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Thats great. Thanks to both of you for your help-much appreciated.

I'm in the process of repairing a wall which requires a combination of large areas needing rendering and smaller ones that require patching-its a bit of a mess to be honest. One area requires rendering over breeze blocks. Are breeze blocks like normal brickwork and simply require wetting...

Many thanks. Very helpful.

I want to reskim a wall in my bathroom which is painted in the satin-finish paint. I'm wondering if I can get away without pva'ing the wall before skimming, as the satin paint seems to have some waterproofing properties, thereby preventing absorption of water/drying out of the skim. I've pva'd...