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What happened to prices? I was offered £13/m for skimming in London 15 years ago

This is what I would do Thanks Mum x

Yes, that. Use K-read thin coat system. Check their website for more info. Bomb proof finish

Agreed

This is what I would do

Thinking I should do in 2 passes, was first attempt though

Spat finish= spatula, as in just flatten with the big refina or speedskim? I did first pass of about 4 mm then mesh then skimmed mesh in with 2mm then went over all with 3mm then refina spatula to flatten all pretty good then sponged any lines, came iut good

Hi all, I'm heading to Barcelona area to help friends who are renovating a house there. I'm a plasterer with 25 years experience in UK, but never used Spanish materials. It'll be mostly plastering onto those clay bricks, high suction no doubt. Could anyone recommend a product for going over...

Hi there, I'm heading to Barcelona area to help friends who are renovating a house there. I'm a plasterer with 25 years experience in UK, but never used Spanish materials. It'll be mostly plastering onto those hollow clay bricks, high suction no doubt. Could you recommend a product? I've heard...

There was not enough height above door openings etc to allow for this

It's a flat roof at the top of a stairwell, at some point in the last 30 years a skylight was installed, whoever did it cut through most of the joists, bridled several with a single 4x2" on joist hangers, then hung move joist hangers on the bridles and ran joists to narrow the opening. The...

The ceiling lath was swallowing tons of gear, a bag to a metre and a half area, on the first coat onto the lath (let's say pricking up/scratch coat) which I was then planning on doubling up (ruling/floating coat) but due to time constraints (we only had a fast left at this point) I boarded over...

Surely any moisture that would have damaged pb would damage a gypsum plaster such as the bonding coat I was using anyway? I suppose cement render is what you are thinking of?

What is a 'metal top hat ceiling'? Does this involve EML?

With a 3" sag over a 9' span of ceiling, there no way the 'odd packer' would have given a cost ceiling!

Yes I notched all the new 2" x2" counter battens these will result take the weight of this simple cornice

When you say board and float and set, do you mean pb, then bonding ruled off then finish?

It's a very old house, joists all over the place, I framed it round the edges with 2" x2", then notched the 2x2 counter battens over the sagging beams to get a level playing field, should have used breather paper aye, didn't think of that.. I got a 'scratch' cost on it so I can get a floating...

Using ribbed lath

New labourer+new bonding recipe+I've never done overhead with with metal lath before, also need just brought up a better mix, going slightly better but two buckets of bonding, bag and a half say and I've only covered 2 metres, laboriously, and I'm not pressing it too far in before you say.. Not...

I'm attempting the above scenario and it's not going well. Any thoughts/ advice appreciated!

I've done a few fermacell jobs, 5-1 or 4-1 mix pva then skim never a problem. On a large ceiling recently which was very dry, at the ridge of a house, above wood stove, had been up two years before skimming so dry as a bone, sealed the day before with 5-1 then rolled on a coat of pva 3-1 morning...

Tiger stripes appearing more recently although skim is laid on and trowelled up in same way but same spreads with same MT trowels as always... The only variable is the gear. Other plasterer mates are complaining of the same problem. The gear has obviously changed (multi) Anyone got a link to the...

Yeah sand makes sense for strength...

Ah right, that's handy to know, thanks you I'm right up in the north of Scotland so it's difficult to get hold of casting plaster or lime putty at short notice.. Also, the nearest fibrous plaster workshop is over 200 miles away in Glasgow, hence the decision to run in situ. What mix of lime...

Yep I was planning on a muffle/ baffle on the mould, allowing 5-10 mm for to coat. Only concern really is suction on the bonding for running a cornice... Should be fine if I get multi going soon as bonding is set?

*sheet over the lath with expamet that is

Thanks Tam. I like the idea of brushing on the final 'slip'.. The walls are surprisingly straight, checked em with 8ft feather edge and you would struggle to fit a rizla down the back of it.. The ceiling was Ali over the place though, I stripped the lime off, left the lath, will prob sheet over...

Thanks for the advice. Can I ask you why you add lime?

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The plan is to multi it soon as the bonding is set, no need to pva in that case as I think the bonding will shrug off the pva/ pva wrong adhere when bonding is still green in my experience but def will scratch it, was thinking of cutting teeth into the muffle ( baffle up here) explicitly for...

I have run a cornice this way a few years ago, way of suction on bonding, have read that some folk aff lime, to speed setting I suppose? I fix a6" x2" board, covered in mesh, to studs and ceiling joists to save on core weight, time and materials...

Evening all, I am planning on running a cornice with bonding and finish, did consider adding a drop of lime, could anyone give me an idea of how much lime to use and how long to leave the bonding before going over with multi? How many metre to run at a time? The stairwell ceiling in question is...

Hi there, I'm planning on running a cornice, core will be bonding coat ( do you think this necessary?) And 5mm or so finish coat run in multi. You mentioned lime, what ratio lime/gypsum? Is the lime simply to speed up setting time? Advice welcome! Ta

Hi mate I am planning on running a cornice with bonding and finish, did consider adding a drop of lime, could you give me an idea of how much lime to use and how long to leave the bonding before going over with multi? Cheers

I have a cornice to run at the top of a stairwell, a simple Georgian Scottish style, about 7" by 7", comprising of a relatively simple rail on wall and ceiling, with typical concave curve. It's been a long time since I ran a cornice, only ever did a few with my old journeyman and have run one or...