+Feral Bob Thank you

ForViewingOnly Thank you i will make sure he gets told :)

I remember the frustration of tying to plaster and after many many attempts I finally cracked it. I think the early problems were trying to get the first coat flat while it was wet. Wasted so much time and energy. Once the surface starts to firm up it becomes much easier to level out imperfections. I eneded up plastering a four bed 3 story house bottom to top. It had a new loft conversion and I had the challenge of plastering the curved ceiling over the stairs. Had serious tennis elbow by the end but was worth it learning a new skill.

Dário P. Please Keep your eyes peeled for part 2,3 and 4 :) Thank you for your support

ffunky6666 Thank you

+Dave Taylor Thank you for your continued support keep your eyes peeled for new videos coming soon

ITry Woodworking Keep yours eyes peeled for parts 2,3 and 4. Thank you for your support :)

Bald Builders I've boarded a ceiling with the printed side out is it ok to skim? thanks.

+Brittax M You are right Brad should of been wearing safety glasses, his a professional tradesman with many years of experience and does carry eye cleaner with him for the "just in case situations" Thanks for the feedback and please keep watching

Lol 🙈. PPE.

Mark Garth I hope we can give you confidence and maybe one day you will attempted your self ;)

+Jimjim Skimmer their woman spread like butter

The Irish ain't half bad either😆

lol i only saw your comment now, not wrong pal not wrong

but they either charge twice the price and a mint job or half the price and never show up

i have lots of home made tools that make life much easier and faster too

Chris Wilson Thank you more to come

The smooth gypsum board isn't exactly smooth, it has small like hooks all across it providing a key for the 1st coat. That's why no pva is needed to equalize suction.

+TheSheepfarmer01 probably not, but it can't hurt can it.

Rakesh Rajat any standard plasterboard will do in your case :)

+David Michael Hi David, not if the plasterboard was put up with the white side facing down, "thats the correct way". If the plasterboard is grey side down then yes a coat of PVA is needed.

+Tommy's Yard Thanks! actually I have pink and blue showing for fire and moisture boards. Interesting how the yanks use filler between joints and then paper tape instead of just using scrim.

The french do the same,paper scrim looks awful and always leaves a prominant rib sticking out! Uhhhgk!

+01sache probably best to fill and sand, try a ready mixed plaster if your feeling confident :)

+BODGE71 When applying the first coat its pretty even to around 2mm, give or take any dips etc in the wall / ceiling I'm plastering. Once I flatten it in the surface is is pretty flat. When the second coat goes on which is around 1mm then this is the time that I will make sure there is no hollows and completely flat with even coverage of approximately 3mm in total.

+Tommy's Yard cheers. Love the videos and am now glued to watching you creating a new opening for some windows. Maybe you should add in the video at the beginning that planning permission may be required before creating a new opening or widening an existing opening and that the new window has to be registered either with your local council or FENSA/CERTASS. When you're fitting your restraint straps on the wall plate I'd personally drill rather than hammer drill for the screws into the blockwork to stop it fracturing.

+BODGE71 Good point on the planning or building control for the window opening. And yep all new windows will be fitted by our registered window lads. Fair point also on the drill rather than hammer drill, in this case the blocks were soft enough that the hammer didn't put any stress on the blocks so the hole we created didn't effect the remaining of the blocks.

+Javier Jimenez water

+Javier Jimenez water

water

pure H2o

Dihydrogen Monoxide. A common trade tool you will find in many retailers.

+Luqman Ahmed You will need to apply a backing plaster first such as "Hardwall" and then the multi finish

+Tommy's Yard Hardwall in brick work?? 17 years you say you been doing it! 😂😂😂 Mate use bonding coat! Hard Brush any dust off the brickwork & apply a coat of Pva to stop suction!

+Tristy1987 Might be worth checking your facts before you step up to the plate and start slagging people off chap. www.british-gypsum.com/products/thistle-hardwall download the data sheet and you will see that Hardwall plaster IS SUITABLE ON BRICKWORK. Now go away your boring me....

+Tommy's Yard 👍 your right bonding is low impact product where as hardwall is designed for high traffic areas! hardwall on me-density blocks. but not bonding plaster on aircerte blocks or common bricks it's not suitable use browning for aircerte bricks, as bonding will just dry out to rapidly and risk it blowing apart and falkeing off the wall. also never near DPC line or or use bonding on single skin walls/ areas prone to damp or water ingress

I'm a novice diyer here hence the stupid questions. Why would you PVA new plasterboard? I understand why you would PVA a surface that has been covered previously or the plasterboard is very old because it would affect the bonding, but if it's new it shouldn't surely because it's designed to be slightly porous to help develop the bond.

+Howard Reeves soon mate, were busy with facebook sketch videos at the moment, check us out there facebook.com/tommysyardjobdone/

+Tommy's Yard keep it up lads, love the comedy sketches

+Tristy1987 o my, I think you have missed the point of this video chap. Quality over speed every time, customers dont pay you to get it done fast, they want it done right

+Tommy's Yard quality over speed? Well when your doing it all the time quality comes first & speed comes later! By looks of this you haven't been doing it long! Whats with the 18" trowel? If this is an educational video a novice wouldn't use a trowel that size! A 14.5" stainless steel with a revena plastic trowel is a better option! You must have loads of waste you can't even get your gaging right for a poxy ceiling lol

+Tristy1987 lol, since i was 13 years old fella, worked on price for years with the old man, trust me when i say you can earn fare more doing domestic that just throwing up m2 all day on site work. Anyway, that's my opinion. As for the 18inch trowel, that's what I use, so why would I use something else ? I never mentioned in the video that this is a must have, but being that its been with me for 17 years, it's worn in and works a treat.

+Tommy's Yard I've been plastering 17+ years mate, I've seen some of the unfair comments toward ya if your happy using 18" trowle then best of luck to you. just because you work a different way to others that doesn't mean your way is wrong! as long as your work is flat smooth with no tiger-stripes, clean angles on corners and ceiling lines then take a day or a week it don't matter really best of luck guys anyone thinking of picking up a trowle go for it. just take your time. and if you get it wrong just start again.. failure is all part of the learning experience!

+nicky magee lol, you funny chap. Keep watching fella you might learn how to be a real man one day. Plastering is like love making, take your time and do it right you house basher

+Tommy's Yard LMHAO most small time skim heads like you say that kinda stuff, been on site once walked off never again, full of know it all's. plastering has been around for thousands of years young man. float n set hardwall board n skim dry linning coving cornice artex. sand n cement EWI colour rend tanking damp proofing screeding the lost goes on. Just to name a few, no doubt you can do them all that's why you have these fantastic Tommy's tip for the world to see. ( this time next year Rodney)

+nicky magee all ready there delboy, thanks to you watching our vids :) thanks again

+Tommy's Yard we watch you vids at work matey were trying to catch up Tommy boy I'll upload some hav a look see what you think l....

+nicky magee cant wait, check us on facebook fella, you might like those as well facebook.com/tommysyardjobdone/