r/Plastering

Had quite a bit of conflicting advice but I think it’s best not to dot and dab board the front of the stack (hoping the sides should be ok as it’s double brick thick). Was planning to use sand and cement or would I be better off with bonding?

Only ever skimmed boards before so would be grateful for any advice.

What would be the best mix? (Plan is to have a log burner so will need to be somewhat heat resistant) and how many coats?

How to deal with the inside and the brick arch, would I be better cutting some bricks out and putting in a concrete lintel first?

Should I bond on the corner beads first?

What’s a suitable finish plaster, I’ve heated putting some lime in helps?

Sorry for barrage of questions, want to get it right!

Cheers

I tried to do it myself but I think I kind of messed things up. What's the solution for this?

So, I’m currently working on redoing my entire room. This is the first time I’ve ever done a project like this so it’s been a little rough but I’ve been pulling through. I wanted to know how to avoid getting these unfilled spots when i go over the plaster with a roller? I know I should be sanding but the thing is the texture of these walls was SO INSANELY awful (see last picture) and skim coating only took me so far. I’ve tried sanding as much as I can without an electric tool and I’m getting these spots, so I’m wondering what options I have besides going in with a brush and filling in each one individually. Pictures 2 and 3 are what the wall looks like after a few layers of skim coating (haven’t sanded those walls yet).

Nightmare stripping layers of wallpaper off to find the architraves are wood. Any recommendations on what to do in order to paint over?

I was looking at plastering over once fully done, but the plaster will crack in the future.

Thanks

I’m a complete amateur looking for advice on my bathroom. I took off the tiles to re-tile, but the compound behind was completely failing on the wall that is now brick. I took this all back to be safe, and I’ve now started to try to get rid of all of the hollow/failing spots on the main wall. It’s getting to the point where my brain is telling me that instead of bonding around this, do I just take it back to brick which would take me 10 minutes, and use waterproof backer boards, then waterproof, then tile?

If anyone has any advice, or would let me know what they would do if they were on this job.

P.S. I appreciate the skill level and would happily pay a specialist for this part if I had the budget, but sadly I don’t, so DIY it is.

My upstairs bathroom flooded and water soaked through the floorboards, now the ceiling skirting is coming away as pictured. Is my best bet to try silicone it back then paint over it? It is quite difficult to hold in place so I am worried that the silicone may not cure. Any ideas please let me know, cheers

A follow-on from previous cracked plaster disaster post here. https://www.reddit.com/r/Plastering/s/nb0dBvaxNT The plaster in this alcove was basically delaminated and not bonded with the first coat. The first coat also not bonded with the plasterboard. This was most noticable in the area directly inline with the window, much less of a problem and well adhered lower down. So lesson learned.. keep the window shut and dont hang around.

I’ve now scrapped off anything loose, and chucked blue grit over it. I’m not sure what to do with the external corner where the blue stops and the other plaster starts. There is a metal corner bead in there. Do i need to hack off the plaster in the return also or ?

Basically i’m not sure how to skim up to this corner when the bead is already buried.

Hi all,

Looking for some advice on an issue with a recently reskimmed/replastered room.

I’ve just had the walls skimmed, but in several areas I’m getting heavy brown staining coming through. It’s quite patchy, worse in corners and around the window, and some areas look almost like drip marks or spotting. The colour is quite dark (brown/orange rather than just damp patches).

Also, the texture in those areas feels noticeably different — rougher and almost sandy compared to the rest of the wall.

For context:

This is an external wall

No decorating has been done yet — this is over a week after plaster drying

Photos attached.

My questions:

Does this look like damp coming through, or something like old staining bleeding through?

Could it be rising damp vs penetrating damp vs condensation?

Should this have been treated/sealed before skimming?

What would be the correct next step — let it dry, seal it, or does the plaster need to come off and start again?

Should I be going back to the plasterer about this, or is this something outside their responsibility?

Appreciate any advice!

the plaster was cracking here and coming off so a year ago I tried patching it but it dried so fast and thick. Paint didnt hide it. Inused a putty knife and some of the plaster was coming off relatively easily.

should I keep removing the "patch" I did and try again? or is there a way to fill this and feather the edges?

Looking for some advice on how to plasterboard this internal corner.

Hello,

I have a couple of small areas of render that have become pitted. These holes are a few mm deep. Looking to sort this before repainting.

Any help would be great.

Thanks