Patching walls

Heath_Robinson

[rambling preamble]The electricians have now departed following a complete rewire and we're now going to attempt to put the house back together.

There's a lot of filling to do where old fittings have been removed. Some deep holes, they've done some themselves but to be honest it looks like they've stood across the room and flicked browning at the wall, so I can't be bothered to push the issue of them doing the rest as I'll end up redoing it anyway and they were pretty cheap and have done a good job otherwise.[/rambling preamble]

They've cut out a channel in the bathroom wall above the shower to fit it with a remote pull switch so that it complies with regulations.

I was going to paint the metal conduit with PVA and the surrounding plaster and brick, then use ready mixed Wickes patching plaster stuff to fill in the channel and then sand it back flat when dry. Does that sound about right?

We're going to strip all the nasty wallpaper and polystyrene ceiling tiles in there and then paint it.
I was going to use watered down emulsion for the first coat, then bathroom paint. Is this right?

I've got parents coming to stay at the weekend. Is there any way I can get it done in this time or am I best leaving the patching plaster and filler to dry for longer before painting it?

Many thanks in advance.

Heath_Robinson

No one going to take pity on me?

still one of the nicest rooms in the house....

got the polystyrene off the ceiling, turns out it'sd made of 4 pieces of plasterboard, now with large blobs of adhesive remaining and a few gouges, I'm thinking it's never going to look right, probably best getting it skimmed.

nelly_2

stript the paper either side first otherwise it will end up flush with the paper not the plaster and be visible and obvious.

B and q do a product called gypsum drywall joint cement (words to that effect) it come ready mixed in a tub and is a piece of !!!!!! to sand down miles better then normal plaster.

p4u1_2

I personally would not bother using patching plaster. Start by applying PVA, following the instructions re. mixing with water and how long to leave before plastering, then apply an undercoat plaster such as Carlite Browning. Once this has gone off, a couple of hours, apply a top coat plaster such as thistle. You could possibly fill every channelled wall in the house in one day. The key to getting a good finish is ensuring the surrounding plaster is in good condition, this gives you a good edge to work from, and also making the top coat no more than 2-3 mm thick.

Regarding priming the new plaster, watered down emulsion has always worked well for me.

nelly_2

oh and another thing switch the lecky off too everything is running down into the socket believe me I've done it before.

Ericson_2

Surely that wire from the ceiling to the unit should have been layed into a wall chanel you can;t do anything with it laying on top like that,wouldn't have taken much to do a neater job

Heath_Robinson

it is in a channel, the picture's not very clear, I wasn't sure if I should PVA the metal conduit first because I'm worried that whatever I use isn't going to stick to it very well.

titewad_2

Heath_Robinson wrote:

No one going to take pity on me?

still one of the nicest rooms in the house....

Replacing that broken tile behind the shower could be an interesting challenge.........