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Great, very helpful. Thank you for all the replies, I appreciate it.

Hi, We have a painted wall which needs to be skimmed. Just wondering if we need to remove the paint first or can it just be pva'd and skimmed over with multi- finish?

Hi, We wanted to add some more sockets in a couple of rooms, lounge / bedroom and wondered if we had the wiring chased now would a good plasterer or decorator be able to make the channels smooth so no bumps/ imperfections will show along the walls ? without re-skimming the whole of the...

Thank you for the replies guys. Will call him back.

Hi, We have just started painting over new skimming done in the bedroom and can see there are quite a few surface bumps in the wall. The plasterer used hardwall in places and then the multi-finish on top. To be honest we were not expecting to see obvious imperfections like these. Can this be...

Hi, The builder has said if cement is added to the bonding plaster then it will dry faster and be stronger to hold the large wall tiles we are using. I was wondering if this is a common thing done in the trade?

Hi, Thank you for the replies. This is the picture of the crack from the other side of the wall. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rPPX-ou41hj8RguDQPH2quCsrApHUIOsyMmDJJGAQ3M?feat=directlink From this side he has put hardwall inside the crack and covered the old plaster in pva then...

Hi, Unfortunately my workmen have not taped over or treated a large crack running from top to bottom in the wall of the bathroom and have put bonding straight over it. They have then put pva and tiled on top. Will this present issues later on ? I am concerned about the porcelain tiles coming...