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    garden shed

    ttp://s1020.photobucket.com/albums/...garden%20shed/ as you can see i need to knock down. my question is if i leave the back wall up which is a dividing wall between me and the neighbour , will it be safe as it is only a single skin
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    garden shed

    garden shed pictures by daz1968_bucket - Photobucket
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    garden shed

    sorry the link to my garden shed is garden shed pictures by daz1968_bucket - Photobucket
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    garden shed

    i need to kvock this shed down, it is only a single skin building and what i want to do is leave the back of the shed wall still standing , maybe drop it down a few coarses. will i be ok doing this Pictures by daz1968_bucket - Photobucket...
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    splitting a ceiling two

    i have a large ceiling to sim out i whant to split it in two , what can use to get a nice straight line across the ceiling so i can stop there
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    reskim

    my mate had a plaster round to do his ceiling last week , its in a right mess and i said i would do it. just wondering whats the best ratio of pva for going over a dusty ceiling thats only a week old, also whats the best way to measure ratios more acuratly. the ceiling is 18 ft x 12 and was...
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    ratio mix

    hello . i need the ratio for sand and cement , as i am repointing my house cheers
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    chimney breast

    i need to float a chimney breast in with carl bonding. can i use normal skim bead and keep the bonding short of the bead cheers daz
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    Plastic trowels

    nice work mate . tell me what are the advantages over steel trowels when flattening in , i want to buy one cheers daz
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    apologies

    i am a simple man who works hard and just wanted a favour thts all , if anyone can lend me such items i live in sheldon , birmingham , close to the wheatsheaf .
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    apologies

    aplologies for my outburst yestyerday just feeling down, i really cannot afford to at the moment to invest in stilts sorry xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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    favour needed

    will he not mind at all , i live in sheldon by the wheatshief chers daz
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    favour needed

    i cannot find hire shop in solihull that supplies them
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    lending stilts

    i dont know , we all take the piss out of eachover over the slightest remark made about plastering etc and hide behind your ******* computers slagging people off , but i have just asked for a favour in lending stilts for next weekend and you all weep . whats the matter i live in sheldon , own...
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    favour needed

    no i havent just moved to brum i have lived here all my life . i just need a pair of ******* stilts to lend for next weekend god almighty you willl get them back i am just short of cash at the moment to buy any , i live in sheldon , own my own house have three cars , holiday every year , i have...
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    favour needed

    either im a spurs fan hahahahahahif you want my adress and phone number i will e mail you , also i will give you the adress of where i am working hopefully net week, cheers daz from sheldon
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    favour needed

    yes i am a man of my word , i will give you my land line number to contact me , my adress , if you need it by the way my wife works for police so i am not going to steal them.there is a code of conduct that a police officer must obey and that is i quote if you know of relatives or friends that...
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    favour needed

    i have a large ceiling to skim next weekend, if anyone lives near sheldon in birmingham and have a pair of stilts for me to lend it would be well appreciated. i onlly get a few jobs in at the moment and cannot afford to buy some. if you can help , obviously i will send e mail with my phone...
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    skim over scrim tape

    why is it good practice to skim over scrim joints before tackling the complete set
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    joint in skimming

    whats the best way to put a joint in skimming a wall. i have a large hallway wall to do and i want to brake the set down into two parts cheers please help daz
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    apex

    i have a small porch to skim on saturday , it has all been drylined but i know i will have a small problem , the porch ceiling is of an apex shape which means i cannotget right into the angle with my trowel, is there a technique of getting round this cheers daz
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    Tiger Marks

    whats the difference between them cheers
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    waiting times

    when the second coat has been flattened in , how long do you wait before trowelling
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    pva

    how much pva would i need for a large bedroom
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    timing

    what the timing between first coat , second coat and trowel ups cheers
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    Bathroom polished plaster

    Hello i am thinking of tiling half my bathroom and the rest polished plaster i was hoping for help as the walls have been reskimed and just want to know how to go about olished plaster , there arer a few holows in walls please help as i wish not to tile the whole bathroom just tile the bath wall...
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    bonded walls

    when skimming over bonded walls do you flatten in using water, also how long should you wait before applying second coat
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    UNEVEN WALL

    dot and dab wall easier and cheaper . find high spots and work off them easy mate
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    skimming

    i have seen a plasterer when applying second coat only going one way and not repeating motion on what he has spread, i asked why and he said you get a flatter finish
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    second coat

    i have boarded a ceiling , i need to know how long to wait before second coating and secondly when flattening in , do i need to get rid of all small lines or will these come out when wet troweling ??? ???
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    curves

    i have just boarded a ceiling in an old house the ceiling drops about forty five degrees to cwall and so the customer wants a curve put in where the boards meet, hows the easiest way to skim curves so as not to make amess >:( ???
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    Darrenw

    sorry mate its me daz1968 asking for advice about bathroom ceiling. i have boarded it out but there are curves to be built out with bonding , hoefully i can do this free hand . i would like to know when skimming curves on ceilings , do i skim the curve first or skim into it and away if this...
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    pricing

    how much would it cost for 8 ft x 4 ft ceiling to board and skim helppp please ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
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    old house

    i have a ceiling to board and skim . the house was built early 40 s. part of the ceiling is straight forward, but on opposte wall the ceiling drops at an angle. to board is easy but whyere the angle is , th e customer wants a supple curve and not straight edged how can i do this so it looks good...
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    curves

    whats the nack in plastering curves in ceilings
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    second coat

    i was talking to aspreader of about 20 plus years of exp.. and he said when he lays on second coat he spreads it one way and does not repeat stroke up the wall. also may put third coat on aswell ??? ??? ??? ???
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    First attempts at skimming !

    hello mate not bad first ttempt, i been plastering 6 years and still fuckup. first coat , wait 15/ 20 mins flattenin best you can, second coat a bit thinner , wait 20 mins flatten in. first wet trowel 30 / 40 min later then second dry trowel 10 min later , then final dry buff straight after
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    painted walls

    any ideas on pva ratio for silk emulsioned walls. i know i need to scratch the walls to get key but not sure with ratio cheers
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    paperwalls

    what i mean is old paste coming alive
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    paperwalls

    have skim walls that have been stripped of wall paper. is there anything to be carefull of cheers
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    venetian part two

    where can this product be bought and how much does it cost cheers
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    venetian

    tiling part of bathroom andddddddddddddddddddddd thinking of ventian plastering the other walls can it be done on skim walls and how perfect do they have to be to venetian. plus how much and where do i buy the stuff
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    skimming

    when skimming on bonded walls is it best to get first coat on nice and wet and trowel flat before second coating
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    water

    when is the best time to use asponge float never tried one before
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    water

    why use water on trowelling if it coarses so many problems too little to much ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
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    fat

    what is fat ??? ??? ???
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    pissed off with skimming

    Re: (french word)ed off with skimming so i dont know what i am doing wrong i reckonits timing going on it too early
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    pissed off with skimming

    Re: (french word)ed off with skimming i am looking for perfect finish all the time
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    Muiti finish or mp finish

    i would like to try if i knew what mp is short for
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