HOW TO HANG LINING PAPER BEFORE WALLPAPERING

fig 1

The way you hang lining paper is really down to your own personal choice. Lining paper can be hung horizontally so that there is no risk of the joints lining up with your wallpaper joints, I prefer to hang the lining paper vertically as it is much easier to do and have never had a problem with the two sets of joints in the lining paper and wallpaper overlapping, they are usually a slightly different width and you can always stagger the joints of your wallpaper so they don't overlap the ones below in the lining paper. To achieve a good wall surface on which to hang the lining paper, fill … [Read more...]

WALL PLASTER REPAIR

Damaged plaster

Tools required :-  Plasterers trowel, two buckets, face mask, hand brush, old paintbrush, mixing stick, dust sheet or old towel, kitchen fork or scarifier, sanding block if required.    Should you discover that there are cracks or patches of loose plaster on the internal walls of your home (usually found when you redecorate), then they will need to be repaired. Small cracks can be repaired using an appropriate flexible filler, then sanded to a smooth finish. Larger patches of damaged or loose plaster (as pictured below) will require re-plastering to obtain a suitable surface … [Read more...]

DIFFERANT TYPES OF PLASTER

BROWNING.     Used as a base coat on walls, brickwork, block work, breeze block, plasterboard. A 25 kg bag will cover approximately 3 - 3.5 square metres at a depth of around 12mm. Setting time is approximately 2 hours.   BONDING. Used as a base coat on walls, brickwork, block work, breeze block. This plaster has excellent adhesive qualities and will therefore bond to most surfaces. A 25 kg bag will cover approximately 2.5 square metres at a depth of around 12mm. Setting time is approximately 2 hours.   MULTI FINISH. Used as a top coat to give a smooth finish on … [Read more...]

REPAIRING A HOLE IN PLASTERBOARD / DRYWALL

DAMAGED PLASTERBOARD / DRYWALL

Tools required : -  Pad saw/Stanley knife, tape measure, pencil, cross head screwdriver, adhesive gun, plastering trowel, filler knife, sanding block.   Many recently built properties have plasterboard stuck in place on interior walls (Dot & Dab), this method of fixing the plasterboard's to the walls leaves voids between the plasterboard and wall, therefore a good knock with a piece of furniture etc, will result in a hole in the plasterboard (see fig 1). The same problem occurs with none load bearing walls such as dividing walls between bedrooms, they will more than likely be … [Read more...]

FITTING A NEW KITCHEN – 5 Worktops

Worktop jointing clamps

I am assuming for the purpose of this post that you will be using joint strips between the worktop edges, you can of course cut a mitre joint using a router and jig but this is a task where I would use the services of a skilled joiner, these cuts have to be precise and the cost, not forgetting the wait for a replacement worktop, has in the past put me off having a go. If you are skilled and confident enough to cut a mitre joint, check first that your router has a collet big enough to take an half inch (13mm) router bit, as the 'bits' which cut to worktop depth usually as far as I am aware … [Read more...]