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by vai005
Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:19 am
Forum: Plastering and Dry Lining Forum
Topic: PLASTER SKIM ON ARTEX CEILING, COLLAPSED
Replies: 7
Views: 10035

PLASTER SKIM ON ARTEX CEILING, COLLAPSED

No, it's really good of you to keep helping me with this, thanks. There is a white residue (only very, very slightly sticky) across the artex and on the back of the fallen plaster (seems just like plaster dust to me). There are pale brown blotches/patches randomly spotted across the artex (some big,...
by vai005
Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:53 pm
Forum: Plastering and Dry Lining Forum
Topic: PLASTER SKIM ON ARTEX CEILING, COLLAPSED
Replies: 7
Views: 10035

PLASTER SKIM ON ARTEX CEILING, COLLAPSED

Thanks for that. It makes me ask two more questions though: 1) If it was the bond dilution then would that not have affected the plaster which is still totally fixed direct to the plaster board ceiling (the strip)? Perhaps not seeing as the bond required is probably different due to the different su...
by vai005
Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:16 pm
Forum: Plastering and Dry Lining Forum
Topic: PLASTER SKIM ON ARTEX CEILING, COLLAPSED
Replies: 7
Views: 10035

Ha ha, sorry, I guess my description was a touch ambiguous! What I meant was that all of the skim plaster which had been applied to the artex completely came away again from the artexed boards (so it's left pretty much as it was when I bought the property!) Like I said, the plasterer has many years ...
by vai005
Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:12 pm
Forum: Plastering and Dry Lining Forum
Topic: PLASTER SKIM ON ARTEX CEILING, COLLAPSED
Replies: 7
Views: 10035

PLASTER SKIM ON ARTEX CEILING, COLLAPSED

Hi there, I have a typical ceiling of plasterboard attached to joists in the loft. This had been artexed & seemingly painted before I bought the property. I had this skimmed on the artex and about one year later it has completely collapsed (apart from one strip where the plaster was applied dire...
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