old fire just removed leaving a small hole in the wall ...... theres no chimney breast as such its all flush to the wall.... customer just gonna brick up the hole.......
do you...............
a) get him to brick it up leaving approx 11mm recess from rest of wall .... then dot and dab some drywall adhesive and cut down 9.5mm board so its flush with rest of wall..... pva whole wall including new board 3:1 twice and then when tacky scrim tape joins of board to rest of wall and then skim the lot......
b) get him to brick it up leaving a 11mm recess from rest of wall ..... then pva the new brick 3:1 twice then fill recess with bonding coat leaving it for a couple of hours then pva whole wall including bonding coat patch twice 3:1 then scrim tape the joins of the bonding coat and the rest of the wall..... and skim the lot....
c) do neither of these things and do it the way your just about to tell me......... ;D
p.s how long do you need to leave newly laid bricks before pva goes on and you can drywall adhesive or bonding coat them???
do you...............
a) get him to brick it up leaving approx 11mm recess from rest of wall .... then dot and dab some drywall adhesive and cut down 9.5mm board so its flush with rest of wall..... pva whole wall including new board 3:1 twice and then when tacky scrim tape joins of board to rest of wall and then skim the lot......
b) get him to brick it up leaving a 11mm recess from rest of wall ..... then pva the new brick 3:1 twice then fill recess with bonding coat leaving it for a couple of hours then pva whole wall including bonding coat patch twice 3:1 then scrim tape the joins of the bonding coat and the rest of the wall..... and skim the lot....
c) do neither of these things and do it the way your just about to tell me......... ;D
p.s how long do you need to leave newly laid bricks before pva goes on and you can drywall adhesive or bonding coat them???