how to fill this in!

[sandblast]

hello all!

wonder if someone can give me some advice on how to fill this in so it matches the rest of the wall

this was previously the frame of a fitted wardrobe which i removed, and still have a little more of the timber to remove at the top.

i have previously used toupret with success for smaller jobs, but i suspect this is more complicated because it's going on to the blockwork

i don't know wether to cut a strip of plasterboard and put in the gap then just fill either side, or fill the whole lot..

would appreciate any help!

thanks!

 

[robinbanks]

Fill the whole lot; consider hardwall for the majority of the infill on a high suction background like thermalite

 

[opps]

As a decorator, I would a chisel to remove the old caulk. Then sand the area with 80 grit paper on a 150mm random orbital sander.

I can't see how deep the chase is, it doesn't look deep enough to use plasterboard.

As per @robinbanks you could use hardwall- and the top it with Toupret filler or similar. Alternatively, just use Toupret TX100.

 

[sandblast]

thanks both! appreciate this info. i now know that those are thermalite bricks!

the chase is 9mm deep. i thought that was plasterboard on each side of the chase hence the suggesiton, but i may be wrong.

whatever, i'll do whatever you guys suggest! am i better off using hardwall then toupret or the tx110 for the whole lot?

 

[opps]

thanks both! appreciate this info. i now know that those are thermalite bricks!

the chase is 9mm deep. i thought that was plasterboard on each side of the chase hence the suggesiton, but i may be wrong.

whatever, i'll do whatever you guys suggest! am i better off using hardwall then toupret or the tx110 for the whole lot?

Per cm, hardwall will be cheaper, but the bag size will be 25kg.

 

[sandblast]

hello, so, as instructed, i hardwalled the chase. a friend then said to me, "great, did you wet it first?"

i did not. i put the hardwall straight on to the thermalite blocks.

if this was an important step i'm really baffled as to why no-one mentioned this to me.

can someone please tell me if i need to remove all this hardwall and start again, or will it hold?

if it needs to be done again, how do i remove it? and then when i do it again, should i use water, pva, or gyprime?

 

[opps]

Before it sets, scrape away the excess.

With regards to the level of suction in the thermolite blocks, you might be OK, it is only a small area.

 

[sandblast]

hello

what do you mean the excess?

i did this a few hours ago and it's nearly set now.

can i not just sand it?

 

[opps]

Sanding it will be very difficult. Scrape away the excess if you can and use filler over the top.

 

[sandblast]

thanks for this tip

i have shaved off what was about 2/3 mm of excess; it's now level with the wall or very slightly under

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Are the two sides of the plaster, exactly the same level?

Always completely flatten the plaster, alongside a chase, first, before beginning to plaster.

Never try to fill any depth of plaster in one go, fill in at least two stages, leaving the previous stages below the final level, and rough faced. Your final layer, needs to be well wetted, and polished to flat and even.

The vertical panel, ought to have been removed before you got to plastering, it will look odd if left in place. I would not expect it to be supporting anything at all.

 

[sandblast]

hi harry

yes, the two sides of the plaster are exactly the same level.

the chase was 9mm deep so i thought it would be be okay to do that in one go, but i'll bear your advice in mind for similar jobs.

yes, the vertical block of wood was removed before i started. i decided to keep the horizontal beam above.

 

[sandblast]

hello all

i'm back again and i need more advice, please!

i have hardwalled, sanded, filled, sanded, cut plasterboard to size and screwed on, filled gaps and screwholes.

now what i would like to do is add something to protect the corners in case i ever bash them. also where i've sanded, even though i was gentle as possible, some of the paper has come off the plasterboard and it looks a bit tatty in a couple of places. i did buy some reinforced corner jointing tape but then realised there is no adhesive on the tape, and it needs filler to bed into, and on the plasterboard side i don't have any filler and adding it will just create a bump, so i'm thinking that corner tape is not really designed for drywall applications (?) a friend suggested just glueing the tape to the corner.. would that work? i don't really care enough about the corners to add metal beading.

can any of you advise on what to do next and what other steps i need to take before painting?

thanks!