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    "Double plastering" by machine

    So for whatever reason, I've found myself having bought a new flat in a country a long way away from the UK. The way they sell flats here is without any furnishings at all, no electrics, no plumbing except the meters. The floors/ceiling are concrete and the stud walls are plasterboard with the...
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    Wallpaper removed - PVA still required?

    Hello All As it says really - wallpaper is now off and what is left is quite sticky/tacky when it gets wet. Most of it is sealed with paint so I would guess it wouldn't suck that much. Question is are both coats of PVA still needed? Maybe just the first one to seal it all in 100%. What would...
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    New Member?

    Just wondering why it says I'm a new member when I joined over a year ago?
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    Where can I buy a bag of multifinish?

    Am I even allowed to in this lockdown? If I am, where can I get it from?
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    Bead on top of existing bead?

    Hello all and thanks again for those that take the time to answer amateurs like me. So there is an external 90 corner with beading already in place and has been skimmed over already a long time ago. One of the walls is in good nick but the other isn't. I want to skim just one of the walls...
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    skimming over gypsum core of plasterboard?

    Hello All I'm not a plasterer by a long way but can skim a flat plasterboard to an acceptable standard with quite a lot of time. We had woodchip paper in one room and I've removed it but I've (probably stupidly) stripped the paper off the plasterboard so what is left is raw gysum with a few...
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