Recent content by butwhowas

I know this would be the more sensible/higher quality option but the dabs would bring the wall out to where the boards wouldn't sit on top of the skirting properly. I would have to remove the skirting, or go all the way out over it and then fit new skirting. It's 100+ years old, at the very...

To avoid having to remove the wallpaper and I would be able to get a much nicer finish with plasterboard. The wallpaper seems *extremely* stuck on. I could probably get most of it off if I had to, but I guarantee there would be bits that would refuse to budge. Also, it's entirely possible that...

I've done some searching and it seems to be a massive no no. But I don't see why. Before I start, the walls are very straight and the plaster sounds solid all around. I'm redoing the kitchen and I want to fix plasterboard over the current walls. They are plastered (about 20mm thick) and...