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Welcome to the DIY plastering centre. Below you will find the links to the pages that are related to plastering.

Plastering Tools Tools required for sucessful plastering.

Plasterboard A Brief look at plasterboard

Plaster Types. A look at the various different kinds of plaster available.

Mixing Plaster How to mix plaster correctly.

Skimming a wall How to plaster a wall with skimming plaster.

Plastering with backing plaster. How to apply backing plaster such as Bonding plaster

Artexing How to acheive some of the more easy artex patterns

Artex removal How to remove Artex or textured patterns

Plaster Mouldings A brief look at plaster mouldings

Plaster board cutting How to easily cut plasterboard

Direct bond method How to apply plasterboard with the direct bond method, often called dot & dab.

How to close a reveal. Closing the gap around windows.

Angle beading How to fix angle beading to prevent corner damage.

How to plasterboard a ceiling

Taping joints How to use scrim to prevent joints from cracking

Stud partition wall How to make a stud partition wall from scratch

Repairing plasterboard How to repair damage to plasterboard

Patch repairing plaster How to patch repair plaster

Repairing a lath and plaster wall

Painting new plaster when to paint new plaster and which paint to use.

Plastering over Artex Often artex removal is too difficult and plastering over it is the best option.