skimming

Hi, full disclosure. Ive never done any plastering, or indoor house painting and plan to do both for our home (Probably not all at once mind you). The question I have is regarding refining the wall surface before painting. Ive removed the majority of wall paper (still need to clean a little...

Hello. I'm preparing to do my first proper bit of skimming, which will be onto new plasterboard. I've got a situation in a couple of different places where the adjacent wall has already been plastered, but there are gaps in the corner where the plasterboard meets the finished wall. I'm not sure...

I unscrewed this bit of plasterboard above a door so I could shim out the studs and straighten the board up. I managed to get it off in one piece without cracking it. Can I get away with screwing it back on or should I use a fresh piece of plasterboard? I have never skimmed so I thought I could...

Hi all, Would just like to run my plan of attack for my new upstairs shower room past some people with experience! I've trawled the internet and think I've came up with the right order for doing things. Any info or advice is more than welcome! Shower room has vapour board around all...

Hello, DIY-Novice here hoping to get advice on how to repair some walls I’ve stripped of lino-paper and wallpaper My intention was to strip paper, sugar soap it, sand it and then prime, before filling in crack/gaps. However I am now confused by what I’ve found underneath. In Room 1 it seems...

Hi all, I've just purchased an ex-council property, built around the 1960's, I've removed all the wallpaper and found lots of blown plaster that needed removing. You can see on the wall in the attached images, some of the old plaster and below is a type of cement render. (I plan on removing...

What sort of float is used when plastering/skimming around uPVC windows so the white uPVC doesn't get scratched by a steel float? I looked on Screwfix but maybe I wasn't using the right search term, I couldn't find anything that looked right. Tnx Dain

Hello All. I have a two up two down built circa 1890. I've just stripped the wallpaper from the main bedroom to find something strange. There's a wooden wall behind the door. It looks to be made of floorboards or similar, and judging from the wallpaper that was on it, it's an original, or at...

I have a stud wall that has finished depth of pretty much spot on 100mm I have planed timber door lining that is about 108mm is 4mm on each side too much to ask of skimcoat? should i be thinking of getting 2-3mm off the door lining timber or is there smarter ways to do this?

We have cut holes on the ceiling to access pipes and electrical wires. We have filled with new plaster board, with a view to over skimming the whole ceiling. What is the best approach just over skim in 2 coats or skim over the plasterboard patches to thicken out as they are 3-5mm shy of the...

I had a go on my first dot and dab for my boiler cupboard ready for plumber to come dowm and first fix. Considering there is no multifinish plaster at moment all around the country. can I plaster/skim the plasterboard directly with bonding 60 of british gypsum or ideally need to wait for a...

Evening, I have a ~100yr old house. Am renovating the kitchen and the walls are a state. Peeling paint, plaster coming off with tiles, generally a mess. Will be rewired too so chases to fill. Its a 9'' solid wall which has been plastered with what looks like sand and cement and multi many...

I'm going to have a go at skimming some plasterboard in a walk in closet over the weekend and just wanted some guidance with regards to whether I can skim two walls one after the other without the first fully setting, and what the risk is of damaging the skim on the first wall whilst working on...

I'm fairly new to DIY and usually just fork out money to people better at it than me, however having just moved house i'm pretty skint and am looking to do some of the work myself. Our living room was pretty garish and we stripped the wallpaper off that and the hall/stairs but it's left some...

Evening, I base coated a brick wall with bonding on Sunday and haven't had time to skim it with miltifinish. I should get around to it tomorrow evening. Do I need to PVA it or dampen it with water to control suction or just crack on? Its defo set but I don't know if its totally dry as such. Cheers.

Hi all, While attempting to strip wallpaper in my 1912 built Edinburgh flat, chunks of the plaster started coming away. After finishing stripping I thought I'd clean up the missing plaster and attempt to patch it, but then whole slices of the plaster were coming off. So I pulled it all down. It...

hi, just a quick question. Done a bit of plastering for a while now here and there (self taught) but come across something that I cant work out what's best to do. Plastering a large ceiling, got the first coat of multi finish on and flattened then come to the garage and miscalculated how many...

Hi there, Im stripped all the tiles off 3 stone/rendered walls in my bathroom leaving a horrible uneven mess. I have one tradesman saying he would like to skim the walls before re-tilling and another saying he would dab boards on before re-tiling. could anyone give me there thoughts on this? One...

Hi I need to repair a pretty large hole in the old plaster (see picture). I have removed all loose plaster down to the masonry and need some advice on what type of plaster to use to fill the hole. The hole is about 1m by 40cm by 1.5cm deep. I am new to plastering. Should I apply a browning...