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    Plaster peeling off.. ?!

    He did plaster on more damaged walls, and skim other walls + skim plaster from prev day the next day if that makes sense. He used PVA but: 1) first time plastering I noticed his PVA bottle looked very dirty and old. These things have best before date for a reason. He also complained the PVA...
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    Plaster peeling off.. ?!

    More info: the walls are of bricks/concrete blocks with original render in places, where the bigger gaps were I filled in with easy plaster from Wickes (it holds very good). And the ceiling is plasterboard.
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    Plaster peeling off.. ?!

    This topic was probably mentioned in the past but I would appreciate some advice please. Our bathroom had 2 layers of tiles bottom to top everywhere for probably last 50 years (ex-council house built in '54). I ripped it off, called a plasterer, he did the plaster & skim it. I waited for it to...
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    Prep bathroom walls for painting

    Going to use Toupret TX100 interior filler. Wish me luck
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    Best heavy duty filler or render in deeply damaged plaster?

    Used Big Hole myself. excellent product. Tiny tip: when long stored in tub, but a little dry then add some water to bring it back to life.
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    Prep bathroom walls for painting

    Howdy! Our 6x6foot bathroom is currently tiled up bottom to top all the walls. These tiles are probably 40+ years old and easy to remove. The wall behind is quite smooth with the old plaster in place - not much damage apart from few places with "deeper holes". I'm going to retile around the...
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