Recent content by helter_skelter77

I use it on examples like patched in bonding on walls when rest of wall needs to be pva'd anyway, I just do the whole wall, It certainly dosent hurt to pva it. Just personal preferance really and always done it like that.

Dot and dab, traditional way will cost you a bomb and more time consuming, hence more labour costs. Dot and dab boarding will have to be bang on flush edges ie: no big ridges etc, are you skimming it all yourself? or getting a plasterer to skim over your boarding? Prices vary, I personally...

Pva. We Pva all bonding, or undercoat plasters. We've never had any problems ever, usually I put on a couple of coats. You could also use bond it from British Gypsum.

Lucky you have only mice, Ive had wild cats in a haybarn, still got scars from 20 years ago sorting those suckers out, was fun though with them being double jointed and all aswell. Do whatever works for you, poison or trap. Theyre not much of a problem to get rid of.

Sit there thoughout night with a shotgun and a torch . Worked for me. :D No seriously, poisons the best, and try to locate any holes and block up etc. Good luck!

Thanks, got abit confused when you said about yes you can but if your comeptent so thought the plumber was... nevermind :) wondered why he tended to avoid the subject :wink: Cheers

cheers, I wasnt planning to do it myself as something I wouldnt touch, thinking of changing and upgrading the old system and thought about asking my plumber to do it. So would a Plumber be competent? as he is in the trade. I have asked him and has told me he could but wouldnt like to be held...

Hey guys thought this might be best place to ask the question, Can a non corgi plumber hang a new boiler? ovbiously not connect in the gas but just hang on the wall, then put in all other pipework? Then call in a corgi guy to connect in the gas etc. Im just wondering as heard varying storys...

Plus pipes, switch faceplates, toilets, sinks, list goes on :wink:

We let it dry, helpfull tip.. 2 coats of pva, epecially on high suction walls let both dry or at least second one slightly tacky. Always put on with a roller. 4 to 1 or 5 to 1, Tight coat if needed for bad walls. cheers

Flush or back a few mm as long as they dont protrude, Nothing worse than skimming round them

I could've come and done it for £549 :lol: Depends how much work he has to do with prep work leveling it out, bonding it out or is he plasterboarding?

Hi, it dosnt hurt to give a base coat of white, If your going to be painting over an already dark coloured wall(s) with a lighter colour, I'd def do a base coat in white, usually a cheap wickes/b&q does the trick (just to block the darker colour permiating through) if painting over a light...