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I've not done any painting on the wall before so please forgive me some questions seems a bit silly. I need to paint kitchen walls that's been plastered, some were done 2 weeks ago, some just been completed yesterday. After some googling, many use either No Nonsense Bare Plaster paint or...

How big is the wall you are staring with? If you haven't done any plastering before, buy a plasterboard to practice first or start on a small area with minimum corners and/or behind cupboard (i.e., don't start with windows.) Remember the clock starts ticking once the plaster is mixed with...

I am lowering my window sill so that kitchen worktop can cover the window sill area (i.e., kitchen worktop flush with window sill.) I have removed bricks and plaster now, I've measure it and think I need to build up approx 4cm in height so that it's flush with kitchen unit and ready to receive...

Electrician said we have very hard bricks and he didn’t want to put too many drill holes as brick will crack. I was going to buy some for extending a light circuit. Can I scrim tape it before plastering to prevent rust?

Oh, is it ok to use them for securing cable inside walls to be plastered?

Thanks but I can’t find it under cable clip section, perhaps they are just normal washers? Most metal washer seems to have big hole in the middle.

Hi, Anyone know what type of cable clip or washer is and where I can get them? Thanks.

Ah, you guys are right, the boxes are 25mm, so only 5mm short from the instruction requirement. Most backboxes are 3-5mm below surfaces but several are flush with wall. If I remove the 25mm box, chased it a bit deeper so that it's at least 30mm from surface, will it be ok then? Getting him out...

Hi, Anyone know if it’s ok to fit sockets with USB ports into a 20mm backbox when the installation instruction says backbox should be 30mm. I am supplying my own socket plates for partial rewire and noticed 20mm backboxes were installed in the wall. Electrician says it’ll be fine, is it true...

Induction Hob with connection rating 7.4KW. I believe electrician will put it on it's own circuit because he only laid one cable from CU to Hob location. It's a gas boiler. I don't know about it's connection rating but I want it to share the same double socket with Dishwasher because they are...

Yes I meant 2 individual ovens, one steam oven and one microwave oven, both have connection rating 3600w according to manual. It's not a commercial kitchen but also our home kitchen. I have another job and is doing 2-4 event per month, I am getting more enquiries now so I'll be cooking more in...

Hi all I'm having renovation, my kitchen will be used for catering cooking and many appliances will to be used at the same time. I'm after some assurance that the the below circuit is fine and I won't get any tripping of circuit breaker in the middle of cooking? - one 6mm cable in own radial...

It looks like plasterboard but no one can be sure until it's tested. if you are worried, get it tested.

I was told the plaster will always come off the wall eventually in the area behind radiator due to bonding being heated up and detach from bricks. If I were you, I'd hack off lose plaster, control suction with water, bonding, skim, lining paper and paint over. Hopefully lining paper will hold it...

Looks like the older type of plaster. British gypsum used to have grey plaster before it became pink.

Thanks Woody, Can you please elaborate more about potential problems if without any insulation? I can't use foam, it'll be too high/thick for kitchen unit. I'll use a wrap one if I have to.

Thx. forget about one-coat then. Will I get a better result with 1st coat of bonding rather than zombie mix if I spread it thin? I am a bit worried it’ll craze, 2/3 of the wall will have nothing on, just painted, Will bond-it instead of PVA a better choice?

Thanks 23vc. I had been to a plastering course and have done bonding and skimming so I am quite happy tackle a straight forward plastering. Never tried one coat before, I had imagined it to be like bonding? I wanted to use zombie mix because I have to avoid putting too much thickness on...

The two radiator pipes are approx 2cm thick each, and runs 6 meters long at the back of kitchen unit. I am in a purposed built flat with communal heating so I can't move the pipe. They were originally wrapped with some wool like insulation which I removed them because kitchen unit and the...

Hi all, I ma looking to plaster my kitchen walls that were previously double tiled. 75% of skim coat came off with the tiles so I thought I hacked off the rest. the wall is now left with grey base coat with many indentation. I am thinking there are 2 ways of doing it: 1. PVA twice, 1st coat...