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I don't work full time as a plasterer but when I do get asked to price a job I believe I am putting in a fair price, recently I have priced a few jobs but they haven't taken the bait. I know its near xmas and work prob dies off for most but surely by asking for a price you have the means to want...

Me n my mate started decorating his spare bedroom today so first on the agenda was stripping off the wooden panels, to our horror the whole plaster came off from the brick!!!! its only on 1 wall and about 1m in height at places, now whats the best way to deal with this or what should I do to...

did you use a soundproofing mat?

Started new project today, I have an outhouse that I am converting to a utility room. Steel support went up today and should be knocking walls out tomorrow but once this is done I am going to dot n dab walls after electrician has been in. My walls are doubled brick except the joining wall that I...

surely there must be a safer option? I have the luck that would make me fall haha

Wanna do my staircase but not sure how i reach the tall point of the wall? What do you's lot do????

Majority says wickes special so looks like i am off to wicked.

I have been told not to buy a cheap one cos they are a pile of sh**e, but at what price range do you qualify as cheap?

Any good feather edges that you use that are good?

thought about that but customer didnt seem so keen.

Been asked to do an artex ceiling (never done one before) The artex is not that thick or lumpy so whats best way round to getting the job done? Also the house is an 1930's house so the room is pretty big so does anyone have a price range that i can go off? Cheers

this is prob how I should of worded it essexandy and yes thats what i meant (the arris). I apologise for my lack of english vocabulary failing but i never was good at english so feel free to make fun.....oh yeah some of you already have. Plus I had a aboot 6 cans at time of press.

what i prob should of said is.....do you need to cover the whole bead when plastering?

Does anyone have any tips on how i get the perfect angle when plastering over an angle bead? i have an external trowel but i cant i seem to get the full bead covered.

thought bonding would be better, but just wanted to make sure before i buy, just got to get rid of this hangover and go out and buy some now lol

can hardwall be used on engineering bricks? or is it too low in suction? took skirting boards off and quite a bit of plaster came off right back to the brick. Its a section of the wall where the chimney breast is so I am assuming its engineering bricks for the strength?

the wall is only 4.5m2 so will start that wall first and that should give me enough time to see how well it goes on by the time i get round the full room....suppose its all trial n error for beginners.

my experience is zero....did a week course just so i can do jobs around the house etc. got no plans at all to change career paths, just wanna use the likes of this site to get advice etc.

I was planning pva 50/50 on sat night then pva 4/1 on sunday morning followed by skimming walls but you said pva...should that just be for parts of the walls where the plaster has not peeled?

Can you pva the backing plaster or does that affect the suction?

defo only bought house fews years ago and never really got to do the bedrooms properly so yeah its defo worth it. luckily enough its only turned out to be 1 wall thats bad so fingers crossed its plain sailing from here.

:-( oops caught out!!!! just walls have s**t loads years of paper worth on lol

backing plaster looks fine( except for 2 small patches which just need filling, presumably I can just use multi finish?) its just large sections of the finishing plaster thats peels but am in 2 minds wether to remove the whole lot cos some of it seems solid but then i keep thinking what if that...

Hey guys I am currently stripping a bedroom in ma house and whilst taking off the old wallpaper alot of the old plaster is coming away to revaeal large sections of the browning/bonding plaster. Is it best to remove the whole plaster so the walls are just whats undrneath or just remove whats...

thanks guys

thanks mate really appreciate it.

what about mixer? is it best to buy a mixer or does a drill of some sort work the same..... please bare in mind tho that i am only doing plastering on a personal level to complete jobs around the house

Hey guys new to here and plastering, just finished a 4 day level course and although I did it to complete jobs around the house I still want to make a good job of it........sooooo does anyone have any tips of tools (makes etc) that i can buy that are good quality. I dont have tools at all yet so...