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    Plastering a lintel...advice please

    You need to put the door-frame in first . Then you can plaster to it , i would use " thistle bonding coat ".
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    Can this just be skimmed.

    To get a nice flat , even suctioned surface .
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    Can this just be skimmed.

    It needs a coat of bonding before you skim it .
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    When to render an extension wall

    Render after soffit has been fixed . Plasterer then has something to work to ,
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    Permission required?

    Do not forget "No more than half the area of land around the "original house"* would be covered by additions or other buildings." Thanks for your help in the past ,
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    Render or textured paint?

    Looks like tyrolean , it is applied with a tyrolean gun.
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    Is this Lime based or Cement based render?

    It looks like "wet dash " also known as "roughcast" .
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    Prepping for plasters.

    Do not fill the joints or patch the plasterboard. Let the plasterer decide how to prepare the walls . Any work you do will alter the suction and or disguise the condition of the plasterboard . You would be better off leaving the plasterboard as it is ,easier for you and the plasterer.
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    Should I remove skirting, coving & picture rail?

    I am comparing plastering a clear flat wall ,against one with numerous All these "datums " will need to be margined when floating , and cleaned off numerous times when skimming. I really cannot see why you would think they are useful .
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    screed problem

    Why not phone building control ,either first or last thing . Leaving a joint when the screed is on insulation sometimes results in a small lip and a crack . When you screed a room you put "screeds" all around the room for your levels . If you do it in stages you will have to dig up the "screeds"...
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    Should I remove skirting, coving & picture rail?

    He would ,but the price would be higher . It will very time consuming compared to , float-set flat walls. Price could be double or more .
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    Hang up your trowels brickies, the machines are coming

    It looks better than the plastering machine .
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    Thinnest drylining solution

    You could plaster it with bonding coat , then skim it . If the existing block , brick ,is any good ,total thickness of plaster would be about 6 mm .
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    engineering bricks temperature

    Thanks , would concrete blocks be the same ?
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    engineering bricks temperature

    Hello, On Saturday I will be laying engineering bricks up to damp . The expected temperature will be 29C . Is this too hot ? Thanks
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