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Hey all, was wondering , is it possable to plaster over brick wall, its the external wall but in a conservatory, iv been told you cant but thought id ask the experts ;-). Thanks

hey all, have a question , whats the best adhesive to use for plaster coving, as i was told that gyroc coving adhesive is no good. ???

hey guys, im doing a ceiling patch soon , on the ceiling its not plaster but like a thin layer of white looking plaster ( about 3 - 4 mm ). would it be best if i use that finishing plaster, or stick to multi. thanks ???

hi all, im in a middle of a job and have a question,have anyone ever plastererd a wall without pva'in it first, the reason is when i was there the other day when i pva the wall it took ages to go off before i could plaster it, the walls have been painted. or is it a case of waiting .i no i...

hey guys, iv been working with another spread now for the past few months, out of the two types of plaster , found that board gets a good finish but goes off quicker than multi, what we've been doing over some big artex ceilings is first coat with multi as it takes that bit longer too go off...

hey all,some advice on buying a paddle.im using the evolution twister but the paddle is a pile of crap,need to buy 1 tommorrow ,the ones im looking at are the ones in screwfix,theres three in there thats m14 thread, they are the makita's, but which is best.thanks ??? ??? ???

Hey all,looking to buy a new drill,im looking to spend about £100 ish.any advice on the best drill to get.thanks jay :-\

its not spartex its polytex,can it be skimmed :-[

hi all,can spartex be skimmed over or does it have to be scraped off. :o

iv a job soon where there's a hole in the ceiling, about 4 by 4 inch.what im going to do is cut the plaster off around the hole ( to the plasterboard)about an inch around the hole,as i cant seem to find any scrim cloth could i get away with scrim tape instead ? :-/

i might have a ceiling coming up soon, but i think its that lathing plaster,now there's a bulg about 2 by 2 ft, now could i just cut out the bulg and put a piece of board in place then skim over the complete ceiling or will the complete ceiling have to be replaced. the house is about 70 yr...

iv got a hall and landing coming up soon and the walls going up the stairs are really high, what would the best thing to use to get to the top of the wall, any ideas would be great thanks ;)

also, since becoming a plasterer have always used board finish ,but thinking about using multi,my question is, does multi take longer to go off and is the finish just as good as board.and when doing a room do you do walls then ceiling or vise versar.

hey all, am thinking about getting some stilts good idea or not,got some high ceilings to do and my step up is not high enough.cheers :-?

hey all, got a job on the weekend, and they have lots of bags of plaster all ready there that they want me to use, the thing is the date on the plaster is jan 2008, iv been told that if its out of date it cant be used but could i mix it with new plaster :-/

hi all,just started out as a plasterer, iv started in my bedroom done two walls. 1st wall is 10 by 8 foot ,2nd wall is 12 by 8 ( small to you pro's but felt like wall of china to me lol) put first coat of plaster on by the time i finished wall the plaster went of to quick and struggled so put on...