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Got to brick up a small fireplace for a friend and hardwall/multi it. The sides and top edges of the fireplace opening are formed with angle beads. Would you guys recommend hacking the beads out to create an uneven edge so the new plaster blends in better, or should I leave them in and just...

I'm thinking of buying an old stone cottage in North Wales to completely renovate from the ground up. I was intending to re-render all the outside and inside walls in lime to help it breathe and because I hate pebbledash which is what all the local builders use. However, someone told me...

Chaps, I've got to skim a friend's kitchen which he's boarded himself (badly!) and on the window reveals he's used some offcuts of green coloured plasterboard. Is it Aquapanel board and can you skim the green side ok? Also, in one place where three bits of dabbed on board meet in one place(!)...

Just wondered what most professional plasterers use for fixing plasterboards. Are those Makita collated screwguns a better option than using a cordless drill/driver? Are the cordless Makita guns as good as the corded ones, because someone told me once that the cordless ones were more prone to...