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100%, if there are problems with the surface to be plastered, it should be brought up before the job starts, if they are a pro and know what they are doing. Although the surface he had plastered was literally perfect, I even used more than the necessary amount of screws as I was overlaying it...

Thought I would provide an update if anyone was interested, the plasterer has refunded me £90, out of a good will gesture, as he put it! A fraction of what this will cost me to put right including my time. He said it was a joke for me to blame him! His cause to the problem was trying to blame...

Thanks for your reply. Yeah after this recent experience I think you are completely right

Thanks for your reply. Yeah it doesn't take much to beat the state of this ceiling! Similarly to you I would have given plastering a go if I new it was going to look like this. I tried sanding his work down but it is proving really hard to do as its gone pretty hard, even with an electric wall...

Thanks for your reply, that would be the easier option although more costly. The only thing is they would probably need a bonding coat since the ceiling is that bumpy and wavy, and as the ceiling is already quite low, I really dont want to lose anymore head height. Although I guess that is...

Yeah as things currently stand, it seems like that could be the case. Think in the future I might do that, as right now I am left with an absolute shambles of a ceiling and have just created a tonne of work for myself to rectify as not sure if he will. Might just rip it out, replace plasterboard...

Thanks for your reply, I actually found him on my builder and he had 100% good reviews! I am going to send him more pictures and see if he replies then. I don't even know if I want him come back and try to repair it as I am not sure if he is capable, judging from the current state of his...

Thanks for your reply, yeah that is exactly what I was thinking. I have paid him, over £200!!

Hello, Earlier this week I had a new plasterboard ceiling plastered, it was on a low ceiling. That I had already prepped, taped and jointed, sanded and cleaned down. I had laid down a dust sheet and made everything as easy as I possibly could for the tradesmen, hoping it would result in a...

Hello, I have recently dug up my side gate concrete paving slabs and I am going to replace them with porcelain slabs. Upon digging I found gas, electric and water pipes all at very shallow depths i.e 150 - 200mm below ground level. The most concerning is the gas pipe. See attached picture...

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Hi Rusty, Thanks for your reply. It is interesting to hear what happened with your step fathers house. And quite cool how the ground basically inflated and the cracks closed once the tree's were cut. In the case of my building I had thousands of litres of water that would normally be evenly...

Thanks Woody. I think it will just be a matter of waiting to see what happens. Hopefully 1 month will be enough to give some answers.

Hi woody I believe it inflated rather than shifted as the building still is sitting in the exact same location as where I laid it. To be honest I did think twice about laying them on hardcore, my idea was based upon a company called easy pads, I will attach a picture of what I mean. I was...

Hi woody, Thanks for your reply. I take your point on board. I understand there is no certainty but for something that expands goes up it must also eventually shrink and go down, if the expansion factor is taken away as the water should eventually evaporate. I guess only time will tell and am...

Thanks for your reply. The foundations are adequate for a garden room. They are concrete pads sitting on MOT type 1, running from 400 - 500mm deep. I poured them myself with high strength cement and installed ss rebar into them. The amount of rainwater run off is the issue, it would have lifted...

Hi Curium, For the floor I would use 18mm external grade ply. However your shed will need to totally cover this eventually otherwise it will swell and deform. Unless you put a serious waterproofing treatment on it. For the floor timbers I would use 2 x 5's on 16 inch centres. Which you double...

Hello, I am in the process of building a 27m2 garden room, which is sitting on 15 reinforced concrete blocks, 3 rows of 5. The rubber roof has been on for about 6 weeks, however I didn't connect a gutter to a drain until yesterday. Upon putting the battens on for the cladding a few days ago I...

That is A LOT of mixing! I will take your word for it! Lol

Thanks woody and lostinthelight for being responsive and for the further information