dot and dab

Has anyone used Gyp Prime for walls before Dot and Dab? Sand lime bricks walls suction level is too high even with 2 coats PVA. I know its expensive but not as expensive as re doing it!

Hi all, just had walls dot and dabbed. long story short, the walls are brick sand limes that suck the life out of anything. The plasterer used a roller and put a one coat of PVA prior to boarding - the wall was bone dry almost straight away after this. Following day, one board sounded...

Hi all, Need some urgent advise thanks. I wanted to create a home office so had the outhouse in my garden fitted with 6 double power outlets (back boxes to the brickwork) then dot and dabbed directly to the brick with, on advice of the builder, Knauf 27mm XPS plus insulated plasterboard after...

Hi I’m new to the forum and hoping to get some advice. My girlfriend and I have jumped in at the deep end with our first property, a renovation project of a “forever home”. Like many before us we stretched our budget in the purchase and figured everything will be fine, we can just do the work a...

People have so many different ways of doing things now, it becomes very confusing on what is actually the best way!!. So i thought id see what different ways you would all deal with the following situation. So the render/plaster in a bathroom is blown and comes away back to the brick. How...

Hey, Thanks for looking. So I've got myself into a bit of a mess with a property I'm developing. We managed to buy a house to develop with my GF and her Dad, but costs are quickly adding up and unfortunately we can't afford all the trades to come and do this stuff for us. Basically, I want...