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What’s the most effective way to plaster, decorate or lay a brick? Andy Stevens weighs up the pros and cons of the methods you’re most likely to see – or try your hand at – on site

Construction is one of the oldest industries in the world and methods have obviously changed immensely over time. But are new methods always better than old? And do new tools and plant mean better results? In this piece, I look at certain jobs we trades do and compare two different ways of doing them including the pros and cons, speed, time it takes and overall finish achieved. PLASTERING FLOAT AND SET VS DOT AND DAB There are many different types of plastering but the most common has a top coat of multi-finish. This creates that smooth finish ready for painting. When plastering on internal skins of blockwork you can’t use multi-finish straight onto the blocks. The ‘modern’ way of doing this is by dotting and dabbing sheets of plasterboard onto…

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Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2022

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