To Pva or not to Pva with drywall adheasive

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I currently have a wall that was plastered, which has all the plaster removed and is now down to the breeze brick. The wall is very dusty. I am now going to put plasterboard on it using gyproc drywall adheasive.

The question is should I Pva the wall before applying the adheasive, if so, what ratio (dilution) of Pva to water should I use.
 
Yes .Brush wall and then a weak coat of PVA. Then dab away to your hearts content. Ps. The anti PVA movement will be along in a mo to say other wise.:fuckyou:
 
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Had a customer in a listed building dabbed their own walls to save a few quid. Conservation officer told them not to use pva (on dusty brick) so as to preserve the original wall. I tapped it to check the adhesion and it fell off right in front of me.
 
Splash the wall with a drop of water to kill off the dust, then pva. Follow instructions on back off the tub as to how much to dilute as some brands are thicker than others.
 
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No pva needed

Ever
I not with ul on that one.
I used adhesive a few times on dusty backgrounds and some joints cracked.
Then when same backgrounds came round again I pva dab points. Only on dusty backgrounds. never had an issue since. I looked into this and could not find spec with dry wall adhesive on a dusty background. Plenty of adhesive used so only reason I had for movement was adhesion of dabs on surface.any plaster on a dusty background will not adhere properly. This dri wall adhesive is a myth that u can hit any surface without any prep what so ever.
 
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Never pva'd a wall before dabbing even if they were proper dusty, a good brush down + wet before you dab + never had a problem or they've never noticed the boards falling off the wall!! [emoji15]


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Never pva'd a wall before dabbing even if they were proper dusty, a good brush down + wet before you dab + never had a problem or they've never noticed the boards falling off the wall!! [emoji15]


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Seems quite clear that guys have had adhesion problems due to surface.
I know it can be used on high suction background but if it's a 100 year old sand lime common brickwork wall with old plaster hacked off I am using pva on it.
I have seen when a wall was stripped with adhesive dabs on it and a scraper pulled them off.as in a thread above.
 
I not with ul on that one.
I used adhesive a few times on dusty backgrounds and some joints cracked.
Then when same backgrounds came round again I pva dab points. Only on dusty backgrounds. never had an issue since. I looked into this and could not find spec with dry wall adhesive on a dusty background. Plenty of adhesive used so only reason I had for movement was adhesion of dabs on surface.any plaster on a dusty background will not adhere properly. This dri wall adhesive is a myth that u can hit any surface without any prep what so ever.
No worries bud was having a bit of a laugh.. But tbh I have never used pva before dri wall adhesive.if it works okay just do it I suppose.
Come on Utd.
 
As above. Sweep all dust off and a weak coat of pva. I even give new breeze block a weak coat as I've seen it came unstuck do to their high suction
 
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