Help finishing blocked in glass panel above doors...

helping_hubby

In our house, each room upstairs has a pane of glass above the door.

OH has stuck bits of ply to fill the gap either side. But now I'm left with a texture of ply next to normal plastered walls.

I wanted to skim it but reading online, it seems that it's a no no to skim wood?

My other issue, if I do just paint the ply (I suppose I could try to see what it looks like), I still need to fill in the gaps around the edges.

I don't think there's anything for the filler/plaster to stick to.

Any ideas?

Would we be better off starting over and doing it whatever the right way would be?

amandada

I had this in my old flat, and my ex (who's a joiner) filled the gabs using plasterboard which gave a seamless finish. Would your OH be amenable to changing the ply for plasterboard?

helping_hubby

amandada wrote: »

I had this in my old flat, and my ex (who's a joiner) filled the gabs using plasterboard which gave a seamless finish. Would your OH be amenable to changing the ply for plasterboard?

See this is what I don't get, I told him to use the plasterboard. We have lots of it. The ply is actually meant for the bathroom boxing in as it's the exterior ply.

I just don't get why he used ply. He's done 4 doors on boths sides. He's not going to be happy. The bits of wood won't go to waste, as it'll give me an excuse to make a box for my rabbit to play in.

Any other opinions?

vansboy

We had the same problem at our flat.

I smashed the glass out, then the plasterboard was fixed, before skimming the walls. You should be able to do this, even if it means a couple of pieces of plasterboard, on top of each other (guessing the ply is thicker than plasterboard.

Here are some pics...

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii4/vansboyuk/IMG_1711.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii4/vansboyuk/IMG_1714.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii4/vansboyuk/IMG_1687.jpg

Obviously the glass was there to make the areas lighter, but as you can see, the doors we used more thasn made up for this - not that it was dark, anyway!

VB

helping_hubby

Thanks Vansboy. Did you have architrave on either side of the glass?

I'm going to get OH to do it properly this time. It'll be worth it in the end.

Alias_Omega

you can wallpaper onto ply wood you know..

lagi

You can plaster over wood. Get some expanding metal (mesh type stuff) and fit that over the top of the wood but still below plaster level. Then it gives the plaster something to adhere too.

amandada

helping_hubby wrote: »

See this is what I don't get, I told him to use the plasterboard. We have lots of it. The ply is actually meant for the bathroom boxing in as it's the exterior ply.

I just don't get why he used ply. He's done 4 doors on boths sides. He's not going to be happy. The bits of wood won't go to waste, as it'll give me an excuse to make a box for my rabbit to play in.

Any other opinions?

He is a man. He used ply because you told him to use plasterboard.;)

vansboy

helping_hubby wrote: »

Thanks Vansboy. Did you have architrave on either side of the glass?

Yes, it went right up to the ceiling & accross top of the glass area, but as this was all removed, prior to skimming, we replaced it with new architrave.

VB

Plasticman

vansboy wrote: »

We had the same problem at our flat.

I smashed the glass out, then the plasterboard was fixed, before skimming the walls. You should be able to do this, even if it means a couple of pieces of plasterboard, on top of each other (guessing the ply is thicker than plasterboard.

Here are some pics...

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii4/vansboyuk/IMG_1711.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii4/vansboyuk/IMG_1714.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii4/vansboyuk/IMG_1687.jpg

Obviously the glass was there to make the areas lighter, but as you can see, the doors we used more thasn made up for this - not that it was dark, anyway!

VB

Really nice doors - where did you get them?

(and really nice lady with her baps out - where did you get her? )

vansboy

Doors were from B&Q - we've used them at the new house, here, too.

& that's Mrs V... a few years back.

But removed the pic, now!!

VB