plastering

anna.bloom

Hi there

We need a lot of plastering in our house that we have just bought, its 1950's built.

There are big black holes where we have taken off the curtain rails, shelves etc, would skimming suffice?

The bathroom is really bad, where the tiles have been taken off, again would it need rendering and then skimming.

We have some builders coming down and I want to show i know what im talking about!

keith969

anna.bloom wrote: »

Hi there

We need a lot of plastering in our house that we have just bought, its 1950's built.

There are big black holes where we have taken off the curtain rails, shelves etc, would skimming suffice?

Well it all depends, you might be able to fill them with filler if they are small. You don't normally skim to fill holes, although there's no reason why you shouldn't.

anna.bloom wrote: »

The bathroom is really bad, where the tiles have been taken off, again would it need rendering and then skimming.

This is probably where you need to hack off the old stuff and redo the bonding plaster and then finish with a top coat before tiling.

anna.bloom

Thanks for the prompt reply its much appreciated.

The black holes are very big, even where we took nails out of the wall, the plaster has crumbled away to large holes.

The bathroom sounds like it might need closer attention.

We have got some builders coming to do it for us, but im aware they are not specialist plasterers and am worried they might not do a top job.

We also have an out house that needs dry lining with insulation board, i fear this may be a job for a specialist and not a general builder.

keystone

anna.bloom wrote: »

Hi there

We need a lot of plastering in our house that we have just bought, its 1950's built.

In your other thread you are asking about how to use the paint you've just bought on your newly plastered walls. Different house?

There are big black holes where we have taken off the curtain rails, shelves etc, would skimming suffice?

A pic would be a good idea.

The bathroom is really bad, where the tiles have been taken off, again would it need rendering and then skimming.

Depends on what you plan to do. If you are tiling floor to ceiling then the quickest route to finishing your tiling is D&D plasterboard to block or brickwork and screw to studwork. You can then tile straight onto it. If only half tiling then yes skim first but bear in mind that skimmed plasterboard (or a fully plastered wall for that matter) can take less weight per sqm than plain plasterboard. Tank shower area before tiling.

We have some builders coming down and I want to show i know what im talking about!

Oh! Would you like me to add some buzzwords to chuck in the conversation?

Cheers

JW_Builders

Sounds like the plaster has dried out, as the property as built in the 50s.

Re skimming is not the best, if plaster is dry out and lose. (Turns to dust when you touch it) it is cheaper to have walls boarded and skimmed, than over skim in the long run.
Bathroom if render is ok and not lose, it can be patched to ready to be tiled.
sand/Cement render do-not need a plaster skim. However if its a plaster render would be better skimmed over,
hope this information helpfull.

allan673

my bathroom was a right mess once i removed all the tiles.and i thought i would have to have the walls rendered etc.
but the tiler did an outstanding job, all tilings perfectly level etc.