Fitted Kitchen/Bathroom potential plaster/paint issues

Craig_Grant

Hi

I'm hoping somebody would be able to give me some advice. We're paying a local company a decent amount of money (for us) to fit a new bathroom and kitchen for us. The kitchen needed a complete re-plaster including the ceiling and the bathroom required a couple of walls plastering.

The plaster doesn't appear to be fully dry but they have already started to fit the units in the kitchen and built a cupboard for us in the bathroom. With none of the plaster having been treated or painted will this cause us issues? (Baring in mind we wont be able to paint behind any of the units they put up in the kitchen or the floor to ceiling cupbaord in the bathroom) Or could it be that they have used plaster that wouldn't require sealing? (i'm ignorant on all DIY etc).

Hopefully someone can offer some advice.

Thanks

Craig

andyhop

Where the walls just skimmed or did it require backing plaster?

For a skim as long as windows are left open your standard MFC type kitchen should be fine. If the plaster is very wet there is a risk the MFC will absorb the moisture and swell up

It is standard practice not to decorate behind units

Craig_Grant

Thanks for your quick reply Andy. I'm not 100% sure....my father in law mentioned 'browning'. Would this be an issue?

andyhop

andrew-b wrote: »

No need to seal the plaster. You can get plaster sealer but it's pricey stuff. When you do paint it you need to use watered down matt emulsion for the first couple of "mist" coats (avoid anything with vinyl content - which includes Dulux Matt which is vinyl matt). Dulux trade supermatt or gliddens contract matt is ideal but only come in white or magnolia so you paint your choice of color for third and possibly fourth coat.

It is of course easier to have put the mist coats on before the units as you can overlap it behind the units a little and less risk of getting paint on the new units... but no biggie if it's done after just means taking care to sheet up well and wipe up any drips quickly.

Dulux Trade Supermatt can be mixed by Dulux Trade centres to any colour you want!

Craig_Grant

Thanks guys, that's put our minds at rest. Once they've finished we'll give it a few weeks and then paint.