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Appreciate all your comments..hopefully when the fella gets some heat in the building it might be ok

To be fair

Yeah cheers heard that before, does'nt seem to happen in a dry house though. Confused...maybe crappy beads bought in bulk?

Hiya folks Just skimmed some p/ b's after d and d, the skimming is drying slow, suspect its because its a cold damp empty house, my question is why do the skim beads look like they are rusting? Its only been a week since skimming.

I've battened ceilings before and only had a stain patten come through when I used wet through battens, I've never seen that stain before over screws even on a one coat job, check for scrim near the wall where your cove would e Hiya Jon, years ago, we used to board and leave 3mm gaps,but then...

Im with you mate, always do a good job,no excuse not to pay then, looks like spread needs to go to spec savers

you could also look at wetherby building systems on the net,

as a 53 year old spread looked at speedskim thought I would buy a 1200 and give it a go, it saves a lot of time flattening and is easy to use, even on ceilings with the right attachment on a painters roller pole, piece of p... flatten off as soon as you lay both coats, theres a vid on youtube...

bloody hell i know im new to this site and im an old fart but, when did spreads start using sponges on any skimming apart from leaving a pattern, whats wrong with just flattening with steel trowel or are we different in the north west of england?

you also consider brick slips ie; a thinner brick face approx 35mm stuck on with tile adhesive and pointed ,thats whats on mine its not cracked with my log burner, been on 2 years, look for brick slips on internet

to all TRAINED spreads,don,t reply to anybody who thinks they should skim in 1 coat, probably brickies

neat pva and sand left overnight on sheen/silk finishes or febond blue grit left overnight