loads. Here are my choices & why I have made them...
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    Dri coat over Gypsum

    Hi guys Starting a job tomorrow where browning has been hacked off 1mtr high due to flood damage. it has dried out and Ive been asked to float over with dri coat as the customer wants some thing more than hardwall to replace. It does say on the dricoat bag NOT to use over residues of gypsum...
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    hot in here

    Was in my green house today & decided it was far to hot in there, so i think il skim the glass roof to cool it down. Do you suggest pva & skim in the mid day heat or wait until midnight :D
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    Rendering key

    Just looked at a job where ive got to hack of some blown rendering. Problem is, the brickwork to be re rendered has been painted. Any ideas of how to get over it to ensure it wont happen again ? I was thinking a Febond SBR slurry/Scratch /Render or use EML sheets & screw them over the painted...
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    recomended damp product ?

    Evening all Got a job on tomorrow, gonna float out a utility room in bonding which has had painted brick work from day one. Problem is the external wall has got paint peeling & slight amount of salt coming through about 1m2 at 400 heigh. Does anyone know what i can get from B & Q which will...
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    PVA- Tacky or Dry

    Is it really a must to skim over PVA only when tacky? even after sealing the walls / ceilings with 2 coats of PVA earlier that day or the afternoon before? surely once you have sealed & killed the suction its ok to skim wheather its still tacky or has dried. I do this & have had no probs & pulls...
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