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Ok I'll likely ditch the EML for screws. It will be less costly than EML. EML is like a fiver a meter. Ah and then add the angles beads on surface of the bonding coat in prep for my skims?

Yeah I know what you mean, but I don't know exactly what you mean if you know what I mean :mrgreen: Let me read it again

Hi Steve, it seems to be consistently 10mm, but the bricks below are rather uneven in parts so that means the bonding coat is going to be 20mm, but that will ok right? I recall that bonding can be used at such thicknesses. I'm still not sure whether I use the feather edge?

Got a bit more confidence in what I'm doing now that the old plaster is off. Only thing I'm not sure of is how to apply the bonding (hardwall) coat. Do I have to use a straight edge/ feather edge to get it level with the beads and original plaster or do I do it by eye? Do I have to scrape back...

Hi, yes I'm removing plaster today around opening. I'm not extending opening but I will be plastering around the corner. The opening is supported by timber lintel. After I remove the plaster around the opening, I assume I set 3 angle beads around the opening (at corners of brickwork) but I'm...

Hi chaps, I've got a right job to tackle here and could really do with some expert advice on where to start and finish. WARNING: THE IMAGES YOU ARE ABOUT TO VIEW ARE NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED!! Some close-ups: This was done about 13 years ago. Basically, our old...

That would yield the same result as plastering over it - anyone at a later date would have no idea that asbestos was being concealed with it, whether plasterboard or plaster. I've got exactly the same problem. My house was built in the 1920s and although my artexed ceilings have never been...