New wood and plastering

diamondsky

Hi,

I have just had a new bannister, skirts and door architraves put in. The plasterer is coming in next week to prep the job. When the new wood went in, some of the plaster came away and with some of it, you could put a knife between the wall and plaster and flick it off! We originally thought it would just be a case of skimming as the plaster isn't good but now it looks as if sections will have to be taken off. The plasterer has said if we are not painting the wood, we need to use a protector. We went to B&Q and they didn't know what to us. So, we have bought plastic sheeting to cover the wood as best we can. The stair stringers are darker than the new skirts and so, we think we will have to stain it all to match up to one shade.

Anyone got any advice on the best way forward with this project. The plasterer has just said, he will probably be just preping the area next week, as the hallway covers three floors. Is staining the best finish to even wood colour out?

woodbutcher_2

You should have had the plastering done first really.Now that it's done,i would be inclined to stain and varnish everything before the plasterer starts.That way,any stray plaster will wipe off.If ,on the other hand,the plaster or worse still,P.V.A. gets on the bare wood,then it will be a sod to get out.Failing that,get everything masked off first.Plastering by it's nature is a messy job.

diamondsky

Hi,

The guy who did the wood and the plasterer advised us against plastering then woodwork, so the wood guy came in first and quite a bit of plaster came away when removing the skirts and door architraves. I would of preferred the plasterer first so that I wouldn't be faced with this dilemma now but the experts advised against this! There is a painter and decorator coming in after the plasterer, so it will be his job to sort the wood out. We have done all the rest of the house and wanted the experts to do the hall.

nelly_2

I'm a plasterer.
The thing is when you pull old skirting off there is a big chance a lot of the plaster will come with it, so if you had had it skimmed up, that would have come back off too which means re-re-doing it. Costing you more.

I would price a job to patch all the skirtings round a room @ £100.