plastering crack

Hi, I recently had 4 rooms plastered in my house. Mostly it looks okay but on one wall there was an issue with damp after removing the wallpaper. The plasterer suggested removing to the brickwork then using some layer of sealing I guess or damp treatment and then a particular type of plaster...

Hi, I'm having the plasterer in doing a few rooms. The first room was completed 6 days ago and has been drying since, it is drying nicely I think. I noticed there is one or two very thin hairline cracks. I didn't notice them before but I'm wondering if it is because of the drying process, it...

Hello all, I noticed a straight crack all the way along a plastered bedroom ceiling. Went up in the loft to take a look from above and wasn’t surprised to see that crack is where two plasterboard panels meet at 90 degrees to the joists. So I’ve fitted noggins between the joists all the way...

Im a bit concerned about applying bonding directly over a steel lintel holding up an RSJ in regard to cracking... Is there a trick to it or some mesh or a product that is good for these sort of scenarios where movement between 2 different substrates? Really trying to minimize cracking in the...

Hi, We had our entire flat freshly plastered a couple of years ago, but pretty much every room now has hairline cracks. The worst ones are probably in the ceiling. But even still, they are not terribly deep. I've seen a few youtube videos which advise making the crack deeper first with a...