How long for plaster to dry

storymaker

We are having our kitchen replastered (mainly skimmed to cover where old wall tiles have been removed). Only a small window that is has been bricked up that is just bare brick.

How long should it be left to dry before we can set about fitting the new kitchen?

Thanks x

ormus

approx 1 -2 weeks with the windows open.
the longer the better.

DVardysShadow

ormus wrote: »

approx 1 -2 weeks with the windows open.
the longer the better.

Agree. And don't get tempted to use heaters. Plaster does not dry in the sense that washing dries. The water becomes chemically part of the plaster. Allow this to happen.

27col

Why should the presence of some fresh skim affect the installation of a new kitchen.It might possibly affect the fixing of units to the walls, but I would have though that quite a good start could be made on assembly and other preparatory works, while waiting for the plaster to set.