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    I see the frogs have bottled it.

    Well said JP, yet that xxxx voted to Leave.
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    Multi finish set time

    Exactly, plus travelling there and back to do the job.
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    DIY skimming over walls, should I attempt?

    Brilliant NickB, great to see you're post mate.
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    DIY skimming over walls, should I attempt?

    Brilliant NickB, great to see you're post mate.
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    Ill gotten gains

    Yep, I watched it too, theiving morons!!
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    Plasterer’s wages.

    Spot on Alastair,
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    2 coat skim? How does it pan out.

    Yes, put the first coat on, tidy it up by trowelling away any heavy trowel marks etc, then apply the 2nd coat.
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    Advice please - cracked render

    The very same as Darrington said.
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    Sorting out back of pebble dash house?

    Take the whole lot off as Alastair says. That sandy coat looks as if its been spread onto the wall with no key underneath. If it's all removed, the wall prepped, and done again "properly", you'll have the perfect job.
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    filling hole where small fire was do i need mesh tape ?

    Spot on, easily done.
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    Using and setting ground for float & set

    Everytime I use dots on a wall, once the screeds and the levels are formed using a straight edge, I always remove them whilst the undercoat plaster is still wet. That way, there's no need to fill anything in after the Bonding or render has set. The very same applies when setting levels for...
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    Using and setting ground for float & set

    Is there a "ground", (piece of timber), running along the length of the bottom of the wall for fixing the skirting board to?
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    Render around door reveals

    Definetely, sometimes patching up roughcast, render, or any other surface, can make things look worse. I agree with what Alastair says.
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    End to end straight line cracks on ceilings

    100%.
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    Mix of plasterboard and bonding

    Furpho, I also forgot to add, use "galvanised nails" to fix the wire lath,,, one other thing,,, with an old WOODEN LINTEL, it can absorb moisture from the new plaster. If i'm going to plaster over one, i'll either give it good coat of "oil based undercoat" or bitumin, then fix the 'wire lath" to...
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    Mix of plasterboard and bonding

    Furpho, the "EML" that NickB mentioned is better known as "wire lath". It's galvanised, and comes in 8ft x 2ft sheets. For your job, I reckon one sheet would do, around £12.00 per sheet. The lintel above the door looks wooden, so you would DEFINETLY need wire lath over that, also, as Nick said...
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    Mix of plasterboard and bonding

    Absolutely spot on NickB, exactly what I would do as well. Doing it that way, the job would be far stronger too. It'll take a bit longer to dry out, but at the end of the day, it's all one thickness of plaster, instead of bits and pieces of plasterboard, covered in plaster. Do it the way NickB...
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    2 terrorist attacks - London and Germany

    Well they would wouldn't they, nothing new there!
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    Referendum

    ROFLMAO as well Mottie!!
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    sorry Brexiteers, we need them more than they need us.

    Well said Woody.
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