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Hi, I know a lot has ben written on this subject in previous posts- I've just got two more question, if I may? I plan to scribe the internal corners of the new skirting board I'm putting in ( Ogee ). I've been practising on some offcuts and am fairly pleased :) with my results ( cutting...

Hi, Wonder if anyone can help please? I've had a room replastered ( Bonding + Skim ). I've bought new skirting board and have a good idea of how to scribe the internal joints and mitre the external joints ( thanks to the excellent advice on this forum ). The new skirting board is about the...

Thanks for the posts, looks like a hand saw. No problem on the muscle front thanks, can squat 140k for 20 reps no problem!

:oops: I feel like a bit of a plum asking this but how do you cut a fairly narrow piece of wood lengthwise? e.g Door architrave where the door frame is so near to a wall that the architrave is too wide and needs narrowing up. A circular saw seems impossible to use as the wood is so narrow (...

Gents, thanks for the all the advice. I've decided to give it a go. The whole house needs doing eventually and I can't afford to pay circa 4k to get the house done! Times on my side so I can take care with the tricky bits. I did a bit of surfing around and most of the cornice manufacturers say...

Ceiling is 2.7 meters, newly skimmed and flat as a pancake ( suspended system off the joists ). same with the walls, just been completely replastered ( bonded and skimmed ). No ceiling rose involved. Don't think theres two of them. I payed my plasterer 170 a day and using that as a benchmark for...

Plaster coving -victorian style - nothing very fancy though. Theres a picture of it in my proflie albums ( I think - not used that feature of DIYNOT before.)

Thanks for advice. He said £475 the whole job including materials ( which I worked out to be around £150- £170max ) and it would take him a day, so no not a day rate. It just sounds like an awful lot of cash that I don't have for 1 days work! :shock:

Thanks Richard, I'll give it a go. I know what you mean about £300 a day - I should have become a "cover" instead of engineer! :) I hear what you're saying about matching the lengths so that they mitre well at the corners and also where 2 pieces make up a long run I'll get a mate to give...

Hi,i'm in need of some honest practical advice please I've got a Victorian House and have been rennovating the main bedroom. Its been a lot of work, lath and plaster ceiling down, new suspended ceiling up and skimmed, old plaster off the walls, all now rebonded and skimmed. I'm pooped! and one...

When you say start again, do you mean remove the metal lath as well or just rake out with wire brush? ( I bought two pieces ). Do you think a 1 in 3 PVA "bonding" coat is required before the render Ricahrd? Cheers

Hi, primed the masonary around the cracks with 1 in 5 pva mix and then pinned the expamet (EML) onto the wall with galvanised staples hammered into the old lime mortar joints and bricks ( they're quite soft ). Got a bag of mortar mix from B and Q, mixed it up as per instructions. the bag said...

B and Q it is then!. Thanks again :)

Thansk Ricahrd, that sounds like a plan. Is the Stainless Steel Wire mesh a "special" or can I get it from any building suppliers yard? ( We seem to have loads round here! ) Cheers :)

Hi, Wonder if anyone can please help/advise me? I've removed the blown plaster from one of the bedrooms in our late victorian house. The bedroom is at the front of the house, on the first floor, above the lounge which has a bay window. A wooden joist spans the width of the downstairs bay window...