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yes just where the nails have popped, any plaster filler will do, you won't need a lot, I have used pound shop filler before now ,just dampen the hole a little bit before you fill it

you can just fill them as they are and take ya chance they won't pop again, it is difficult as I am not there to actually feel the board, but it is clear the nails are not fully in , only go as far as you are happy to go

yeah this can happen as I stated in post 6, hopefully you won't find too many, it is a common event with plaster boards to have nail pops just push the ceiling up and if no more pop fill the holes in

yep it looks like a popped clout nail head, try and knock it up a bit with a punch and hammer , while you are up there push the ceiling board up a bit to see if it is loose , you may need to put another fixing in, if its solid just patch it up,

youtube has some videos on rendering, try this vid Beginners Guide To Rendering…Every STAGE Revealed | MIXING/ APPLICATION/ PERFECT FINISH

4:1 render coat should be fine, the top coat should not be stronger than the backing coat but you have no way of knowing the strength of the mix already on the wall, I personally would make sure the surface is sound and reasonably clean and apply a thin scratch coat onto the wall , this is done...

why do you want to chip it, you could just render over it again , flat render is softer on the skin than stone chips if you fall and scrape yourself along it.

If you are going to replace the tiles then just fill in the areas that have pulled away with sand and cement render and rub flat. wet the hole down first to help prevent the water being sucked out of the render too fast and causing it to shrink back to fast and crack or fail

I have been out of the trade for over 20 years, and I am now retired, I had a spell as an instructor for the training enterprise council in the early 90s and I found a desk job before I wore out too much, so I am not up to speed on any new products. The best finishes on walls are sand and...

same thing , in new builds it is common to find popped nails or screws, you need to remove the popped plaster and knock or screw the fixing deeper into the joist, that's if it is in the joist and has not missed it completely, if that is the case then just pull it out and fill the small hole with...

I would overboard with i/2 inch plasterboard and use 45 to 50 mm galvanised nails (or screws if you prefer) to affix them to the ceiling , chop a line of the plaster away about 4 to 6 inches from the wall to expose each joist (it does not need to be a continuous line) to find their centres and...

It looks like a popped nail , scrape the loose plater/paint off the head to check it is a nail, and it is fixed into the joist and not a missed nail , then firmly push the board up to the joist and hammer it further into the joist, but bear in mind it may force other nails that are not nailed in...

Looking at your picture there appears to be plenty of room to take a plasterboard, dabbing boards on the wall will IMHO be the better option, you should get a nicely consolidated wall , and plasterboard adhesive will stick to most surfaces without affecting them, moisture is the biggest problem...

I can see you have the timber lintel showing , if there is enough room to affix a strip of plaster board to it then do that or you may need to get some expamet mesh and fix it to it as timber moves and cracks might show later,you would probably need to fix a straight edge to the window reveal to...

Hi, you don't necessarily need to PVA the wall , just wetting it down will suffice then a scratch coat and then the floating coat, a good plasticiser added to the mix will help when you come to skim it, I would tidy up the joint line a bit, also if you do decide to use PVA it would not hurt to...

Thank you so much Sparkymaka for your help, my home at the moment may be being targeted as I get my front door kicked at night and there is no one there when I go out, I suspect they are kicking it to see if anyone is at home, there has been a spate of break-ins in my area and one old lady was...

Hi, they all appear to work, I opened the windows and doors one at a time and the internal alarm went off, the entry door didn't kick in when I tested while it was open but when I closed it and set the alarm again and then entered the house it did kick in, thanks Edit What do you think zone 4...

Good morning, I did as you asked, and the zone 4 light is now out, I set the alarm and walked into the lounge and the outside and inside bell sounded, however when I set the alarm and went outside, as soon as I entered the house the box made an intermittent bleeping sound, and no alarm went off...

thanks I will try that in the morning , I have had a drink and I am nervous around wiring at the best of times. thank you

I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean by a wire shorting link?, do you mean place a piece of wire between the two terminals on zone 4? as in bridging the terminals? and do I need to pull the mains fuse first thanks