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Skim with plaster or reboard first
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emactatty
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We need our small bedroom redecorating. After removing the old wallpaper, the are some big cracks in the ceiling and on the walls - nothing major but need sorting before painting. We've had someone in who says they can skim all the walls and the ceiling and this should be fine but ideally he says it needs the ceiling knocking down and reboarding first. This will obviously cost more and given that he wants £250 for just the skimming, I don't want to spend more than I have to. Any advice?
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if plaster boarding and skimming is all thats needed, id save yourself a small fortune and do it yourself. a sheet of plaster board is about £9 at the moment. sure theres some "how to" videos online. its alot, lot, simpler than you may think.0
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We need our small bedroom redecorating. After removing the old wallpaper, the are some big cracks in the ceiling and on the walls - nothing major but need sorting before painting. We've had someone in who says they can skim all the walls and the ceiling and this should be fine but ideally he says it needs the ceiling knocking down and reboarding first.This will obviously cost more and given that he wants £250 for just the skimming, I don't want to spend more than I have to. Any advice?
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leighclancy wrote: »if plaster boarding and skimming is all thats needed, id save yourself a small fortune and do it yourself. a sheet of plaster board is about £9 at the moment.sure theres some "how to" videos online. its alot, lot, simpler than you may think.
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Hi, we have just had our house boarded and plastered. We decided to only skim the bathroom and boxroom as the plaster didn't seem too bad! Really wish we'd boarded them now as the cracks have just come straight through!
You could make the job cheaper by taking the ceiling down and plaster off yourself! It's very messy but really easy!
Also make sure you get at least 3 quotes! You might get it cheaper!
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Why either?
If you are painting surely you want a rough and ready base?0 -
£9 for a sheet of plasterboard!!! :eek: Where?? Is it gold plated? :rotfl:
A sheet of 2400 x 1200 half inch foil backed board is about that from our local builder's merchants too.
If you're just overboarding then thinner board will do and it wont need to be foil backed but if the ceiling's coming down and getting completely redone you're better with the thicker stuff....every little helps with regard to sound transference.
No-one likes wasting money but if a job's worth doing etc. If the bloke said he could skim it and it would be fine...why did he also say it would be best pulled down and re-boarded?Herman - MP for all!0 -
A sheet of 2400 x 1200 half inch foil backed board is about that from our local builder's merchants too.If you're just overboarding then thinner board will do and it wont need to be foil backed but if the ceiling's coming down and getting completely redone you're better with the thicker stuff....every little helps with regard to sound transference....why did he also say it would be best pulled down and re-boarded?
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Why either?
If you are painting surely you want a rough and ready base?
Because some people want a good quality finish when decorating their home, not everyone would use roughcasting on the interior,as much you might like effect that yourself.
What a silly thing to say. :silenced:
for the OP
it's not such a hard job to just board over the existing ceiling. Make a few small pilot holes to find where the joists are and screw the boards directly on. you can get seam tape to cover the joints and just fill them in with some ordinary filler.
for the walls, unless the plaster really needs completely redoing, just fill in and smooth over with a wet trowel. rub the walls down with sandpaper, make sure all lumps/lines/bumps are removed and hang 1200 grade lining( £2 per roll) paper horizontally for a professional finish.0 -
He's probably suggested reboarding the ceiling because the existing one may be in cracked / poor condition. I agree to overboard with the 9.5mm. Use tapered edge board though. Tape the joints, but don't skim them with ordinary filler. Use something made for the job like allset extra - it will go on very smoothly and sand down 100x faster and easier than standard filler.Happiness, is a Kebab called Doner.....:heart2::heart2:0
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