plastering

Hi. I'm after some advice on methods of installing insulation board behind plasterboard. I've just removed a fitted wardrobe from an external wall of my 1940s semi and the plaster behind was blown so I've removed it back to brick. It's a cavity wall on the first floor and appears to be dry. As...

Hi All, recently bought a property that needs a fair bit of work. As it’s a Victorian house bits and bobs have been updated over time. There is UPVC all around the windows which bugs me, I’d rather have the wall plastered as much as possible then a nice oak windowsill. I started to take...

Hi there, Dot and dabbing for the first time (DIY job) on a brand new extension. Interior walls are thermalite blocks. Do I need to prime these in any way (ive seen youtube videos of people putting pva, blue grit... onto some walls), but I'm unsure if I need that on thermalite blocks or whether...

Hello, DIY-Novice here hoping to get advice on how to repair some walls I’ve stripped of lino-paper and wallpaper My intention was to strip paper, sugar soap it, sand it and then prime, before filling in crack/gaps. However I am now confused by what I’ve found underneath. In Room 1 it seems...

Hi everyone, Probably a silly question, but I can't find an absolute answer and I want to check before I start ordering stuff. So, I'm putting up tapered edge plasterboards in a couple of rooms upstairs. I was going to plaster over it anyway, but I was wondering about how I should go about it...

Hi all, helping my father with some renovations and need advice prepping for plastering around some door openings he’s had put in. I’ve done a fair amount of plastering on my own house but I’m not a professional. These are probably stupid questions but any advice would be appreciated! First...

Morning all, I had my loft extension plastered in July last year and over the last 2 months the below cracks have appeared. Initially a crack appeared running along the join of the wall and ceiling, but another two cracks have now appeared running parallel to the first crack. I've not seen a...

We arranged for a plasterer to re-board and plaster 3 bedrooms, landing and toilet ceiling at my mums house. Long story short, after paying we noticed once the plaster had dried so many imperfections including trowel marks, rippled areas, brush marks around edges, joints showing and a large...

Hi Guys, I am trying to find A1 plasterers who also do coving. I want to see genuine customer reviews and once they see the work actually come back with a quote at a reasonable price???? In the past I tried Checkatrade when I needed some snagging and painting done - this has been very...

Hi there, My partner and I are currently renovating our first home and trying todo as much as we can ourselves. We had an upstairs fireplace in a bedroom that had been blocked off so I am currently attempting to plaster over it to build it up to be flush with the wall, I have used bonding...

Hey guys, new here :) (Megan, 28, first home and DIY newbie so need your help!) I'm in the process of buying a Victorian end of terrace (circa 1900-1920's) here is a link from Rightmove: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/81568140#/media?channel=RES_BUY&id=media0 Okay so, my survey came...

Hello, Just had my kitchen plastered and this is the pillar for one of the steel beams. The pillar was dot and dabbed and fully dried etc before plastered. why is it not drying? see picture

Planning to fit a recessed wall safe to an internal solid wall. I'm struggling with the instructions, which seem a bit silly even to a completely unqualified DIYer. They call for it to be fitted to an internal wall only, with the opening chased out with 100mm extra on every aspect including...

Hi all. DIY homeowner here. Lathe and plaster ceilings cracked (some hairline, some more than hairline, some previous waterdamage). Going to overboard ready for plaster skim. Should I batten and then overboard? Or overboard straight onto old ceiling? Research has show people doing it either...

Hi All, So i’m looking to do a few bits to the fireplace, however following the plastering that was done a while back the opening of the fireplace is a bit all over the place. Whats the easiest/best way to square the fireplace up and straighten all the edges? i dont really want to trim, just...

Hello, I am tanking & plastering a room, I have done a basic plastering course (only for DIY purposes) so definitely not a professional. I have what used to be a garage and is now the office , we have just moved in and I would like to make it more of a room. so it’s my intention to tank...

I had my upstairs bedroom plastered about 6 months ago. The pics show before it was plastered...there was a deep corner crack. The exterior wall is bowed and rendered outside about 6 years ago but I have not noticed any major cracking outside, just very minor hairline cracks. This internal wall...

I've recently stripped the wallpaper in my hallway, and found several cracks and holes in the wall above the front door. The cracks pictured are the worst of it, does it look like something that could be fixed by replastering, or potentially a more serious problem?

Hi Hope someone can help me basically brought a property and needs some renovation some rooms had some wood chip wallpaper so decided to strip them off using steamer but was just wondering as this property is quite old there may be a chance that there might be asbestos in the plaster now my...

Hi. I have a bit of a dilemma. I am boxing in some horizontal pipework that runs along the wall near the floor to a radiator. I am running some horizontal battens above and below the pipes. I have chosen 1 1/4" battens as the will protrude beyond the pipes, then I can screw in plasterboard to...