Hey Jacob, top man, thank you so much for your help, very much appreciated oh and BTW, what plaster would you recommend, i was looking at some gy ...
Hey Jacob Thanks again for a detailed reply. The job itself is only to put in new reveals and sills for newly installed windows but i have to build up ...
Hey Jacob Thank you for your great response - Is the technique in Oz using the bondall stuff, or is that something else entirely. I notice there are a ...
Hey guys
Im looking for a recommendation. I want to plaster a concrete internal wall and am led to believe i need a primer to provide adhesion for s ...
Hey @Nailbag thank you so much for your explanation and links - super helpful!one question tho - re the square-set - from what i understand that is to ...
Hey Nailbag thanks for your response. i like this.Re the foam - when you say 'trim', do you mean cut off the excess?Do you have a link to the aluminiu ...
thanks for coming back.I originally thought to just use plasterboard for all sides but i saw mentioned about about moisture created via heating on ins ...
Hi @elbow,
BondCrete should be perfect for this as it will give the plaster a better surface to cling to. Concrete is porous and because of this it ...
Hi @elbow,
Generally, the technique in Australia is to batten out the wall then sheet over the top with plasterboard. If this is possible, it will g ...
Hi @elbow, all great suggestions in resolving your window surrounds, after reading all the comments, you certainly do not want to use timber , especia ...
Both the corner edge to the several and up to the window frame @elbow . Clean finish that your plasterer can sort as its a pretty standard finish this ...
Hi @elbow
I'm thinking putting beading would make the edge stronger rather than just having it as plain plasterboard, but if it gets chipped it wou ...
Apologies @elbow Yes spot on with the expanding foam and if you haven't used it before check out a few YouTube videos so you can see what little you n ...
Hi @elbow what about filling the cavity with expanding foam and trim. Line the inside reveal with this aluminium flashing for increased moisture retar ...
Hey Jacob, top man, thank you so much for your help, very much appreciated oh and BTW, what plaster would you recommend, i was looking at some gy ...
yeah the window to the inside edge is 100mm and there is another 40mm to the edge of the outside edge of the wall - total 140mm from out wall edge to ...
Hey DaveNice idea - i'm still concerned about whether there is a possibility of damp coming thru the plaster. I have seen this in the past but only oc ...
Hey Jacob Re the wood - we live in the blue mountains and want to avoid the possibility of termites as much as possible and also maintenance - The pre ...
hey guys - i've been here asking a few related questions and some of the helpful answers are now leading me to this question.
I had new PVC windows fi ...
this stuff hurts my brain for sure! - Going back to your suggestion of the hardi-plank - im guessing i should use that for the reveals too for the sam ...
Hi @elbow,
BondCrete should be perfect for this as it will give the plaster a better surface to cling to. Concrete is porous and because of this it ...
Hi @elbow, all great suggestions in resolving your window surrounds, after reading all the comments, you certainly do not want to use timber , especia ...
Shouldn't be an issue at all @EricL @elbow to have the edge finished without any timbers. The corners/edges like any other corner plasterboard edge ar ...
Hi @elbow what about filling the cavity with expanding foam and trim. Line the inside reveal with this aluminium flashing for increased moisture retar ...
