Plastering & Rendering Questions

Cost of fitting coving in lounge?
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Don't really want to post a job just yet, but I'd be interested to know how much I'd be looking at fit a coving in a (roughly) average size lounge.

Pva won't stick
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Plasterer is painting pva to painted walls...ready for plastering. . But pva is not sticking to paint...it's reacting to what ever paint has been used...any solutions?

lime skim plaster
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can i re lime skim over lime skim 100 years old whats best method cheers

painting old artex
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I recently moved to a house that has every ceiling artexed. The artex has never been painted and is still dusty if you run your finger across it. I would like to have the ceilings skimmed and a plasterer advised that they should be painted first. I did one coat …

Can I skim over 1970's wood chip paint?
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I am buying a house where the upstairs ceilings have been painted with the 1970's paint which had I think wood chip in it to give a textured ceiling. Can this be skimmed over? Its not woodchip paper its actually within the paint.

How much to plaster skim 3 rooms?
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For planning and budgeting purposes could you provide me with a rough price to plaster 3 rooms. We are in the process of making an offer on a house, so only a rough figure needed. Thank you!

may have damaged drywall/plaster
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I am currently removing wallpaper in a ten year old house. It is coming off in multiple layers. Most of it is coming off leaving a white paint like substance behind. However in places this is also being removed leaving behind a greyish soft slightly 'furry' textured covering. Also in …

Silicone filled air brick?
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Hi, I have 2 air bricks on the front of my house, 1 is beneath the damp proof membrane and is ok, the other is around 5 bricks higher up and 2 to the side and has been filled in with silicone. Any advice appreciated on why this would've been …

Skim take ages to go off
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Is anybody having trouble with there skimming at the moment ... seems to take ages to go off and is nowhere near as good as it used to be ..

Patching up after dado rail removal
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We recently employed a plasterer to remove a dado rail and coving and to patch up so we could redecorate. He told us the dado rail came off OK so the patching was relatively easy. He advised that although it didn't look great as fresh plaster, it would be ok …