plaster board

Does all the plasterboard need to be replaced following a damp issue due to leaking shower in en-suite? There is a cupboard adjoining which houses the unvented hot water cylinder. This had damp which was showing in the cupboard but is obviously worse on the reverse of the plaster board - the...

Hi, So I've recently moved into my new property and one bedroom has horrible textured walls. I know the easy answer is a skim coat, but I cant afford a plasterer and am uneasy on trying it myself for the first time. The walls are of solid construction in my 1920's midterrace house. Would...

Hi, Ive removed a small electric fire and i want to fill the hole. Im not very good at skimming so Im thinking I can just butt the plasterboard flish with the existing wall, then fill round the edges, do I need mesh tape or paper tape , or do i even need to use tape ? thanks

I had a go on my first dot and dab for my boiler cupboard ready for plumber to come dowm and first fix. Considering there is no multifinish plaster at moment all around the country. can I plaster/skim the plasterboard directly with bonding 60 of british gypsum or ideally need to wait for a...

I'm running my water feeds for toilet and sink into the wall cavity. Then I plan to pop them out of the wall to connect. I will be using plastic push fit 15mm pipes inside the wall. What should I do when coming out of the wall. I guess I will need an isolating valve as soon as it comes through...

As the lockdown is slowing everything down and no delivery at moment. I was wondering what would be the best plasterboard brand to use. Moast DIY sell Knauf or Gyproc? Are those any good? As I live near a train line I was wondering to use soundblock for ceiling as well. Is it worth the extra...

I found out that the ceilings on my first floor were renovated but the laths were kept and pins were used instead of screws. My first question. Is it worth to remove the old plasterboard attached to lath and replace with a fresh one and maybe just tape and joint or new plaster? Why the lats...

Hi, Im doing a bit of renovation and for the first time I have to build few wall including one partywall and a fully enclosed bathroom. My idea is to use 15mm plasterboard or maybe 2x15mm to make it stronger but question is what stud size need to use and if there is any basic concept to use in...

Hello, I’m looking for advice on some problems I’ve found around my house, which has had previous subsidence issues. I have a horizontal bulge in the plasterboard wall along the stairwell (pics attached). There are also small cracks along the plaster board joins all around the rest of the...

Hi all, I'm new here so apologies if this post is somewhat repeated elsewhere (I can't seem to find the answer). So I am having a full renovation done on my house (walls being taken out, new plaster etc etc.). One of my bugbears in the past has been the outside walls being very cold (i.e. the...

Hi again you helpful folks, As part of my kitchen renovation (don't ask, I wish I'd moved out LoL).... My old ceiling cracked at the joints, even after artexing (by others). Since taking a look, the boards are 9mm and haven't been taped at the joins... all square edge boards been used...

Hello I'm decorating a bedroom and noticed a crack down the corner of a wall where the plasterboard meets. This would be easy to fix, but the central part on one the boards moves about 2-3mm, so if I fix the crack and someone leans on the wall it will reappear. This an outside wall on a 1968...

Hi all Our new build walls are all plasterboard front, any exterior facing walls have a very small gap between that and the thermalite brick. Can anyone recommend a fitting to use in this case? This would be for TV mounting, book shelves and other heavy load bearing things. Thanks Renz

Hi all, First time posting here and looking for some advice. We moved into our 14 year old house around 18 months ago. Slowly over that time this bulge has appeared in the wall leading up the stairs. There is a similar bulge on the wall at the bottom of the stairs. It's hard to touch and...

Hi I'm doing up the living room and I've had it plastered including inside the fireplace which has a log burner in it. The plasterer has put fibreboard inside the fireplace and not skimmed it because he said the heat would crack the plaster. Planning to paint this board with heat proof paint...

Hi folks I'm moving house in the next few weeks to a new build with detached 20 x 12 garage. I'll be converting the garage into a home bar, complete with pool table. The garage is single skin (brick build) and the external is rendered. The floor is concrete and the roof I'm not sure on...

Hi all this bloody towel rail :mad::mad: lol. Towel rail keeps coming loose atm its in the plasterboard just with rawl plugs and screws.Its now just been pulled out 1st pic The right hand side came loose last year so i decided to use a spring toggle thinking that would hold it better but its...

Hi all Cards on the table: total rookie with plastering, pics are horrendous but I ain't gonna learn from letting my ego get involved. Had a leak which meant cutting a hole in my kitchen ceiling. Cut plasterboard to size, filled gaps, smoothed a bit with a damp sponge, sanded lightly with...

Hi, Im looking to convert half of my detached garage into a study. I have confirmed with local Building Control and the Planning department that I do not require planning permission or building regs as it conforms with permitted development. Even so I want to build to regulations completely. Im...

Hi all I am a DIY novice and wondered what fixtures to use above my fireplace for attaching a TV? The wall is plasterboard (around 3 cm or so thick) behind which there is a tiny gap and then brick. Sounds hollow when tapping but the brick was there when I investigated a hole the previous...