Recent content by JamieB3009

Hello, I have recently had my kitchen freshly plastered. I left the plaster 8 weeks to dry and then went round filling and flattening any cracks and defects before mist coating. For the cracks i raked them out to a 'V' shape with a stanley knife and then filled with easi fill and filled again...

Update Had another go at this tonight. Ripped out the old puck completely and cleaned off all the filler. New puck gone in, checked its secure all over, all joints scrim taped so it's below finished plaster level and then used gyproc easy filler light around the edge of the gap, all screw holes...

Thanks for the reply. I had a suspicion that might be the case. I have raked all the filler out as it's still damp and started again. Would it be best to use something like easi filler light to fill the gap around the edge of the filler piece first, then skim over the top with the toupret...

Hello, I hope this is the right place for this. I have had my kitchen plastered and now are ready for mist coating. Like always, there was something i forgot to do before the plastering was done and i remembered just as the plasterers completed! Anyway, this job involved me using a 150mm...

Hello, I have recently had most of my house replastered. The plasterer has done a very neat job but i notice in most of the window reveals where the plaster either meets the door or the window, there are very fine hairline cracks appearing. They dont move back into the plaster but are more on...

Hi many thanks for the advice. What would you use to seal the plaster?

Wall. The kitchen has been knocked around and then re skimmed. It is in areas where existing wiring chases have been filled with bonding plaster before top skim applied

Hello, I have had a couple of rooms plastered and there are a few hairline cracks as expected. Question is should these be filled before or after mist coating? If I do it before mist coating will this cause the moisture in the filler to be sucked to the plaster and cause filler shrinkage? Thanks

Hello, My house currently has pine skirting boards and architraves which have been stained with some almost orange coloured stain. As you can imagine it is hideous and i want to get rid of it. The skirtings and architraves are all about 20 years old and have been installed since house build...

I have an area of plaster near the corner where two walls meet where a strip approx 8mm wide is loose. Ive raked it out and it appears there is scrim tape behind there, but the plasterboard looks to have been cut too short when installed (see photos). What would the best way to fill this be to...

Hello, I have installed MDF skirtings and architraves to a room and have fixed these using countersunk screws in places where the walls arent straight and adhesive isnt covering it. I have used ronseal 2 part wood filler to fill the holes and sanded back. When i came back to the holes a...

Hello, I have had my existing floor screed dug out (over block and beam) throughout the ground floor of my property and UFH and a new screed put in. The screed has been poured about 4 weeks ago and the UFH has only just this week been commissioned on its lowest temperature (manifold outlet...

Thanks for the reply and the advice. As far as I can see they are thermalite blocks when sticking a camera down (see attached photos). Would the 35mm screed you mention include the pipes within it? In terms of ground supported insulation, how would this work as it is just loose ground? I...

Hello, I am currently having an extension built and have also got a price to install wet UFH in both the extension and also the existing property at the same time. Existing property is 2001 built. The builder has dug a couple of trial holes in the existing floor and found it is a 50mm screed...

Thanks, yeah the cabinet is mounted on six anchor points, of which there is three in each of the two supplied mounting brackets. I was not aware of core fix, would these still need to be pushed behind the tiles into the plasterboard to avoid risk of cracking the tile? Thanks