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cheers beddy it sounds like eml is the way to go and im glad ive been told to use hardwall instead of bonding you know these heli bars do you just put themat equal spaces up the wall in line with the crack and how long do you make the bars as in length?

eml fastening cheers gordo i thought of those u shaped galv nails ,are they the same as youve said collated nails

hi gordo you say make sure its flat and well secured! how do you secure it to the blocks for the best results?

spunky what do you mean put the boards over existing plaster. Ive got to admit i like the idea of eml and mesh in the bond coat i just hope it works

Hi Kemp The thermalites are on a internal wall theres no cracking on the outside walls so theres no movement there

No I havent hacked all the plaster off but you can see the cracks in the thermalite blocks at the base of the plaster where the skirtings going to go

I dont want to really but I couldnt think of any other way to cure it as the thermalites are cracked so every time i filled the reapearing cracks they would just come back . are you sure by putting eml over the cracked blocks will work?

cracks Yes I understand what you are saying spunky eml, bonding with a mesh bedded in then skim coat . what Iwas saying was to stop the cracks reapearing I didnt kow if I had to remove all the plaster back to the blocks then put plaster board ontop of the blocks and a finishing skim to solve...

cracks Cheers Spunky So you think by putting eml over the cracks will cure it as Ive tried putting filler in them and they keep reapearing Ididnt know if Ihad to chase off the plaster and reboard it the skim it again

Can anyone HELP!!! I've had my lounge skimmed over but there are cracks appearing along a wall , I've looked and the thermalite blocks under the plaster are cracked what can I do to stop the plaster keep cracking? any help