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Hi, I did dot and dab and then skim coat at the weekend, its all gone light and only a few darker patches in some places. When is it dry enough to tighten a bracket on the wall with coach screws going right through into the brick wall behind - for a radiator? When doing the dot and dab I put...

hi, I know 25kg of multi finish covers about 10sqm. My wall is 8sqm so given the second coat is thinner how much of a bag to I mix up for the first coat? A bit more than half or 2/3 ? Cheers!

Hi, I'm fitting my angle beads soon ready for a skim onto plasterboard this weekend. How do you guys normally fix them? I was taught to nail them but can you use drywall screws? I had a look and as the screw head is tapered I think it might stick out too much, unless it pulled in when you...

Hi, I will soon be plastering a room in my house, just wondered any recommendations on different types of corner trowels? I've got a Marshalltown trowel and i've seen those flexible corner trowels they also do, I can see they are not 90 degrees but may get a nicer finish as I guess you have to...

Hi guys, Had a krend job done and a stop bead was installed at DPC level with a belcast bead underneath and then also rendered below the DPC level. The stop bead was set in slightly further to the wall and was rendered over and bell cast bead was left exposed. Just wondered if thats normal...