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when plastering a ceiling this size on your own make sure the room isn`t hot, nice and cool but no drafts, make sure the room is as empty as possible, make sure you have everything you need before starting to mix up ie plenty of water, plaster and all your tools, with a ceiling that size you...

are the corners already plastered and your looking to make them square ?

yes EML will help, but if the walls have lime wash under the paint the render will still lift off, crack and sound hollow even with EML but shouldn`t come off , the best EML to use is riblath alot stronger and won`t bend to easily, the best pva to use with render is SBR this can be added to...

or you could pva first then blade out all the hollows with the tile adhesive first allow to dry then retile

for best results used a metal straight edge and a level, always level your first board, mark out where each board is going to finish so you don`t waste any sticky, ________________________ moderator post locked please note 17 which is here

is it a random patch in the middle some where ? could be just patch made good by a diyer before yourself

to be honest a lot of plasterer`s have different ways, depends on how there taught, as far as i`m concerned you`ll never learn anything unless you try it, i went to college for 3 years and never really learnt anything until i went on site, i have worked with my mate for 7 years now he never...

tyrolean comes as a dry powder which has to be mixed with water slightly wet, more like a really sloppy porridge and has to be applied with a tyrolean gun, if your not use to it, its hard work on the arms depending on how much area you have, the first coat of render you would usually put in...

how big is the ceiling? wot sort of background are you plastering too ? how confident are you in plastering ? if your plastering the walls then yes fold the fibatape into the corners this should stop most of the cracking

he chipped off the pebble dash then 2 coat rerendered the walls ? with any tyrolean it should have a dry dust free cementuous background , you can`t PVA an old wall and tyrolean that or even tyrolean over paint, did he tyrolean over just the scratch coat ? you can buy different...

a soft red brick will do the job best, it`ll take all the nicks out of the trowel

could always go with a brush finish, basically hit the sand and cement (while wet)with a brush on its side