Bit nifty with the hands anyone.
Jun 2nd 2007, 11:20 pm
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Bit nifty with the hands anyone.
Has anyone in the USA tried to plaster a wall?
All I want to do is plaster my bathroom, the thing is, every where I go to try and buy a bag of finish plaster, the people look at me as if I am two ball points short of a pencil case and I have all but given up. The last guy in Home Depot tried to sell me a box of pollyfiller, I told him it was a 250 square foot wall and he should go and throw shite at the moon.
There must be some US equivalent of finish plaster, does anyone know what it is and where to get it.
Maybe I will see if B&Q will deliver state side.
All I want to do is plaster my bathroom, the thing is, every where I go to try and buy a bag of finish plaster, the people look at me as if I am two ball points short of a pencil case and I have all but given up. The last guy in Home Depot tried to sell me a box of pollyfiller, I told him it was a 250 square foot wall and he should go and throw shite at the moon.
There must be some US equivalent of finish plaster, does anyone know what it is and where to get it.
Maybe I will see if B&Q will deliver state side.
Jun 2nd 2007, 11:22 pm
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Re: Bit nifty with the hands anyone.
Has anyone in the USA tried to plaster a wall?
All I want to do is plaster my bathroom, the thing is, every where I go to try and buy a bag of finish plaster, the people look at me as if I am two ball points short of a pencil case and I have all but given up. The last guy in Home Depot tried to sell me a box of pollyfiller, I told him it was a 250 square foot wall and he should go and throw shite at the moon.
There must be some US equivalent of finish plaster, does anyone know what it is and where to get it.
Maybe I will see if B&Q will deliver state side.
All I want to do is plaster my bathroom, the thing is, every where I go to try and buy a bag of finish plaster, the people look at me as if I am two ball points short of a pencil case and I have all but given up. The last guy in Home Depot tried to sell me a box of pollyfiller, I told him it was a 250 square foot wall and he should go and throw shite at the moon.
There must be some US equivalent of finish plaster, does anyone know what it is and where to get it.
Maybe I will see if B&Q will deliver state side.
Jun 2nd 2007, 11:23 pm
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Jun 2nd 2007, 11:26 pm
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Re: Bit nifty with the hands anyone.
Silly Sod might know, he's been doing up he's old place quite well.
Jun 3rd 2007, 12:15 am
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Re: Bit nifty with the hands anyone.
Has anyone in the USA tried to plaster a wall?
All I want to do is plaster my bathroom, the thing is, every where I go to try and buy a bag of finish plaster, the people look at me as if I am two ball points short of a pencil case and I have all but given up. The last guy in Home Depot tried to sell me a box of pollyfiller, I told him it was a 250 square foot wall and he should go and throw shite at the moon.
There must be some US equivalent of finish plaster, does anyone know what it is and where to get it.
Maybe I will see if B&Q will deliver state side.
All I want to do is plaster my bathroom, the thing is, every where I go to try and buy a bag of finish plaster, the people look at me as if I am two ball points short of a pencil case and I have all but given up. The last guy in Home Depot tried to sell me a box of pollyfiller, I told him it was a 250 square foot wall and he should go and throw shite at the moon.
There must be some US equivalent of finish plaster, does anyone know what it is and where to get it.
Maybe I will see if B&Q will deliver state side.
I asked the man. He says that since they don't plaster walls here they don't have it as far as he knows. You might want drywall compound to join the seams of drywall together and which you can use to 'plaster'. It is in a green bucket.
He also wanted to know if this was to cover a 'bad' wall?
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Jun 3rd 2007, 12:24 am
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Re: Bit nifty with the hands anyone.
Has anyone in the USA tried to plaster a wall?
All I want to do is plaster my bathroom, the thing is, every where I go to try and buy a bag of finish plaster, the people look at me as if I am two ball points short of a pencil case and I have all but given up. The last guy in Home Depot tried to sell me a box of pollyfiller, I told him it was a 250 square foot wall and he should go and throw shite at the moon.
There must be some US equivalent of finish plaster, does anyone know what it is and where to get it.
Maybe I will see if B&Q will deliver state side.
All I want to do is plaster my bathroom, the thing is, every where I go to try and buy a bag of finish plaster, the people look at me as if I am two ball points short of a pencil case and I have all but given up. The last guy in Home Depot tried to sell me a box of pollyfiller, I told him it was a 250 square foot wall and he should go and throw shite at the moon.
There must be some US equivalent of finish plaster, does anyone know what it is and where to get it.
Maybe I will see if B&Q will deliver state side.
Do you have an old house with lath and plaster, or a newer house with sheetrock?
In my old house with lath and plaster I have tried fixing up cracked walls with "Sheetrock mud" comes in different grades including a finish coat. This doesn't work too well, eventually your cracks will show up again, although taping helps. Another idea if you don't want to pull off the lath and plaster is to put sheetrock up right over on top of the lath and plaster. They make "green" sheetrock for damp areas like bathrooms if near water splashing etc. Also 1/4" sheetrock for doing that.
