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just skimmed my mates ceiling all went well.............. left it for 6 days and painted it with crowne mat emulsion again all went well.............. 2nd coated it today and when a rolled over a patch with the roller the plaster came off on the roller??? only a patch the size of a cig packet...

there's no way around it .... i've tried avoiding the question... searching on google.... but i might as well just ask????? what is it? what does it mean??? is it difficult? what equipment do you need?????...... whats the beneifits / downsides???? thanks in advance and sorry for asking what to...

when you've built a stud wall and skimmed it do you just put a line of decorators caulk at the top after skimming where the plasterboard buds upto the ceiling??? is there any need at all .... will it crack? or with the plaster act as a filler any way???? thanks for your help and advise.... cheers

building a stud wall to half my brothers extension..... should i use 12.5 mm board or is 9.5 ok??? also where the plasterboard of the stud wall meets the existing wall obviously i can't use scrim as i'm not gonna be plastering the existing walls ... so if i bud the board up best i can will a...

how long do you advise your customers to allow your re skims to dry before they can think about painting????? and is there better paints out there than others for this purpose??? speaking from experiance not very impressed with b and q trade "paint for new plaster" went on shocking and dried...

what is the very best to overboard a ceiling???? smash a whole each side and snap a chalk line all the way accross to see where the joists are.... which are always 400mm centres anyway ;) screw them up scrim your joints and skim away...... is there any better way / tricks / anything???? ???

got asked this today by my brother in law.... we has solid walls in his bathroom and the bottom half is tiled.... all of which is solid but very un even...... as oppose to hack it all off could he just board over it ???? adhesive will stick to other plaster won't it and then maybe give the tiles...

hi guys... is there any major differences when d&d to a sandstone wall of an old traditional non cavity house than when doing it to a normal breeze block wall??? any tips / things to bare in mind or be mindful of?? thanks in advance for your help. ;)

how much do you guys charge a day for just boarding ???? or what would your total charge be to board out walls and ceilings of 2 rooms 5 x 4 meters??? materials supplied by customer? ???

hi folks, been to see a mate of mine who's having some work done maybe by one of you guys out there..... done 2 rooms and re skimming a 3rd,,, and i've noticed he's stapled his angle beads to the wall..... i thought this was a great idea..... any of you guys do this if so can you recommend a...

i only ever scrim tape the joints but i know alot of people use jointing compound.... just wondered what the prefered method is?????

i have a question but i don't really know how to put it into words and as a consequence theres a strong possibility that none of you will know what i mean :P...... basically I've seen a number of times where plasterers have removed an inset fire place ,,, plaster boarded it and skimmed it...

I always top coat with the same mix once the first coat is touch dry (doesnt leave finger marks in it when touched) but looking through alot of previos comments, i'm starting to think this isn't the norm or at best seems to be the way a novice would go about things.... to myself (a complete...

hi everyone havent been on here for a while...... question need help with please.... my mate had an extension put on his house 4 / 5 years ago maybe...... the plaster right in the corner of all 4 walls has cracked heavy..... i've scraped all the loose stuff away with knife and i cant see any...

hi there guys quick question .... my mates just bought a new house.... he's having an on suite put in the bedroom.... wanted me to skim the already boarded stud walls..... went to do it today... and as soon as i mixed the multi and put trowel to board..... it was touch dry?..... it immediately...

multi and bonding open bags but not fully used.... are they ok to seal bag well and use again.... or do you need to use fresh bags??? i've got half a bag of both in the garden shed.... can they be re used or after open is it use all or bin what you dont use???? ???

hi guys wonder if anyone can help me, re skimmed a small boxed in area of my house yesterday, all i did was take off old wall paper that was on it, pva'd the old plaster that i had revealed , re beaded the angle and skim'd i didnt do any of the skimming any different than i've done plenty of...

whats the best way to get a nice finish on a 120 degree internal agle..... i dont mean on a external beaded angle i understand to just stretch the bead for this .... but an internal angle if i'm making sense???? do you just do the best you can or is there a trick to it??

how long after someone has had damp proofing treatment can you hack off the old hollow sounding plaster thats been effected by the damp..... and re plaster????? also a company has said to a friend of mine they would use a low salt plaster for the job????? what are they talking about and does it...

AM I ALONE IN SAYING THAT I'M ADDICTED TO THIS WEB SITE..... I LOVE IT.... ITS THE ORACLE OF PLASTERING INFORMATION... YES I'M SAD..... YES IF IT CONTINUES MUCH LONGER I'L LOOSE MY GIRLFRIEND ..... YES I HAVENT WASHED OR SHAVED SINCE I FOUND THIS SITE .. (JOKE).... BUT HEY I'M AS HAPPY AS A PIG...

what are people meaning when they say WBA.... they cant all be on about west bromich albion ........ or can they? ;D

hi guys quick question.... wanting to plasterboard straight onto tile background..... all tiles are in good nik and solid no movement.... is this poss????? if so how??? let me know thanks ;D

whats the best way to attach angle beads???? i've been using an instant grab adhsive whats to best way??

can you skim straight onto bonding coat..... how long do you have to leave it before you can??? and must you pva it or pva and scratch it?????? why is everything so complicated !!!! :P cant wait till i'm answer the questions instead of asking! ;D

do you always pva bare brick.... for example if you were gonna put a bonding coat on or use drywall adheive???

old fire just removed leaving a small hole in the wall ...... theres no chimney breast as such its all flush to the wall.... customer just gonna brick up the hole....... do you............... a) get him to brick it up leaving approx 11mm recess from rest of wall .... then dot and dab some...

as you may or may not have gathered im quite new tall this game but enjoy it greatly.... and thanks to all you god members out there your help is really appreciated.... Problem...... i have one wall in a fully furished painted and decorated room to do...... i know ineed to pva 3:1 a couple of...

just wondered the correct way to do this is ....what do you guys do about plastering around these??? do you take them off or leave them on...... plastered around a masking taped light switch once cos thought it would be easier to use my trowel agqinst it..... it worked well till i decided to...

1) if i have to board out a non square room and one corner if you can call it that, is about 125 degree angle how do i do it???? i can bud up the boards is with clever filing and then scrim the joint but how do i get that razor sharp look when i plaster??????????? 2) if i were to use thin coat...

basically massive wall to do about 12ft in height will drywall adhesive hold a full strip of 2400mm plasterboard o onto a wall or will it just slide down??????? and if it will just slide what do you do??????? ive done it before plasterboarding that is, but any 2400 pieces have always been...

can anyone help me??? i've seen it sold all over the place internal stop skim bead for plasterers but i have no idea what its used for..... been told in the past its used for breaking up larger area's for more manage able sizes but then ive been told never to do that as you can see the joining...

i keep seeing on various posts.... but what are people talking about when they say tanking a whole room?,,,, or before tanking it? what is tanking?

question 1 i know theres various factors that alter this curing time including surface, ventilation, room temp etc.... but roughly is it about 30 mins after mix to get your first coat on before starting back at same place for second coat???? and again you got about another 30 mins to get this...