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Which is the very best Render, Monocouche or otherwise???
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What IS plaster?
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Tanking - what is it and when to apply
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suction control
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Plastering over artex...
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Newbies plastering guide.
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Lack of suction? Create a 'key'
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Internal backing coats - a basic guide
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first coat questions..
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Damp proofing and plastering
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Brief History of Plastering
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Basic guide to external rendering
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Venetian plastering
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Tools mixing padle
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To all the billy big bollox on here!!
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Thistle Universal one coat on board!!!!!
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s*p*r*lex trowel
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Jan 1, 2012
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Spreads in Romford
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Sovereign finishing plaster
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Slow drying render!
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Slightly cracking plaster top corner or external wall in living room
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Oct 25, 2014
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Silicone Render
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Mar 16, 2017
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Silicon top coat - drip angle bead or stop bead?
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Silicon Rend vs Monocouche
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Sick of poor joinery and brick work
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SBR
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Rendering mix
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Rendering common bricks
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Prep artex kitchen Ceiling
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Pool plaster stain bleeding though?
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Plastic Trowel - when to use
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Plastering over a polytex painted ceiling
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Plastering in site
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Plastering gone off too quick !
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Plastering Direct on to outside OSB panel
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Plastering Artex Ceiling
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Plasterers Solutions ltd
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Plasterers needed for immediate start in Halifax
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Plasterboard scrim tape
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Plaster tearing
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patterns around windows
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Patching solid 9"wall in upstairs room
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Patching Missing Areas from Alginate
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Patch Rendering, any tips?
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Patch plaster
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Parging foundatuon.
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Parex uneven finish.
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Paintwork
Tam Ross 1888
Aug 23, 2019
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Wayners
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Paint bubbling under skim
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Jun 27, 2017
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Danny
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Ox speed skim ST plastic blade
aidangallacher1993@gmail.
Mar 19, 2023
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864
Mar 19, 2023
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