If you have a newer house with sheetrock gone bad due to damp or mold, perhaps pull it off and start over with new sheetrock?
Jun 3rd 2007, 12:30 am
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Re: Bit nifty with the hands anyone.
Do you have an old house with lath and plaster, or a newer house with sheetrock?
In my old house with lath and plaster I have tried fixing up cracked walls with "Sheetrock mud" comes in different grades including a finish coat. This doesn't work too well, eventually your cracks will show up again, although taping helps. Another idea if you don't want to pull off the lath and plaster is to put sheetrock up right over on top of the lath and plaster. They make "green" sheetrock for damp areas like bathrooms if near water splashing etc. Also 1/4" sheetrock for doing that.
If you have a newer house with sheetrock gone bad due to damp or mold, perhaps pull it off and start over with new sheetrock?
In my old house with lath and plaster I have tried fixing up cracked walls with "Sheetrock mud" comes in different grades including a finish coat. This doesn't work too well, eventually your cracks will show up again, although taping helps. Another idea if you don't want to pull off the lath and plaster is to put sheetrock up right over on top of the lath and plaster. They make "green" sheetrock for damp areas like bathrooms if near water splashing etc. Also 1/4" sheetrock for doing that.
If you have a newer house with sheetrock gone bad due to damp or mold, perhaps pull it off and start over with new sheetrock?
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Jun 3rd 2007, 2:21 am
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Jun 3rd 2007, 2:27 am
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Re: Bit nifty with the hands anyone.
If the wall is brick or breeze block...a thick rough coat of plaster is applied followed by a thin smooth coat.
Jun 3rd 2007, 2:30 am
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Dry wall is the same as our plaster board. The difference is in the UK it is covered with a light coat of plaster...here the joins are taped and speckled...similar to Polyfiller.
If the wall is brick or breeze block...a thick rough coat of plaster is applied followed by a thin smooth coat.
If the wall is brick or breeze block...a thick rough coat of plaster is applied followed by a thin smooth coat.
Jun 3rd 2007, 3:09 am
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Re: Bit nifty with the hands anyone.
Has anyone in the USA tried to plaster a wall?
All I want to do is plaster my bathroom, the thing is, every where I go to try and buy a bag of finish plaster, the people look at me as if I am two ball points short of a pencil case and I have all but given up. The last guy in Home Depot tried to sell me a box of pollyfiller, I told him it was a 250 square foot wall and he should go and throw shite at the moon.
There must be some US equivalent of finish plaster, does anyone know what it is and where to get it.
Maybe I will see if B&Q will deliver state side.
All I want to do is plaster my bathroom, the thing is, every where I go to try and buy a bag of finish plaster, the people look at me as if I am two ball points short of a pencil case and I have all but given up. The last guy in Home Depot tried to sell me a box of pollyfiller, I told him it was a 250 square foot wall and he should go and throw shite at the moon.
There must be some US equivalent of finish plaster, does anyone know what it is and where to get it.
Maybe I will see if B&Q will deliver state side.
Jun 3rd 2007, 3:18 am
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Re: Bit nifty with the hands anyone.
Cement board same as Durock or Wonderboard - good for tiling over in bathrooms. I was thinking of green sheetrock also - good for other areas of bathrooms.
Here's a link which shows a photo of both in use, and how they are taped together;
scroll down to the Matt R. post at time 21:11.
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load...272919019.html
For minor cracked lath and plaster walls I also have used Anaglypta wallpaper
after patching up. Home Depot has a book of it you can special order from.
Septics visiting are curious about the patterned stuff on the walls!
Here's a link which shows a photo of both in use, and how they are taped together;
scroll down to the Matt R. post at time 21:11.
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load...272919019.html
For minor cracked lath and plaster walls I also have used Anaglypta wallpaper
after patching up. Home Depot has a book of it you can special order from.
Septics visiting are curious about the patterned stuff on the walls!
Jun 3rd 2007, 4:53 am
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Re: Bit nifty with the hands anyone.
Cement board same as Durock or Wonderboard - good for tiling over in bathrooms. I was thinking of green sheetrock also - good for other areas of bathrooms.
Here's a link which shows a photo of both in use, and how they are taped together;
scroll down to the Matt R. post at time 21:11.
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load...272919019.html
For minor cracked lath and plaster walls I also have used Anaglypta wallpaper
after patching up. Home Depot has a book of it you can special order from.
Septics visiting are curious about the patterned stuff on the walls!
Here's a link which shows a photo of both in use, and how they are taped together;
scroll down to the Matt R. post at time 21:11.
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load...272919019.html
For minor cracked lath and plaster walls I also have used Anaglypta wallpaper
after patching up. Home Depot has a book of it you can special order from.
Septics visiting are curious about the patterned stuff on the walls!
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