Plaster a chase

oxfordmark

Hello

We had a full re-wire and now i need to start covering the chased walls.

I have never done this before. We went and brought some Wilkinsons patching plaster. Is this any good??

Does anyone have any tips on how to get a good finish. We plan to paper over it, so luckily it doesn't have to be A* grade finish

Cheers

LEJC

How bad are the rest of the walls that have not been chased?

What do you plan to do regarding decoration....just paint the walls or wallpaper...the quality needed will depend on hows best to tackle the chased areas.

if they are in good shape then you could look to just get a plaster in th skim the areas where the chasing is...it shouldnt be an expensive job and to be honest if you are buying your ready mixed plaster from wilkinsons then you're probably buying it in an exceptionally expensive format and will use many tubs!

If you do still want to fill in the plastered areas yourself I think its best to say pick an area first thats not to noticable and have a practise...see what its like once smoothed down and dry and go from there.

Last year we renovated a house and whilst I consider my OH to be a good DIYer skimming following the rewire it was a good investment to get a plasterer involved.

Even if you plan to paper over its possible that you will still be able to see the areas you have filled as they do tend to appear slightly lumpy.....a plasterer will however be able to get a much more polished finish.


If the other walls are all in good shape then you may find that its just as cost effective to get the plaster to do just the chased areas and do them well..

We however opted for a full skim mainly because most of our plaster was old and the ceilings needed attention too...to do our full house the cost was in the region of £2000

martinsurrey

having just done this myself, its not for the faint hearted.

I am not a plasterer so went with the idea that I would over skim and then sand back.

First I bonded the chase's with something like this

http://www.wickes.co.uk/thistle-bonding-coat-plaster-25kg/invt/220055/

put it so it was just under flush.

leave that for a few days, the use something like this

http://www.wickes.co.uk/ready-mixed-patching-plaster-6l/invt/221666/

to get it just proud of the surface (not much)

then several stages of sanding with a GOOD sander (80-180 grit pads).

if there are any difficult bits I then used a fine ready mixed filler and again sanded.

it was a horrible job, took ages, and the amount of dust created was amazing, BUT the result was very good,now all painted up, you cant see a thing.

I more did it to see if I could, and if you spend the time, you can get good results.

I maybe spent £50 on fillers and £50 on new tools - a good trowel, sand paper pads and wall paper scraper (useful for applying the fillers) for a 3 bed house with about 40 chases to repair.

would I do it again, yes, would I look forward to it NO!

sk240

I would go with the fill and sand later approach too, you may need to tidy it up a little with some easifill afterwards.
Just dont rush it and you shoud be able to get is so that you cant see the join once its painted.

cyclonebri1

To be honest if you are simply filling a groove like this with good land either side it is pretty easy for anyone with a few tools and good basic homeowner talents.

Just fill slightly over, let it dry longer than you think, then when done, give a skim of polyfilla and sand again.

Under paper thee is no way you need to see it.