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  • Got a stud wall to do. Have done the framing and ordered the plaster board (delivery tomorrow) but do I go for tape and fill the joins or skim the whole lot? Never plastered before.

    I'm leaning toward skim, means buying yet more tools but seems like a useful skill to learn so long as I can get a reasonable result... Is that an unrealistic expectation?

  • Skimming well is a proper skill. Takes ages to learn to do well. Taping and filling is not, it’s easy, so long as you’ve ordered tapered plasterboard. You’ve ordered tapered plasterboard right?

  • Taping and filling is not, it’s easy,

    Having spent 10 years doing it on and off, I’d like to politely disagree. Getting a decent finish without blemishes, high or low points, and without having to do multiple fills and loads of sanding, definitely takes a bit of doing IME.

    And skimming onto a plasterboard isn’t half as bad as a rough wall. That being said, you’re still probably right about taping and filling being easier.

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