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Hi I am a full time pebbledasher from blackburn. £4500 sounds a bit pricy but it could be because of the area you live in. I charge around £3000 for an average semi. I would not recommend getting it painted. That's not that cheap either; it looks rubbish and needs re-doing every couple of...

[/url] Maybe the guy is a genius, and knows something we don't. Ha ha

EML is good but over the top for your job. What is on already will not do it any harm; leave it on and undertake the rest just the way Alastair has recommended. Nick

Sorry Geezer! I know you two are good, I just like to argue. In most wars, everyone is right, it's just a matter of perspective. NICK

Not heard of that technique before, but the proof is in the pudding! Nick

Well, the plastering is rubbish then. Get it re-skimmed. Nick

Don't use satin,,, use matt. Nick

Alastair Your advice is nearly perfect but PVA is not good enough.. SBR is far better. I was taught to use PVA like that. but I have seen the light. Try to wash SBR and cement off your hands at night. It wont come off. Nick Nick

I knew a builder that used a spay gun to paint his houses, it made the best plastering look ****. Use a roller! Sorted! Nick

Great advice Alastair!!! Belt, buckles and braces approach! EML is, in 99.99% of times, unecessary. Nick

- Jim I seem to find myself ending each forum with the same closing comment: - just listen to my advice. Work is picking up and I will not have time for these forums much longer. While I am here, listen to the cream. Sorry guys, I am very big-headed. Dr. Nick PS Roughcaster...

My way takes 2 hours and costs £4. How long does yours take? and how much does it cost? remember that this guy has no part bags of materials lying around... probably! Your way is text book... agreed, but my way is pragmatic. Nick

Effort, time and cost! It's a little hole in the wall; my way will take about 10% of the effort and cost, and produce the same result. Nick

Chop it up and put it into sealed bags so they cant see what it is. Sorted Nick

Just buy one bag of multi finish and a couple of bricks. Brick the hole up with the bricks using a small mix of the multi as a mortar; make sure that your work does not bridge the cavity or it will pull moisture. With the left over mix smooth the surface; use plenty of water on the surface to...

Sorry guys, I disagree with many things said on this forum; The floor should be screeded first. Then you set your boards 10mm of the finished screed. Also, dry lining is quicker, cheeper, flatter, warmer, has greater sound attenuation and can be decorated far sooner. I am talking, of course...

I have just rendered a school 36m x 26m x 12m for 22k. Is your house a super mansion? The most expensive detached houses should not cost more than 10k top all in Nick

I know what I am talking about Joe. I have being using this technique for the last 6yrs or so and I have had no remedials. If the paint is stuck then this method is as good as any. Nick

What wouldn't help? Nick

The paint. put a suction cup on a painted wall and try to pull it off. If the wall is flat painted render, then you need grinder marks and SBR but tyrolean, with its nobbles, takes the gravitational down force - it works! Nick