Fermacell finishing - Part II

Fermacell finishing - Part II

..  ceiling is done – doesn’t look nearly as bad as I feared. A few small ridges and dents if you look very closely, but otherwise a passable effort. I am really pleased with the ecoled downlighters. A bit hard to show in a pic, but they are very bright – to give you some idea, they...

..  ceiling is done – doesn’t look nearly as bad as I feared. A few small ridges and dents if you...

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Fermacell - finishing

Fermacell - finishing

Preparing for decoration * Step 1: filler over the joints and screw heads * Step 2: fermacell fine surface treatment (FST) * Step 3: caulking in the corners lessons learned FST is a smooth filler that comes pre-mixed in a large tub – it has the constituency of whipped cream and goes on easily. The technique with FST that...

Preparing for decoration * Step 1: filler over the joints and screw heads * Step 2: fermacell fine surface treatment (FST) * Step...

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Internal Plasterboard - Fermacell - top tips

Internal Plasterboard - Fermacell - top tips

I have finished fixing the fermacell plaster boards: pretty easy on the walls, not so easy for the ceiling.  The ceiling was eventually accomplished by chopping the boards in half and using temporarily affixed battens  to give me somewhere to locate one end of each board so that I could then prop the other end...

I have finished fixing the fermacell plaster boards: pretty easy on the walls, not so easy for the ceiling.  The...

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Fermacell Exterior Cladding

Fermacell Exterior Cladding

I put up the boards to the rear and right hand side this weekend. I am using the same boards internally and externally, and the trademark name is Fermacell. The boards are made of recycled gypsum and paper. The addition of cellulose fibres to the gypsum plaster makes the boards very strong (they can be...

I put up the boards to the rear and right hand side this weekend. I am using the same boards...

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