plaster

Hi, I've recently moved into an old council terraced house. There is a downstairs bathroom that once had a shower in, but was taken out but the previous owners. Near the toilet, there is a hole which seems to contain some piping that appears to lead a few inches out to an exterior wall. On...

Hi all, bought my house a while back and when I moved in there was a damp patch around one of the windows and damaged plaster in the area. The source of the damp has been fixed and windows replaced. The damp has not come back since. Anyway some of the plaster sounded hollow. I pulled it with...

Hello, I’m about to start some light renovation work which includes filling settlement cracks and gaps in a new build and I’m looking for the correct products for the job. I’ve watched quite a few videos and read a few threads but still confused as to which filler is best. I know everyone has...

Disclaimer: I'm not good with DIY at all, but lockdown and situations have forced us to do some stuff ourselves that we would normally contract out for. "Should have paid someone" isn't particularly helpful so I'll save your time writing in saying "I know" in advance. We've recently tried to...

Wondering if there’s any one around for some advice over the ceiling, I’m overthinking it and getting paranoid the ceiling is falling in... Living in a private rental, I think built late 80s / early 90s. The house is honestly covered in hairline cracks across every room where the walls meet...

Plasterboard ceiling that has water damage in one place. Better to board over or replace with new board. One section has crumbled away. Attic has the usual fibreglass insulation and this strange stuff between the joists that's like a cross between wool and ground up cardboard. I've had the artex...

Hi there I wonder if someone here can give me some advice / help on this. In our external wall, the brickwork below the render is in poor condition. You will see in the pictures attached. One side backs onto the garden, the other is sitting below the decking. The first question I have is...

Hi everyone, My 1925 house is having some issues on a chimney breast in our dining room. When we moved in we pulled down the wallpaper in there, including on the chimney breast. The wall had been repaired before a long time ago and was uneven so I applied a skim coat of joint compound to level...

Hey guys, so we were taking down the plaster in our downstairs bathroom to put a sink as there was some previous damage and we got a bit doubtful about if it’s normal plaster or asbestos cement plaster or some sort. we aren’t experienced at all with what’s asbestos and what’s not but we found...

I had to open few hole to fish out cable for downlights. How do I make good on the right way?

Hi, I'm in the process of getting my bathroom re-modelled and bits of the ceiling have dropped off. I have attached a pic of the plasterboard. I have ordered a testing kit but it won't arrive for a few days. My main concern is that due to the age of the house that it might contain asbestos. Is...

I'm considering putting in an offer on a house but most rooms have cracked sections around the edge of the ceiling where the plasterboard seems to be pulling away from the walls. The property is a 3 storey terraced built in 2002. A couple of the rooms also have floor to ceiling cracks down the...

I have got installed new stair and now need to get ceiling up. I have no idea from where to start with batten. I have attached photos below. Any advise would be appreciated

Hi guys, so I tried my hand at skim coating with gyproc skim Coat (Ireland’s equivalent to thistle multi finish I believe). Large sections are pretty decent. While I’m sure there’s been worse first attempts than this one I do have blemishes and some scruffy spots that I failed to recognise...

Removed shot plaster which was sand/cement. Below it is a piece of wall which was always having issues - paint was always coming off so I thought to remove some of that at the same time and re do with sand cement and finish. However unlike most of the other walls in the house this has a mass of...

Someone told me that you can’t actually use the gyproc Skimcoat stuff over top of the gyproc joint compound (multipurpose) because it’s sort of incompatible, something about the skimcoat being a veneer plaster and putting over joint compound is wrong. He said skim the whole surface with joint...

Hi all. Please help me clear up confusion from google and youtube. the job is small, finishing a relatively small wall area for an understairs WC but has plenty of inside corners Iv starting the jointing process and taping using joint compound and while i feel the finish is a little rough (im...

Hi. I need to replace a section of ceiling plaster damaged by a leak. Before I cut it out just wanted to check it's safe (i.e. no asbestos). Pics attached, hope they're clear enough. Doesn't really look fibrous but darker in colour than other plasterboard materials I've come across and not sure...

This seems to be a subject that has come up so many times. Moving into an 1850s cottage the bathroom ceiling is artex covered lathe and plaster, the ceiling is water damaged from the roof leaking (will be fixed before I start anything) so it has to come down, I also want spots and a ceiling fan...

Help would be appreciated - what do I need to do here?