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thanks for that advice,joe-90,really helps :D ,i can skim pefectly well you will be shocked to hear as well,im having a debate with a other plaster,who has his way,hence why im asking other spreds how they would do it,as many people have different ways of attacking jobs,and all say there way is...

need your opions on how to best tackle this job in hand please guys firstly the walls are finished in browning,on removing the wallpaper,there is no plaster,just rough browning finish,i was going to totally wet the walls,then pva 50/50 on top,let dry then 3/1 pva prior to using multi finish...

i follow you,cheers again :D

hi everyone,happy new year to all,long time since ive been on here,right i need to fit a rad,the old one is 1120mm long,nearest size to it is 1000mm long,extension tails i can find only go up to 50mm,so im 10mm short either side,is there another way of making it up without altering the...

he has quite a clearance on the doors has it is,but putting more underlay to stop noise is a good idea,never thought of that,cheers for your help,

is it ok to lay laminate flooring on top of some old laminate flooring ,if i can,can i get away without using underlay,a mate has the old lam in place,underneath this is quality underlay,the foil backed kind cheers

i follow u kevplumb,good thinking batman :) thanks again

will this be ok to do,someone wants me to lay some 40mm wastepipe under some paving blocks for relocation of a washing machine,but to get it there,there will be a 90 degree bend from outside the house to direct the pipe toards the ground,then another 90 to direct the pipe towards a gulley,total...

thanks,yes im dot and dabbing plasterboard onto the wall,sorry for the confusion

right when dot and dabbing guys,do you pva the wall first,or just add adesive straight onto wall,wall is just a painted plaster,with minor exposed plaster where paint as come off,thanks

thanks for that.

i know you have to fit isolating valves before every appliance,but is one needed for the washing machine,or is a washing machine valve classed as an isolating valve?

i know someone who plastered over tiles,lol,still up,i wouldnt try that though. well i got a grinder on it and roughed up,put 3.1 pva on,left to dry and multi finish tomorrow, someone has done it before,the plaster was still on,but not very good,was put on the smooth finish,i think the...

not suree,hard to tell,its been on the house for at least ten years,its alot harder than plaster,job from hell lol

i want to plaster some walls,the original finish on the wall is smooth like glass,some weird kind of plaster,one room is grey and the other white,it looks like it has been glossed,but its not paint,its the actual finaish on the wall,any ideas what it may be,i was planning on scouring it up with...

lol,know what you mean,only tip i would take to

good tip Bahco,thanks,

pipework is empty of water at the moment,the joint is about 2-3 inches away form where i need to make the new joint, so i guess it will be fine if it does melt again as it will harden back up

thought simialr,was not that sure though,cheers

i just come across a blocked pipe,it was solid,i had to cut the pipe away and renew,was a right bugger to remove the sludge,water would no way move it,