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Can I DIY render?
Is external rendering of a house at all a suitable as a DIY job or should it almost always be done by a professional? Is it even legally permissible for a non-professional to take on this work?
Best brand for plaster hawk
What is the best brand to buy a plaster hawk from?
Can you clad over the top of render?
Is it possible to clad over render or does render need removing first? We hate our house's current render and would like modern cladding like composite and wood boards.
mixed finish on exterior walls
The finish on the exterior walls is mixed including stippled and rendered. Will I need to re render the outside of the house before painting it?
Which type of render gives smoothest finish?
Which type of exterior render gives you the smoothest finish?
can I use the pva to seal the green plasterboard
can I use the pva to seal the green plasterboard. And can I use the green plasterboard to joint with the old normal plasterboard?
Plastering after electrical work finished
We're having our electrics chased into the walls and we're worried the plaster repair work afterwards will be obvious. Do you think we should get the rooms skimmed over?
New silicone render over old render
Do you have to remove the sections of old render which are loose before you apply new silicone render? What happens with you render over it the way it is?…
Removing pebbledash
How hard is it to remove pebbledash without damaging the brickwork underneath?
Smoothing over Artex
I've seen someone on Instagram smoothing over their Artex with Polyfilla. It looks OK to me. Is there any issue with doing this?
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