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Thanks chaps. Can i just clarify - is bonding a liquid type material or some type of board????? Had a few quoting and a few have mentioned bonding. Will crack on with the demolition tomorrow! I've got a wall and the plaster is cracked to buggery and sounds very hollow (blown?). I've...

Wow, that's great. At £3k ish too - not a mega amount either. I'm looking at going freelance too next year when the market pics up in my game - and have been eyeing up an office for £50 a week - which seemed cheap, but in theory would be £2600 a year - again not a massive amount but if i...

Hi, Just removing my skirtings with a plasterer lined up for Friday and Sat. Skirtings have been on years. Started at one wall and on taking skirtings off noticed the gap below the existing plaster is about 5mm, which im thinking the plasterer will be abl to bring out a little bit with...

Hi All, Just a quick one. I've got a plasterer booked in for Friday and Saturday doing some work. Basically, we're re-doing our sons' bedroom, works comprising: - Strip walls - DONE! - Strip ceiling paper (done in around 1940 by look of it) - DONE! - New window board - New...

Thanks for the response Steve. Just a quick one though - the wife has maybe said to rip off the existing render and leave the walls back at bare brick. Is the condition of the walls below likely to be really bad to the point where they can't be cleaned up and made to look ok? Guessing...

Hi All, First post - go easy! In the past, i've always been a 'we'll get a bloke in' kind of guy - for most things other than painting! And it's usually been my father in law for anything easy - but things like plastering are beyond us. Times aren't the easiest financially with 3 young...