Plastering & Rendering Questions

Can I plaster over 30-year-old board with SBR/PVA post wallpaper removal?
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I have just removed wall paper from dining room wall and it was papered straight onto existing board. Its probably 30year old board,Is it possible to plaster over this if I SBR/PVA it.

Plastering damp line
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We've recently had damp proofing carried out throughout our downstairs. They took 1.2m of plaster off round the bottom half of the walls, back to brick and treated them. Then rendered, plasters etc and went on their way. We waited the advised 3 weeks, sanded down the wall as there …

Gaps between plasterboards
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I am having a refurbishment and the builders have installed double plasterboard in the ceiling. The top layer of the plasterboard has an area where the boards are not joined and there is a gap between them. Is this an issue?

Artex damp wall?
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Can you artex a damp wall

asbestos on valuation report
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im remortgaing and ive had to get a specialist report for utility room querying asbestos in artex. Outcome is its 1% chrystaline and recomends removing it as its badly damaged in some places. All the knobbly bits have previously been removed and its quite smooth. Do I really need to …

Damp proofing shed base built on a slope
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I want to build a large well insulated shed (to house a tortoise). It will be a self build because of the unusual shape to fit where I need it to go. The base will be concrete with an air gap, then insulation, then air gap with a wooden floor …

Black mould problem
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I have an old property with solid walls. Black mould is coming through to the inside from the rendered gable end. I have had a lot of contradictory advice. I want to know if I can use a waterproofing solution on the outside wall or something else. Many thanks for …

How to tell if rising or penetrating damp?
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Hi! We have some decking that is built right up to the house, it extends up against the house and an extension, the problem area is a corner that doesn’t get much sun. There is an area of bricks that don’t dry out when we’ve had a lot of rain, …

Damproofng wallpaper
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Is there a waterproofing agent that I can apply to wallpaper to stop damp coming through? It needs to be a clear agent as I don't want to paint over the wallpaper.

Replacing section of very old thin external rendering
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Property is very old 2up/2 down cottage extended each way, so in middle, old rendering on old part dropping off and appears to be only about10 mil thick.the newer sections have more recent rendering I assume to modern standards only the upper part of this section effected and want to …