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What other options to "hang" a plasterboard on a bare brick wall apart from dot and dab

I have a gable wall to plastering the living room. The wall has been stripped back to bare brick. It was originally rendered with sand/cement I have had some quotes and offered the following choices 1. Plasterboard dot and dab and skim coat 2. Render in sand/cement and skim coat Or maybe I...

Thanks jacko555, thats good feedback

Thanks opps Zinsser Guardz looks good I was thinking about lining paper, but I have never put wallpaper or lining paper up

Tried removing wallpaper paste with warm water and soap, and sugar soap, scraping and zinsser wallpaper remover However some paste still remains Do anyone know a primer I can use before applying a water based wall paint

The chimney was removed probably 20yrs years ago and an inadequate support provided. This is remedial work to support the unsupported chimney breast

No noseall, the house has some damp issues so it need to be managed thats why I wanted red oxide on the bracket, like most off the shelf brackets have

How would you normally deal with a chimney breast support bracket installation on a gable wall, full plans application or building notice Thanks

Thanks for your replies. I am only concerned about any structural impact it may have down the line

Hi I had a chimney support bracket fitted today. The bracket attaches to a sold brick wall (9"). The wall is a gable wall I specified that it be painted in red oxide paint. However, part of the bracket are not painted in red oxice and indeed some parts were installed with a thin coat of...

Thanks megaross I was thinking of using expanding foam ... cutting back a section of plastrboard out up to the beam, cutting a new section of plasterboard, screwing it into the beam at one end and then using expanding foam at the other end, on the plasterboard edge. Problem is on a few mm of...

On the outside of the window the top of the window frame is up againt the soffit, so no lintel

Hello I have a plasterboard to repair above a window on the 1st floor Please see photo The plasterboard just ends on the windows. It is not screwed into anything where it touches the window. The plasterboard moves when you on push it by the window About 8 inches before the window and above...

Wayners is that to deal with the painting peeling issue I would prefer to find another way that does not involve skimming, skimming its quite a big job and can go wrong easy

tell80 thanks for that, it was quite a bit pressure skimming that wall. Chimney breat is only on the first floor, it has been removed (I guess) on the ground floor. The flaking paint is on most walls in that room, probably the most around the window. There was wallpaper on the wall before...

Opps thanks for your advice. Yes it does look like it is peeled paint. At least you saved me messing around with the other walls So, for the remaining walls, would I use a patching compound like Easyifill 60 or Polycell Filla to level of the dips in the paint, before painting it again

Hi I skimmed the back wall. It was my first go at plastering. Quite a few small imperfections on the plaster, small peaks and trougths and a few small pin holes Can I sand these peaks and trougths out, if so how long do I wait to leave plaster to dry before sanding. Thanks

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Thanks for that Alastairreid How long do I have to let the skim coat of plaster dry before painting over it

They were an asbestos removal company only, so they do not replaster. They left bare brick wall above the picture rail, and laths and remnant plaster on the ceiling