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Right lads, a good few years ago i used a self levelling screed as a quick fix for doing the floor in a spray shop. In the last few years this has been broken up in places by the contraction of the layers of lacquer etc. I'm now looking to remove all this and do the job properly. Can any of you...

Skimmed over some sand and cement today, trowel, trowel as normal for me. Got it all sorted n finished. Went back into the room to clear up after doing some patching and there were lots of little pits on the surface that werent there when i left it. Any ideas whats caused this? The sand and...

Stripped a ceiling yesterday that had blown vinyl paper on it. Underneath was a powdery film of something unknown? White in colour. Almost floury when scraped off. Pva'd it this morning hoping to hit it about now to find the pva won't stick to it. It's literally peeling off if I touch it. Any of...

Just purchased one of these to see if they're any good after trying n liking the plazyflex. Just wondering if anyone has any usage tips? Also, I read somewhere (after I bought it) that they need the corners fettling for better results. That true?

Anyone know wher i can get some white rendering sand in south east? Had a butchers on t'internet n cant find a supplier. Im intending to use it for making a thru coloured render with snowcrete n i dont wanna end up with a buff colour. Come to think of silver sand would probably do but cant find...

Bought myself one of those plazy trowels from refina last week, was looking at em in the hire shop i use when i went to get a gas heater. Gotta say i rather like em for flatting and wet trowel. Find i only have to do one wet then a dry. Brings the fat up a lot quicker than steel. I was quite...

Seeing as it seems to be a topic of contention on here, i thought i'd ask. So lets see what people really think. Some logic to your answers would be nice, just to see what the general consensus is. Do try not to turn the thread into a shite storm though, despite it being quite an emotive subject...

Right, Im off to do a couple of sets on north thanet coast today, minus heating etc, so i thought it'd be fun to take bets on how long it'd be before the first coat pulls in. Im betting between 2 1/2 and 3 hours. Any takers?

Need to buy me a new 8ft feather edge, been looking online and am getting various prices from the sublime to the ridiculous! Can anyone recommend a fairly robust make from a supplier that isnt gonna bend me over n shaft me as i pay for it? pls...

saw the posting a while back about big contractors possibly banning tape n joint, but couldnt find the thread. Is this right? Surely they must be cackin their kecks cos there arent many decent spreads about! Do we think projection spraying is gonna become the standard because of this? Opinions...

Does anyone know much or anything at all about thus stuff?

Need to pick the collective wisdom.... Ive picked up a job renovating a victorian semi, the walls still have the original liime plaster, I can clearly see the hair and chopped straw render, non haired float and the lime putty set. However, some idiot in the 60's decided to put a cementitious...

At risk of sounding liek a complete twazzock... Ive just bought a 1920's semi with solid wall construction and existing lime plaster internally. Some of this old plaster need replacing back to brick due to water damage etc. Ive been told that i need to do a 4 coat job with old lime plaster. I.e...