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Work started recently on our house to have it completely re-rendered. Work has stopped as the council informed us that we have to insulate all the outside walls - this seems to be a little known regulation. Part of of the house has cavitity walls - these will be done, but most of the house has solid walls and will need insulation panels - a much greater cost. Also a building ...

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We have a had a bedroom skimmed but in one wall there is a small 2cm sq area which was not polished very well. Is a little rough, think the plasterer just missed polishing that bit. How can we repair this?

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Hi All, A few of the rooms in my house retain their original features (large skirting boards, plaster coving). Some of the walls and ceiling in-between these features are sound but in need of a new skim. I’m a competent diy plasterer and not afraid to tackle the walls or the ceilings, but in my previous goes at plastering the skirting or coving has been added afterwards. As...

I am a plasterer with some years experience, I have cscs and nvq2, now despite having this qualification i have never worked as a plasterer in building site conditions as the evidence i gathered was from visits from the assesor to domestic jobs, which is all my experience in plastering. I have worked for years as a general labourer on site, just never plastering on site, I work with ...

I've been fitting plasterboard to some stud walls in my house. Its the first time I've done it and a couple of the screws near the edges / corners have crushed the plasterboard slightly. Does it really matter? Also there are some slight overlaps in a couple of places where bits of the boards stand proud of the next one by a couple of millimetres. I presume the skim over this will...

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We have a had a bedroom skimmed but in one wall there is a small 2cm sq area which was not polished very well. Is a little rough, think the plasterer just missed polishing that bit. How can we repair this?

Hi I have recently had an extension built and am now ready to finish the inside. all walls have been plasterboard and i am now wondering how to finish. i know the obvious solution is to get a plasterer in but unfortunately funds will not allow this so do i: just paper and paint attempt to tape joins and paint boards attempt to plaster or attempt to artex as the...

Hi All, A few of the rooms in my house retain their original features (large skirting boards, plaster coving). Some of the walls and ceiling in-between these features are sound but in need of a new skim. I’m a competent diy plasterer and not afraid to tackle the walls or the ceilings, but in my previous goes at plastering the skirting or coving has been added afterwards. As...

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I've been fitting plasterboard to some stud walls in my house. Its the first time I've done it and a couple of the screws near the edges / corners have crushed the plasterboard slightly. Does it really matter? Also there are some slight overlaps in a couple of places where bits of the boards stand proud of the next one by a couple of millimetres. I presume the skim over this will...

Work started recently on our house to have it completely re-rendered. Work has stopped as the council informed us that we have to insulate all the outside walls - this seems to be a little known regulation. Part of of the house has cavitity walls - these will be done, but most of the house has solid walls and will need insulation panels - a much greater cost. Also a building ...