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trying to weigh up do I perhaps try to do any of it myself - in the bathroom, two brick walls to dot-and-dab (one with window), ceiling to board onto joists (fairly sure this bit i can do); and some skimming on a previously plastered (but bery rough looking) wall in the kitchen
Dot and dab isn't too difficult as long as you have a good level at least 1800mm in length to be used both as a straight edge and a level. Take your time with the first board, make sure the edges are plumb and that the board itself is plumb on the wall as everything else references off this. The rest goes up fairly easily but you need to keep using the level as a straight edge across the board you're putting up and the last one to ensure everything is nice and flat. There's loads of how too videos on YouTube.
Ceilings can be harder than they appear especially if you're working by yourself. If you are working by yourself you'll need a deadman to support the board and these board mate clip things help too help too. I'd also strongly suggest you hire a collated screwgun to tack the boards as getting those first few tacks in quickly is essential and it really does help.
Personally I'd not skim a surface myself but there are plenty of how too guides out there.
P.S sorry to hear if your troubles it's hard at the moment to find trades who won't sacrifice small jobs to take on big ones as everyone is so busy. Still a dick move.
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bit of a rant today… as we reach the 6 month mark in our 3 month rennovation, the plasterers have just thrown a spanner in the works.
told me tuesday they’d be there friday/saturday and that i really need to book the tiler.
so i booked then tiler for the 23rd/24th.
friday comes and no-one shows, get a text back in the afternoon that they’ve been pulled on to another job and also one of them is away all next week.
my last messages of ‘how do we sort this’ and a polite ‘do i need to get someone else in for these two smaller areas so the tiler can still come’ are unanswered since friday evening :/
now trying to weigh up do I perhaps try to do any of it myself - in the bathroom, two brick walls to dot-and-dab (one with window), ceiling to board onto joists (fairly sure this bit i can do); and some skimming on a previously plastered (but bery rough looking) wall in the kitchen