plastering

Hi all, I'm planning on making our external single brick garage into a gym, to do so, I'll be adding plasterboard and plastering the walls and ceiling, I'll be adding a damp proof protection tot he conrete floor and then the foam gym flooring squares on top. i'll also be building a stud wall...

Hi folks, Looking for a bit of advice about internal wall insulation. I have a house that I think is about 150 years old. Whilst decorating I found a roof leak. I ended up stripping out some old internal lathe and plaster and have discovered that the house is a ground floor solid stone wall...

Hi, We are in the process of renovating our kitchen which is very old and bits are falling apart. There is a small section of wall where the plasterboard is coming away and is definitely going to fall off haha I'm wondering best way to fix it as the section will be tiled over rather than...

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had house rendered after a crack now the sill is flush, is there any over sill i can use?

Hi I am not new to plastering and have done all the walls in my house before this, but I've never ****ed up a batch. I am plastering a few walls in my kitchen. I have completed the first coat, all good. I cleaned out and started mixing 2nd batch. I had put too much water in it, and it is...

Hi guys, just checking , I have a white render mix but it is not mixing into a white colour. Can I add paint into the mix? Is there any way possible to make a render mix white white? i have the sand, white cement, lime etc but still not as white as I’d like more of a buff colour Any help...

Hi I'm trying to gauge if I should build this wall myself and then get a plasterer in or get my builder to do it and then plaster it while he's doing ceiling. He has quoted me £460 to build the wall and then plaster it. It would be the wall on the left of the dining room where the door used to...

Hi guys, just a quick one.. i currently have the plasterboard down in the lounge to deal with pipes and cables etc. And it's time to refit it. The lounge is 5.8m x 3.8m and seperated by an RSJ about 2/3 in to the room. I plan on having the ceiling skimmed after the boards are fitted. 1. When...

Hi all, Hope I am posting this in the right forum....bit of an odd one, am having some decorating done to our kitchen and the painter draws my attention to a rusted screw sticking out of an internal solid wall. Turns out someone has screwed into a plastic mains water pipe - all the way through...

Hi, Just pulled off some old skirting boards and the state of the wall behind is pretty bad. We plan to put down laminate flooring and getting new skirting boards. Will we need to cement or make good of the shoddy part of the wall or are we better off leaving wall as is and getting slightly...

Hi, We have moved into a 1960s house that's needing a lot of work. There is a brick fireplace with 2 openings on the left and right side. I'm looking to build a frame to attach plaster board and plaster over it but I wanted to know 1. Do I need to do anything to the chimney 2. Will building...

tldr: What plaster should I use? Limelite, dryzone, breathaplasta, hardwall? I have to re-plaster the internal sides of single skin brick walls in a Victorian house. The original lime plaster had paper put over it, and had completely blown away from the wall. I've taken all the walls back to...

Hi I need some advice on plastering. This is under the stairs storage area. The walls(2 sides) need plastering. They are currently bare bricks which had been painted over. I have scraped the top layer of paint off. 1 side of the wall is single line of bricks. The other wall that needs plastering...

Hi, I have plasterboarded a bathroom ceiling, wondering whether to try skimming it myself. I have watched a few videos and it doesn't look that easy. There is a product that you buy in a kit and roller on then smooth off. Has anyone tried that? If so was it any good please? I don't mind...

Hi I have this crack in the photo above my sliding doors that lead outside that has a crack across it If I push it it moves otherwise it looks and feels solid enough. Should I try and screw it from below or just fill and plaster over it? I've been using ready mixed plaster for other various...

As per photos i have cracks / uneven pattern - its upstairs on the exterior connecting walls Is this a big issue or just a case of a plasterer fixing this up? Many thanks Ryan

I've removed a door and lining from an internal doorway and seeking advice on how to plaster the inside of the doorway, and how to tie it in with the exisitng plaster. I'm planning on keeping this open, and no door will be hung. I've attached a few pictures showing the state of the existing...

Hi there, i live in a inner city terrace house and about 7 years ago i had an issue with dry rot due to damp problems. The mould was removed along with any infected matirial, the damp issue was dealt with, and the area in question was plastered over with damp proof plaster. Recently i have...

Hi all, Bit stuck. Had the double glazing upgraded in my house. Window company did advise that the new windows might leave a bit of a gap where the old ones were removed...they weren't kidding! I've had a plasterer round to fill with hard wall as I couldn't find a decorator who was willing to...