New Kitchen

ohgr

Planning on doing a new kitchen myself, however I need to get the plastering done and I don't fancy it.

Whole kitchen was tiled and these have now been removed, leaving the walls a bit of a mess so they need skimming.

Is it better to do the skimming before or after the old kitchen is removed, or more exactly can I get away with doing the plastering before the old kitchen is removed? There are no wall mounted units.

dave82_2

In my opinion it would be best to remove the old units first. Even if you don;t want to skim right to the floor it would be better to skim to below the level the new units will come to.

If you plaster first you probably wont save much as the plaster will have to spend ages getting a good finish with the worktop.

If you remove fist he can just leave a ragged finish bellow the level of the new units.

jlm_plastering

ohgr wrote: »

Planning on doing a new kitchen myself, however I need to get the plastering done and I don't fancy it.

Whole kitchen was tiled and these have now been removed, leaving the walls a bit of a mess so they need skimming.

Is it better to do the skimming before or after the old kitchen is removed, or more exactly can I get away with doing the plastering before the old kitchen is removed? There are no wall mounted units.

Remove them all before plastering :cool:

claire-f_3

I also agree with remove them, otherwise the plasterer will find it awkward trying to reach and trying to feather in behind the units.

ohgr

Hi,

thanks for that you've confirmed my worst fears ;-)

Camping stove to the rescue !

ohgr

jlm_plastering wrote: »

Remove them all before plastering :cool:

Do you have to remove all the tile glue before plastering ?

ormus

as above. remove everything and then re plaster.
camping equipment, tables and stoves etc... are cheap enough. bring the patio set indoors!.

two weeks of fun. better than four weeks in north wales.

ohgr

OK, one final question. Flooring!

Does it go under the feet of the kitchen units, or do you 'floor' up to the feet, and floor under the washing machine etc ?

Jonesya

I think it depends on the flooring and how long you expect to keep it compared to the units.

If I was installing laminate that I intended to replace when I next replaced the kitchen, say 10 years, then I don't see the point in laying it under all of the units.

But say for an expensive tiled or wooden floor or even a quarry tile floor that might last 30+ years and outlive the units then I'd have it all done so I could change the units but keep the flooring.