jasst
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Plaster board in any form will not be suitable for what is likely to be a single skin wall with no cavity, as Lifes2short says, proper plastering is the best .I would never use dot and dab on my own property!
Plaster board in any form will not be suitable for what is likely to be a single skin wall with no cavity, as Lifes2short says, proper plastering is the best .I would never use dot and dab on my own property!
Just watched a video on paint spray guns... ****, why didn’t I see that 2 days ago. I could have saved full half day with probably a slightly better finish!!Certainly looks better than before....good work
cant see why you say that plasterboard wouldn't last?, although not my preferred method there is absolutely no reason why you can't use dot and dab plasterboard in a dry garage as long as it's cavity wall construction with fitted dpc etc and it doesn't need to be heated, you can still use plasterboard on solid 9 inch walls but by battening first and using vapour barrier membranes and/or vapour check plasterboard, this would be a far more effective method for damp solid brickwork than using sand/cement render which will still be problematic on badly effected damp walls, even if applied correctly, seen many sand/cement renders fail on severe damp walls in my years. You can actually get waterproof plaster which I did get a plasterer to apply to a commercial solid blockwork wall a few years ago, however, it's bloomin expensive and you would definitely need to use a highly experienced plasterer.
Perhaps I have done you an injustice,
In a dry cavity wall garage with a decent roof, dpc etc it will probably be okay. Will you be fitting a skirting board? What is the ceiling detail? Damage to plasterboard is easy. The boards will need a finish either tape and joint or skim coat of plaster followed by paint.
Careful where you put the vapour barrier, there is a calculation which tells you where it is needed, in the wrong place it will trap moisture, the green moisture resistant boards would be a good choice.
Dead easy to do Ewan. Get the flag/symbol onto your laptop and use a projector to project the image onto the wall. Trace out with a marker pen and then paint... easy to follow and I used the same many years ago unsing an overhead projector to decorate the children's ward at my local hospital (not maserati stuff, Disney of course)Now you need to get a student from a local art school to come in and paint a big Maserati badge on there. (After the lock down ends, obvs.)
I did this in my previous house when the kids were small as well - drew a lot of great children books characters like “le petit prince”, “Peter rabbit, the gruffalo etc... worked a treat.Dead easy to do Ewan. Get the flag/symbol onto your laptop and use a projector to project the image onto the wall. Trace out with a marker pen and then paint... easy to follow and I used the same many years ago unsing an overhead projector to decorate the children's ward at my local hospital (not maserati stuff, Disney of course)