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    How would you sort this crack?

    The whole thing is a boarded doorway frame where sliding doors will be hung and there's now 1.5m crack alongside left angle bead where the arrow pointed. I have nailed the bead secure but dunno why it now has tiny movement when press hard with thumb. What's the best way to sort it out? I was...
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    Best Artex Sealer?

    What the best artex sealer or the most fail proof method for skim over Artex nowadays if the cost of material isn't a concern? I've a got a large ceiling that's mixed with painted and unpainted artex, even the artex on painted area goes soft and wet for ages when spray water on it. I'm...
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    Very thin plaster on brickwall

    How would you patch up one side of this external corner, where the current plaster is only about 3-4mm thick measured from brick? SBR + onecoat?
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    Skim over damp proof paint.

    Walls had lining paper removed and there’s a layer of damp proof paint stuck well on the wall, kinda glossy. Can I treat it like any other gloss paint using WBA or Blue grit?
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    Bostik primer vs Blue grit coverage

    I rarely had any problem with blue grit apart from it takes time to apply correctly. I was looking for a cheaper alternative as customer are getting budget sensitive and found Bostik/Cementone Primer seem to be getting consistent praise about coverage here. However, their technical data sheet...
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    Expired Plaster Stored in garage

    Hi, I'm in decorating trade not a plasterer. Few bags of bonding, multi were bough late March just before lockdown and stored in client's garage, the expiry date were 20/June and 1/Jul. They just came out of shielding and ready to continue the decoration project. Is there any other issue of...
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    shallow oval conduit

    Just wondering what most of you do when oval conduits or capping almost flush or just few mm below wall surface. Get on with it? Remove it? Modify it to suit?
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    Bonding or hardwal

    Prefer hardwall because no need to wait for pva, but would that small plasterboard section be a problem?
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    Leave bonding and hardwall for 3 days before skimming?

    Hi, Has anyone had any experience of leaving bonding and/or hardwall for 3 days before skimming? In an ideal world I’d like to do it in a day or next morning but in a flat where no work is allowed at weekends. I have several walls needing different base coat, I’d like to get all the base coat...
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    How thin can a bonding coat be?

    Hi guys, Does anyone knows if there's a minimum thickness of bonding coat if the wall is to be 1.skimmed & painted, and 2.skimmed + tiled. I went through several google pages with different keywords and couldn't really any answer on this one. I'd really like to have a full size dishwasher in...
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    How to tackle this wall

    Hi the plaster pros, I am renovating my flat and would really appreciate if I can get some advice how to tackle this kitchen wall please? I can just about to plaster new plaster board and bricks but don't have any experience with old wall. So, about 3/4 of the wall is an inside of an external...
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