Thanks. That is actually really helpful. yes i have a skivvy lined up. Would you do yout screeds just in dab and dot or plasterboard screeds (9.5mm) which you then scrimtape before skimning?
Thanks. we know it's going to be very hard. we have two smaller walls to do first which are flat and not that big. plan is to try these first and then move on to the bigger (bugger?!) wall. We also know that it won't be anyway near as good as a plasterer. We just can't afford it...
100% right, fitting a kitchen is way more of a DIY job than floating and setting a house. Jeez most plasterers couldn't do it to a decent standard.
It's not that you have to lay up that big wall and set it in a day time is not on your side trust me if you leave that the suction is going to be savage like Andy Essex says hard enough for a spread
Poor you, I think my heart just broke reading all that !Dots about 2” square. Stick on with some PB addy. Either leave and scrim or pick them out and fill with hardwall.
It’s a pig of a job tbh. When I did my stair wall, I think I prob used atleast 8 bags plus skim and I was on my own. There’s a big learning curve to this and even if you practice on a couple of walls, you’ll regret starting it. I don’t particularly enjoy skimming a stairwell let alone floating one.
I was up a ladder cursing and my phone started to ring. Was my mate, so I let it ring out. Almost immediately rings me again and I left it. Then again and again and again. Really thought he was in trouble, so stopped the floating and rang him back and he picked up and said “Hello mate, just calling to see if you’re alright?” and no I wasn’t f**k**g alright!
If you have enough depth on the stringer, board it with insulated XP boards. Easier, quicker and warmer. It takes time to even get the technique of ruling it and getting the excess of the feather edge without dropping it everywhere and on a stairs it really isn’t fun.
Thanks for the advice. Really appreciate it. Definitely not looking forward to it! Probably will leave my right should somewhere in between ground and first floor. It’s going to be a pig of a job. We are doing the other 2 walls first because if I can’t do it or if it’s really too much, I’ll back out. Stringer is varying between 1.8cm and 2.6cm in width so definite no for insulation boarding. Have also high points on the brick walls which create 20- 30mm levelling differences and which would make boarding definitely over the stringer. We thought we were going to board to start with but we realised no chance when we finished cleaning and mortar repairs on the brick.Dots about 2” square. Stick on with some PB addy. Either leave and scrim or pick them out and fill with hardwall.
It’s a pig of a job tbh. When I did my stair wall, I think I prob used atleast 8 bags plus skim and I was on my own. There’s a big learning curve to this and even if you practice on a couple of walls, you’ll regret starting it. I don’t particularly enjoy skimming a stairwell let alone floating one.
I was up a ladder cursing and my phone started to ring. Was my mate, so I let it ring out. Almost immediately rings me again and I left it. Then again and again and again. Really thought he was in trouble, so stopped the floating and rang him back and he picked up and said “Hello mate, just calling to see if you’re alright?” and no I wasn’t f**k**g alright!
If you have enough depth on the stringer, board it with insulated XP boards. Easier, quicker and warmer. It takes time to even get the technique of ruling it and getting the excess of the feather edge without dropping it everywhere and on a stairs it really isn’t fun.
You are probably right. That’s why we are doing the first two walls first and then the stairs wall. If it all goes to s***t then i have time to back out before i make the situation worse on the stairs.
Am sure you are right. We are trying two walls first. If it goes pear shaped, we will back out.
Grind the bricks back to 30mm all over
You're in la la land like them mate if you think a novice is going to drop screeds on rough brickwork, using Hardwall of all things.
There will definitely be dropping and lots of it .
Not to mention skimming it the same day on a staircase with a variable background and bloody hardwall
Are you building your own ship by any chance mate ?
It's utter madness mate, be like me deciding to change the engine in my van.
Aye and most of the nutters on here claiming to be spreads
