plaster

We are currently doing a theming project. Its a commercial application not domestic and we have had to build up rooms that are meant to look like an old prison. The walls are made from cls studwork and fireproof plasterboard. We need to do a cement render over to make the entire room(s) look...

Hi, I am decorating a bedroom and having hired a wallpaper steam-stripper to remove the wallpaper, I stripped the wallpaper. Once the wallpaper was off there were parts of the wall where there appeared to be a pink-ish layer, underneath that there was some brownish stuff. It all seemed pretty...

Hi So, 1860s Victorian end Terrace. Old plaster delaminated and have removed from the walls - see pics. The external walls are faced sandstone, with solid stone rubble - they’re almost 30 inches thick! The partition walls are single skinned brick. The previous owners have wallpapered and...

Hello I'm wondering whether anyone can give me any advice. We recently (mid/late August) had all of our walls and ceilings downstairs re-skimmed. Since then, a long, straight hairline crack has appeared in the kitchen ceiling. In the dining room, 2 long hairline cracks have appeared running...

I want someone to build me an all in one unit in a Spanish/Greek design in my kitchen. It will have holes for in built oven and open storage areas for fridge and pans etc. I’d also like the counter top to have a sink which looks to be part of the counter. The ones I’ve seen (photos attached so...

Hi folks, We've had a damp problem on the back of our 1930s house. Once the source of the damp is fixed, we can wait some time before redecorating (getting to this room is at least 6 months away!) and are planning to allow the wall to dry out before getting it re-plastered and then painting...

Any advice on 1m squared plaster fallen from ceiling lathes near back door? Is it best to cut back to solid then either board or use a bonding coat?

I painted Dulux Supermatt onto dry plaster without watering it down (stupidly not reading the instructions I just used it like I usually use paint). I now realise - too late - that I should have watered it down (just from actually reading the instructions). I did the first coat yesterday and...

Hi Guys, I have a sort of wall rash breaking out - thats about the best way to describe it. I have linked pictures to my drive, link here; https://photos.app.goo.gl/EPaPF4JTOJahsALB3 So, the area was re-plastered about 8 months ago and in the last 2 months all these patches have been appearing...

Hi, I have stripped back wallpaper to bare original plaster and whilst generally it's good there are a few small patches of what I think is old PVA or wallpaper backing residue left. I'm aiming to paint over in white. I will try to get any remaining residue off but then was thinking do I: Use...

Hi, looking for some advice for a bathroom wall that needs tiling. Top half of the wall is wallpaper on flat decent plaster, the bottom half was tiled. When I’ve taken the tile off there’s a lot of cement like material (possibly old adhesive). This is around 1/2” tick, more in places and...

Hi, Looking for some advice. I've had 2 guys skim the hall, ceiling and landing this week. My usual guy was unavailable and so I used someone from a rated website who had excellent reviews and plenty of them. The results can be seen in the pictures. I've called the guy and he was apologetic...

Hi, First time posting here, I have taken all the plaster off on the external solid 9" walls (1930s house) and now want to insulate and redo them using celotex 37.5mm thick 2.4mx1.2m plasterboards. I have heard many stories about damp and condensation issues caused by internal insulation. Do...

Hi, I have a bathroom in a 1940s terraced property (approx 2.5 x 2.5 meters) which needs tiling. However the tiler has advised the plaster on two brick walls (one is party wall and the other is rear external wall with a window) should be removed because its loose and should be redone with dot...

I've had some new smaller radiators fitted leaving patches behind where the plasterer before we moved in didn't remove the radiators. As the patches are so small I was going to scrape off the woodchip wallpaper as it's falling off anyway and then skim the patches with thistle mutli-finish. My...

We've just stripped one of our rooms right back to the old plaster (walls are plaster on brick) and plan to skim over the top. I have 2 questions: We've knocked out a small patch of lose plaster right back to the brick. Can we patch this with some plasterboard and fill before the skim coat? Or...

Hi everyone looking for some assistance please as new to the whole renovation side of things. We are having a brand new central heating system fitting into our new flat in January as currently we have no heating at all. The only available wall is a stud wall which we'll be pulling down and...

Hi all, Been having something of 'mare since moving in a recently bought 50/60s bungalow. Previous lot hung a big picture on the chimney breast, and now I know why! Been around the houses on this and any thoughts would be great: 1- When stripping back walls, pre-decorating, we revealed big...

I've just about finished the building work before putting in another log burner. Where I had to remove plaster around the opening on the chimney breast face, I've used Hardwall leaving 2-3mm for the final top coat of multi finish (see pic). I'm worried however, that the multi finish will crack...

Hello I have a question (no doubt asked in various formats in many other threads) about some work we are planning on getting done. Our living room (old building, 1800s) has a single skin wall and there are signs of damp near floor level- small patches, but there. The flooring was lino done on...