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...]