Cost of skimming vs. How can we get smooth walls?

Roaming

We have those imperfections left on the walls. This is what they look like after we applied Alkali Primer to stabilise the chalkiness. From advice we've gotten so far, the suggestions have been to go with Easi-fill rather than Polycell products like smooth over etc. We've never used Easi-fill so don't know how easy it is for a novice to mix it right. The depth is not more than a millimetre I believe.

The other advice is to have the walls skimmed. What kind of cost are we looking at for that? The room is 4m * 3.86m with 2.4m high ceilings.

phill99

I'm a great believer that every 30 or 40 years a house will need reskimming.

May be this is that time. A professional plasterer will get a far better finish than an amateur with a bag of easy fill. Its a days job for a plasterer and a 'lad' so expect to pay around the £300 mark, but it will be a good investment.

Brallaqueen

phill99 wrote: »

I'm a great believer that every 30 or 40 years a house will need reskimming.

May be this is that time. A professional plasterer will get a far better finish than an amateur with a bag of easy fill. Its a days job for a plasterer and a 'lad' so expect to pay around the £300 mark, but it will be a good investment.

Hi Phill99 - is that the whole house for £300, or £300 per room? I'm interested in getting this done as live in a 60's flat and the walls have lumps and bumps.

Leif

phill99 wrote: »

I'm a great believer that every 30 or 40 years a house will need reskimming.

May be this is that time. A professional plasterer will get a far better finish than an amateur with a bag of easy fill. Its a days job for a plasterer and a 'lad' so expect to pay around the £300 mark, but it will be a good investment.

The recent job in my house was excellent, a mix of skimming whole walls, and patching. Years ago the owners had some walls skimmed, and "an amateur with a bag of easy fill" had to make good as the surface had trowel marks etc. I was able to get a first class finish using Easi-fill, but it takes a long time, whereas a plasterer can do it in no time at all. If you do get the walls skimmed, I assume you lose some skirting and coving depth, and eventually run out , unless I am mistaken.

Gra76

For a room the size you've given I'd expect to see a price in the region of £350 or thereabouts. Slightly less if you manage to get a plasterer who's desperate for work (as many of them are at the moment).

phill99

Brallaqueen wrote: »

Hi Phill99 - is that the whole house for £300, or £300 per room? I'm interested in getting this done as live in a 60's flat and the walls have lumps and bumps.

App. £300 per room, but you will get a better price per room if you have the whole house done at the same time.