I opened out the fireplace to reveal the builder's opening, hohum. The opening is inset into the wall, and the wall is plastered with normal gypsum plaster to the edge, albeit ragged at the edges now due to me opening out the fireplace. Were I to get the plaster tidied up at the edges, would it survive a stove?

The opening is 23" wide, the stove is 17" wide, and I can hold a hand ...

Hi,

I have had two different opinions from two plasterers about some work I have asked to be done for my kitchen and I'm looking for any advice as to who might be correct.

The work was to skim the walls on which the existing plasterwork is poorly done. I am just looking for a good quality smooth finish.

The first guy I had already offered him the job and he was here to do ...

Hi Guys

I need professional advice, I have recently purchased a terraced house property and I’ve stripped the whole house down to bare bricks, I’ve taken all the bonding and plastering off with a chisel and hammer. I wanted to know shall I get the whole house bonded and plastered again or shall I get it all Dot & Dab. my friend was recently in the same position as me he stripped his whole house ...

Can any plaster give me a quick ball park man days estimate for the following to be skimmed onto plasterboard:

Room 1
56m2 of ceiling
80m2 of walls

Room 2
84m2 of ceiling
105m2 of walls

Assume that both are just plasterboarded boxes. Ceiling height is 2.4m

Approx how many bags of multifinish are needed for each room?

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Our kitchen ceiling is currently artexed which is sagging, my husband says it's because the plasterboard was exposed for a time before I artexed it, though this was done some ten yrs ago and it's only recently started to sag. We want to remove the artex and plaster it, but he worries nothing will stick to the plasterboard because it's probably greasy and we'll just have the same problem, he thinks PVA won't work ...

I've just removed an old plasterboard wall to find that there's old tongue and groove wood work then some damp and crumbling lime plaster. Now the question i have is, can I remove the remainder of the old plaster and just re-point the wall with lime plaster and install insulation / vapour control layer/plasterboard without replacing the plaster. Is there any need for a complete layer of plaster on a wall that's 150 years old ...

Hello
this is my first post after reading a lot on the forum for a while now

just a quick question
i have a wall that i have painted Liquid Damp Proof Membrane (blackjack Type stuff) from a well know DIY Store on to the brickwork
i was going to render with sand and cerment mixed with bit of waterproofer as a 2nd barrier, but the can said only to plaster not render with S&C ...

I've recently had my dining room damp proofed. I have now applied the first coat of render (with waterproofer).

The exisitng plaster above the recently rendered areas is fine. I was wondering is there a method where i can plaster over the rendered areas, but not the existing plaster and still have a good enough finish to paint? Basically, I'm trying to get away with not plastering the whole room!

Thanks

Bathroom ceiling am i right in thinking best way to go at this is to scrape the high spots then pva leave 24hrs then pva next day wait until tacky then skim. The poly ripple is well adhered to ceiling . ANY ADVICE MUCH APPRECIATED THANKS.

I had new windows installed last year and the fitters repaired the plaster under the sills with a dark grey, gritty material. I'm now wanting to repaint the rooms but not sure how to bring these repairs back to ready for paint. Do I just use a thin layer of regular filler as for holes or something else? Any advice appreciated. :help: