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Hi guys, hoping there’s a trade trick for cleaning up the edges of the new architrave I installed around the house. as you can see in the images the architrave was more or less identical width to the one I removed. The problem is that in some places the old caulking/wallpaper is vey obvious and...

Thanks lads! Sounds good! I’ll be building studwork for understairs storage that would replace any load bearing anyway. Just wanted to be sure it won’t cause any issues if I remove these 2x2s in the meantime

@KenGMac should be there now

Is this typically bearing any load of the stairs or simply a light studwork for the plasterboard that was attached to box in the bottom of the understairs before i stripped it all out?

Same floor similar distance. The head pressure should be quite similar for both showers thinking maybe the non return valve in the shower unit is not compatible with the low pressure in the system ?

Hi guys, friend of mine having issues with new plumbing (old pipework utilised i beleive) for pumped showers upstairs. The pump seems to work fine, located at the hot cylinder same floor as showers. the main shower fires the pump when the flow is turned on fine but when the ensuite shower is...

Hi all. I am putting down 12mm floating laminate floor right throughout downstairs with the hope to flow the laminate through doorways without a transition strip for a really slick look at the end (same level subfloor important). It is a concrete subfloor. Most of the floor is really nice and...

I know getting a plasterer is option 1 if I could find the cash (most of the reason for attempting myself) what about easi-fill or knauf filler and some Sanding? can mild success be found with this

i did try to polish yep, not all that successful! i only attached the bad spots, there are large sections that are very smooth that Id be happy with...but then there's the rest. I didn't practice on a spare sheet. definitely a mistake. live and learn fill with gyproc skimcoat or a joint...

Ok so I had good go of this yeasterday. Skimcoat. Tricky business My feeling is that it’s not the worst result for a first try at the process but there are still multiple spots that couldn’t get perfect before it starting setting. I know best option was to get someone in who is an expert but I...

Hi guys, so I tried my hand at skim coating with gyproc skim Coat (Ireland’s equivalent to thistle multi finish I believe). Large sections are pretty decent. While I’m sure there’s been worse first attempts than this one I do have blemishes and some scruffy spots that I failed to recognise...

Do you sand the joint filler back to a perfect level 4 finish before skimcoat? What level of imperfection can be left before skimcoat layers

i rang gyproc and the technical advisor said absolutely no issue putting gyproc skimcoat over gyproc joint filler multipurpose. he also gave me a step by step walkthrough of using the skimcoat plaster, said its a better option than rolling on thinned out joint filler as the skim coat

see Iv now found myself confused between skimming, skimming with joint compound and skimcoat (by gyproc) in summary, i have taped corners with paper tape and joint compound already. What do i skim with?

@bennymultifinish when you say multifinish for you mean multipurpose joint compound? I have plasterboard (Gyproc) and the joints taped using joint compound! do i use joint compound for the skimcoat? I had bought gyproc skimcoat for the skimcoat but i was told somewhere that this should not be...

Someone told me that you can’t actually use the gyproc Skimcoat stuff over top of the gyproc joint compound (multipurpose) because it’s sort of incompatible, something about the skimcoat being a veneer plaster and putting over joint compound is wrong. He said skim the whole surface with joint...

I am putting a very narrow border tile (40mm strips off a white tile) around patterned tiles in an understairs wc floor. The border tile (as was the only one we could get) is about 2-3mm taller than the primary tile. I want to reduce the difference to more or less seamless. I was thinking the...

I should add that the base is gyproc plasterboard and I plan to paint the finished wall per this image ...do i need plaster finish?

Hi all. Please help me clear up confusion from google and youtube. the job is small, finishing a relatively small wall area for an understairs WC but has plenty of inside corners Iv starting the jointing process and taping using joint compound and while i feel the finish is a little rough (im...

I have to cut out a rectangular hole for ducting to exit an exterior wall. I cannot make use of a circular consaw given the awkward location so need to get the job done without. have a very effective hammer drill with non rotary hammer function (chisel and pointed chisel). Cold chisel and...