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Get a steam stripper on to soften and remove the tile adhesive, pva the whole thing . The egg box thing you think is a door isn’t, the walls are slabs full of criss cross card seen loads of them in modern ish houses,just fill the gap with bonding, tape anything that looks suspect and skim. If...

It’s shite, Get the big sander oot

13 inch carbon steel Marshaltown

Marshaltown ss that is, F*****g auto correct

I’ve got a marshaltown as I only use for render, I find it too rigid

After reading something on here about a plastic lad being more forgiving on your body I invested in a 14 inch Refina plasiflex . For 35 years I’ve used an 11 and thirteen inch carbon steel marshal towns which are great. Is it just me or are the plastic ones shite, just can’t seem to get the...

What do you lot recommend for beading these? It’s simple enough with stair wells I just use thin coat beads and build it out a bit to humour the angle but on these big dormas the bead not fitting over because of it not being 90 degrees is a problem where it meets the vertical edges . Stop beads...

Shite, I bought Bosch ones they either fell to bits or blew something inside when getting a good workout. The genuine ones get hammered and just keep going

Shite beads?

Why is this happening? It never been a problem before

Too dear ! Lol

Blue grit first then skim

If it's dry put a sander over it , couple of coats of contract emulsion it will be fine

I've just done my place, belt and braces , hack off 1m, drill and inject, tanking slurry 2 coats, SBR and cement prime and cement render 2 coats with waterproofing salt inhibiting additive skim with multi or dab boards and skim

O keef's last thing every night so you don't wash it off , great stuff

I've fitted loads of Howdens stuff , it's ok but not great, I prefer a place called the kitchen works based in Gateshead tvte. All manufactured in their own place .As well as the usual motular stuff they also make non standard sized , shaped cabs and custom doors to fit . Also the cabs are all...

Bosch Battery everything except mixing drill

rough as a Badgers arse , nearly as bad as me

Roller every time , far less mess, brush for corners. As for boarding I've read alot on here saying why f**k about , just over board , most of the time it's not as simple as just over boarding, not on the old shite I work on anyway

I've used it in a few old pit houses where the the lime plaster has crazed , obviously knock off and repair any bits which are a total right off with bonding first but lay on a thick coat and trowel in and a quick flatten as you go. Finish as normal , happy days. I'm pretty sure the house could...

I agree , that's why I laughed and said I only wanted a price per 10l tub not a 45 gallon drum. The man on the phone got the hump and said thistle is dear stuff , I replied to dear for me

That their best trade price

Got 2 tubs of blue from doves, 17+ each jewson quoted me 68 + each for thistle bond it

Who mentioned pulling stuff down, not me

Aye coz all autofeed guns come with a countersink head

Anyone know what the difference is between these two other than the price ? Oh and don't just say ones better than the other without anything to back it up

Looks like there all overtightened and have burst the paper , shite job . I put them in 6-8 inches apart always have always will, been to too many jobs where the boards are on 10 clouts and about to drop off

Every time I try and leave them on taped or not they swell up and crack . Pull them off I say

Pound shop Diamond sharpening thing, 2 mins with a bit water . Done . Great for taking the sharp edges off tile cuts as well so they grout in nice

Wish I could run from it haha

The problem is, I have the upstairs to do next, semi vaulted ceilings , so.. have I done something wrong ? or is it just a freak reaction with the substrate and is it going to happen again. The one in the photo has no bond whatsoever if I touch it more falls , is a f**k**g nightmare

No mate, it was the bonding coat that's failed, initially I thought it was the humidity in tha place caused the PVA to fail but fk knows. Never had bonding fall before normally sticks like shite to a blanket

The bonding let go and brought the top coat with it

Devilled?

Aye 2 coats of PVA, levels with bonding and skimmed with multi

Oh yes , never had this happen in 30 yrs hahah

Sometimes it goes all wrong , it waited 2 days tho haha

Welcome

Wait till it's dry and put a Sander over it, just don't sand thru your plaster

Been in the game 30+ years and still learning

Scrape it , if it's sound , PVA and skim ,, if its a leak from above chances are the board will turn to s**t when it's scraped , cut out the patch , replace ,tape joins PVA and skim. No need to re board the whole thing for a patch