dry wall lining..... is it right that you just level up the bevel edges with plaster or skim the whole board?

Answer 1

I'm assuming you live in the UK ..if you do ..then first .the edge of a dry lining board has a recess ..which you then butt to the next board ..it is important that every butt edge between boards has this recess ..you then either nail or screw's the boards to the wall making sure the nail heads or screws are finished below the surface ..you then use a brown tape which you cover the butted joints with then you apply the white mixture over the scrim med joints leaving slightly proud ..in the USA ..this stuff is called mud .when it has gone off ..you lightly rub down the joints till smooth ..it rubs easily ..and then you fill and cover nail or screw heads ..then rub this down ..that's about it ..you do not have to skim the walls

Answer 2

OK first of all.you skim blue board not drywall.blue board is blue and drywall is silver/gray. if your using drywall you tape the joints or beveled edges as you put it and skim over the tape with joint compound.if you want your walls plastered and are using blue board then hire someone.you will just make a mess They will mix up plaster and wipe the whole sheet.if your doing sheet rock first skim 6 inches across the seams,then feather it out to 8 inches and the final coat your last pass should be feathered out to 10 to 12 inches .if when your done it looks rough then you got to sand it with a special screen.if you did a good job and its not rough but a Little bumpy then spay water on the dry joint compound and work it in with a sponge.let the joint compound dry fro a day in between applications 6 to 8 to 10-12

Answer 3

if use blue board you must put a skim coat of plaster and I suggest getting a professional for that. If you use regular drywall you need to do all seams, inside and outside corners. Outside corners require a corner bead. Make sure each coat is completely dry. The better you scrape the less you sand. For the first coat put as little joint compound as possible(a little more than the drywall tape width) making sure to apply enough to completely be under the tape. By scraping the tape you remove excess and it fastens the tape. Second coat should cover tape and then some around six inches. Third coat should be six inches on either side of joint. Don't forget to do the screws. Make sure screw heads are sunk below the board so when you compound the head does not interfere. Make sure that you do not sink screw to deep, screws should be just below the paper, if you go deeper the screw is ineffective. The paper acts like a washer, holding the board securely.

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Moskie257

Answer 4

you've got to put a plaster board scrim tape on the joints and then use a dry wall filler to skim the joints. You'll need 3 coats, 1st coat go over the joint 25 mm more over the joint.
2nd coat go to the size of the joint
3rd coat just shorter allowing to dry between coats. Then give a light sanding, making sure on the edge of the tape there is no step.

Answer 5

I am not quite sure what you mean by dry wall lining, but when you hang the dry wall, there will be gaps, hopefully , you're cutting skills don't allow huge gaps, that is where the taping and etc., come in. The taping covers the small spaces between the drywall seams and the mudding (drywall mud) will cover all your gaps. If you happed to make a big boo boo, you might want to consider filling the big gap with some drywall mud before taping.

Answer 6

If you want it to look good you really should get a professional plasterer in. Plastering/skimming is very hard to do and takes a long time to learn how to do it well. If it isn't done properly it will look just as bad, or worse, than it does now! If it isn't too bad at the moment maybe you could try to fill the patches with polyfilla(!?!). You could also get a couple of quotes from other plasterers to see what the going rate is in your area. Good Luck!

Answer 7

Either/or it is your decision, obviously if you are inexperienced using plaster just filling the joints is easier but if you are competent you can do the whole wall, it is your decision, but skimming a whole wall is not as easy as people think!

Answer 8

Buy taper edged board, then use jointing compound or "mud" and joint tape to cover the joints. There is no need to skim the whole board.

Answer 9

im aumming your talking about the seams, where the boards come together. use drywall joint compound.......nothing else. put a thin layer over the seam and out 3 inches on each side of it. put drywall tape directly over the mud directly over the seam. pull your mud knife over this squezzing out all excess mud. after this dries, 12-24 hours. coat over the tape and prevoius mud about 5 incehs each side of the seam. run your knive over this to pull out excess but leaving enough to cover and hide tape. do this one more time after it dries and your done. then sand

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Answer 10

After the dry wall is installed ,"mud" the joints,apply dry wall tape[correct side down]"mud" over the tape,float everything out flat,fill the screw/nail holes with "mud",float out flat,let dry,sand till all "mud" areas are smooth!!