Plaster & Plasterboard

Attaching anything to your freshly decorated dry-lining wall can be a cause for concern. Thankfully there are a range of fixings on the market specifically built to install items on plasterboard walls.   Whether it’s wall plugs or plastic toggles for light weights, all the way up to specialist heavy-duty fixings like hollow wall anchors and […]

Once your plasterboard walls are secure with tape and edge beads, you can finally decorate them. If desired, you can add a base layer of plaster, however, this isn’t essential and often your finishing materials can be applied directly onto the plasterboard. Skimming With Plaster on Plasterboard For a professional, smooth finish to your plasterboard […]

After completing any type of dry lining project, you will need to decide how you want it finished. For suspended ceilings, the finishing materials are just the tiles and lights you use, but for finishing plasterboard there are a wide range of options available. Effectively, a dry lined wall is the same as any other […]

Acoustic plasterboard, also known as sound-resistant plasterboard, is as its name suggests, sound resistant. The higher density and additional layers contained within the board can prevent sound waves from passing through them, dramatically reducing both internal and external noise.   What is Acoustic Plasterboard Used For Acoustic plasterboard is used to improve sound insulation, reduce noise […]

You can paint straight onto/over plasterboard in most cases, you simply need to cover the joints and any holes created by your fixings first. Being able to paint directly onto the surface of the new wall is convenient and saves time and money. You can also plaster over the painted plasterboard at a later stage. […]

Choosing which type of plasterboard to use in your project is made slightly more difficult by the abundance of plasterboard brands on the market. Some are known for particular features or areas of specialisation in their boards, such as the following: There are many manufacturers of plasterboard and several produce a wide variety of other products – […]

A building material mixed into both plaster and render, plastering sand is clean and fine-grained, ensuring smooth quality coatings internally and externally. In this guide from Building Materials Nationwide, we’ll explain the essentials of plastering sand, what it is, what it’s used for, and the price it’s sold at. What is Plastering Sand? Plastering sand, […]

In order to create smooth walls within buildings that can then be decorated, plaster will be spread across them to create a consistent look. Normally produced from a combination of cement and sand, this building material has been in use for thousands of years, and today is considered an essential element of most buildings. In […]

What is plastering? Plastering is a specialist job most people prefer to leave to the experts. But if you feel you are handy with practical DIY jobs and you know how to work in a slow, methodical and neat fashion, this step-by-step guide on how to plaster a wall eases you through the job. Hopefully, […]