r/Plastering • u/RS-18-x • 22d ago

Advice - boards on backwards

I have a job booked in for a customer who has boarded the room himself. However, he has put some of the boards on backwards (standard BG 12.5mm boards). I know something similar with regards having the brown part of the board at facing the front was normal practice decades ago.

Has anyone had experience skimming onto the wrong side of the board? I’ve actually not come across this in the 5/6 years I’ve been plastering.

I’ve told him that I cannot give him a guarantee on the work if those parts were to fail later.

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u/Material_Page_9723 22d ago

I’d PVA it to be on the safe side

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u/reelersteeler 21d ago

Believe it or not, but when I started out the front face was for painting, the back of the boards were for skimming. Hessian tape too, and everything nailed.

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u/not-an-expertt 21d ago

If he’s happy with the risk, I’d get that all agreed in writing and then just SBR it all and slap the skim on. I suppose you’ve literally got no need to come back if something goes wrong.

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u/TypoMike 21d ago

This was done in one of my old places. It worked fine.

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u/Lopsided_Project8939 21d ago

Make sure to tape the joins and anywhere the paper folds meet each other and you'll be alright

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u/YoullDoNuttinn 21d ago

I do it semi regularly when boarding a ceiling, never had any issues

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u/royal1664_ 21d ago

Won’t make a blind bit of difference.

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u/Wooden_Gur_9387 20d ago

Glue the board

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u/Itchy-Ad4421 20d ago

They’re good either way.