Recent content by spreadandlay

Hi, I have to form and plaster a tight curve to match a curved kitchen unit, I'm not sure wether to go for battens screwed to brick work and bend the PB or build it up with blocks and hardwall ? What you think? Cheers

Thanks for the replies, Great info and opinions, thanks for your time chaps

Hi, I am a builder, bricklayer/plaster of 13 years and i have hit a wall of boredom at work, my boss has agreed to put me on some courses but is struggling to find any! I wondered if anyone else had tried to go on any specialist courses or had some suggestions, I am based in Cambs...

Hi, Got 2 curved 300mm units and wanted to use laminate worktop due to cost and resistance to everything. A carpenter has told me i will always see the matching in of the edging strip and the existing bull nose front on the worktop. Has anyone done this sucessfully and do you have...

Hi, can you reccomend a quality oak or walnut worktop supplier? cost is, as always, an issue. Really looking for peoples experience dealing with companies like Worktop express or Wood worktops.com, any feed back greatly appreciated. cheers :D

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hi, i am putting 20mm marmox down onto screed before i lay UFH and tiles, do i need to use flex adhesive (expensive) or could i use insta stick foam (cheap) ? Do i need to pva the screed before applying adhesive as there is patch of bitumen? many thanks for your time

Hi, i have screed floor, two different levels, in an old house which i will be putting marmox board down and UFH on then tiling, two thirds of the floor will have 20mm marmox fixed with addy or fixings and the other third has 50mm to make up before the 20mm marmox. would you ; screed...

hi, i did try but the whole wall is falling apart, i would have been weeks! and would have had to PVA everything as it sucked like mad! thank you for your ideas, much appreciated. a young un' :)

this is what i am doing and please correct me if i am wrong; EML , fixed wherever i can, One scratch coat over the EML, Possibly a second scratch depending on depth to be made up, top render coat to be floated ready for skim, skim away! all render with waterproofer. i...

Hi, sorry for my iphone spelling! this is clunch as i know it, http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRTR20bPROxCJCEWvmAFleuU33dDQIBUlrivJbwPPHDyhxruhSkNA chalk walls, all over the place and need to be float and skim, daubing out upto 100mm in places ! any tips greatly appreciate, told my...

Hi, could. You please give me some help? I have a clinch wall to render and skim internal, ( hacked off to 1 m due to flood) I need to come in the same line as the top half but it is 100mm thick in places! Do I need to rough level out before eml or other way round? Existing is eml then...

peaps2 , not many places paying that these days, that much I do know, there would be quite a line outside your house for £36 an hour with a Labrador !

I shall just do what i think will work ! cheers

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