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The paper may have come away from the plaster board before it was put up and when it was skimmed it may have caused the "bubbles". It's just a thought!! But you can get a sharp blade and gently cut around the bubbled areas and maybe skim it with a bit of easi-fill and when it has gone off sand...

How long ago was it done? The revels are rough and need doing again, as for the rendering it should all be a uniform colour especially when it drys. You should't see any blemishes on finished render..Get a painter around and ask if him any of the background will show thru when he paints it...

That thing will hold your screw bit, but it wont stop the screw going in too far. This has to be done by the torque on your drill. You can set your torque to just bury the head in the board but you will find it will be inconsistant and may have to tweek it a bit. As long as you don't go thru...

If you have a good scratch coat on it and a good float coat, Then paint it with a good masonry paint and you shouldn't have any problems. Just look around at a few garages and the paint on them. Pebble dash will disperse the water/rain that hits it, and done properly you wont need any paint on...

He may have meant remove any "flakey" emulsion paint!! If it looks alright and it will take paint, then it should be ok. It seems you did the "prep" for him and if it's sound now you did a good job...;) Can you imagine if painters had to remove emulsion paint on every inside job they did!!!! I...

I knew you were good Steve, but not that good!!!;)

Sad man...

I think I have explained myself so other people can understand what I said, so as for your quotes in your opening sentence I never get confused and paranoid. I grew out of all that years ago and say it as it is. And don't bother trying to bait me as I don't really worry about my grammer now as...

The scratch coat is usually the first coat on the wall then the float coat then skim, but some times you have to "Dub" it out first to get an even scratch coat so you can float it. Well that's the way I have always done it !! But I am willing to learn "new" methods or am I missing something?

If you start off with a 4-1mix then you should make sure the next coat is weaker than your first coat (5-1) as opposed to a 5-1 coat then a 4-1 coat as you are putting a stronger mix on top of a weaker mix.. What are you using to gauge your mixes ...

Floated the top part of building, and added new hopper and square down pipes. Still looking good now but still empty and no cracks in the render...

This is an old Georgian house that we completely renovated for offices, This was my first Ashlar rendering job I done..

looks like plenty of room, your not putting half an inch of plaster on it!! That's about the depth of the top of the window by the look of your photo....

I would say give it a pva ing let it go tacky then put a thin coat of bonding over it and then skim when bonding has firmed up. Depends on your skill level and wear goggles or safety glass's...

We scratched the brick work with a water proofer in the mix, if it wasn't a cavity wall it just gives a little more damp protection from just a brick wall' . And also I did scratch my stonewalls (with a few coats) to bring it out a bit straighter before I dot and dabbed them.. And if we were...

How thick was the p/board that you dabbed to the wall? You might have got away with dot and dabbing Insulated plaster board ( poly-backed)on that area. I had damp walls in my old house and I put a scratch coat over the stone work and dot and dabbed poly backed plaster board on and it has been ok...

4-1 will do, but you might get away with just soaking your bonding if its dried out a bit...

For what you are doing filling chases in I would use 1 to 1 mix or just brush it on out of the container..

What should the mix be for what?

You have gone a bit over board (Excuse the pun) with your screws. You should of cut around the edge of the existing plasterboard about an inch about 3 mill deep and when you put the new piece in it should sit level with the edge of the board that you have cut around. Then put some sbr or pva on...