does anyone on here split

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a wall in half when re-skimming,i got a bit of a big run to do on my tod in a pub kitchen and i was thinking of puttin a thin strip of wood down the middle to split the wall in half....
 
Yeah I have done it before...lol

I was doing a barn conversion and had the stair well and then that wall continued about 20 or so meters down the hallway it was a massive chunk of wall so we made a plasterboard archway which actually looked awesome!!

Split it up nicely

Danny
 
I think a split looks bad but sometimes its a must. Forget the wood and either roll the set or go for the scirm tape trick.

To be honist I would try and get another spread to help me for the day to get it done in one, it ll look better.
 
craigpalmer18 said:
agree with bruce just feather in and all will be fine balls to all this using bits of wood or scrim
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depends how good a job you want. worth taking a small amount of time to do a good job. and sumtimes another spread is not in the budget.
 
can you get another trowel in to do it with you.. if not 3mm stop beads butted up together form a bay(s). then mastic and paint. not as neat as one complete wall. or i have dotted a strip of plasterboard 200/300mm to create a false column. but might look ugly and have a problem with it being a kitchen.( units worktop). not sure if thet helps.. :)
 
claw75 said:
can you get another trowel in to do it with you.. if not 3mm stop beads butted up together form a bay(s). then mastic and paint. not as neat as one complete wall. or i have dotted a strip of plasterboard 200/300mm to create a false column. but might look ugly and have a problem with it being a kitchen.( units worktop). not sure if thet helps.. :)
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that would all look really bad.......get another spread in..or get good at blending......i would never use 2 stop beads sorry but i wouldnt....
 
wots wrong with the scrim idea works fine and looks good and saves £120-£150 on another spread
 
as i say get good at blending....but if you have a window nearby and lights right across the face of it and your not very good at blending will show up and not look very good...but if u can blend good no problems.......
 
stop being girls and do the f**k**g lot in one go. i'm fast and good. oh and i'm a f**k**g geezer :D
 
It would have to be one SERIOUSLY big wall before I'd consider any sort of joint. I reckon any wall under 25m long should be done without a joint by one spread, you just won't get much in the way of a break that day.
 
there nothing wrong with blending in you can always see it when the wall is set but if its done right you will never feel it with your fingers and once its painted i dont see the problem
 
sometimes its not the size its all the fidly bits aswell so sometimes need to hit the big bit but brake up before a big fidly area. on a domestic this would happen more than a site job.
 
oasis said:
wots wrong with the scrim idea works fine and looks good and saves £120-£150 on another spread
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i have done this and i think that its exactly the same as not using skrim mate. also if some one is new to plastering and not that good at this sort of stuff yet then i think it will be better for then to do it without skrim because skrim gives you a straight line and if you are not too good at blending a straight line will be more noticeable.

p.s the only reason i have ever done this is if there is a problem which stops the wall being plastered in one go and you are leaving a small area for the patcher to do (this is on site work) but otherwise a always cover every surface in one go, and lately i have tried a rolling hit and this might be the way forward if you are a bit slow, until you are up to speed. hope this helps ;)
 
carlos said:
the patcher????
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on the building sites i have worked on in the past there is normally a man that goes around patching up after the sparks and plumbers have been in to a finished house and made lots of little holes. ;)
 
carlos said:
i see so he is the guy who does the snagging and all (german word) work.
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thats it mate, normally an old fella who has been with the firm fore years but cant blast through the houses like a madman any more so they sort of retire to a patcher and just work 2-3 days a week.

i dont work on site no more, i do miss it sometimes though, used to have a good laugh! there are some MAD fukers on building sites :D
 
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