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Plaster coming off in chunks - what's the fix?
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bpk101
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I'm having a 2 bed victorian mid terrace (circa 1880) renovated.
The builders have opened up the walls to install radiator pipework and electrics and a lot of the interior plaster is coming away in HUGE chunks on both internal and external walls. According to them whoever did the last refurb (80's we guess) didn't prime the walls properly and did a terrible job of plastering. This is the back wall of house in guest bedroom as an example:
http://bpkersey.com/images/wall.jpg
They've suggested patching up the worse areas using wire mesh and a new render / plaster. Is this the right solution?
Or should they be taking everything back to brick / studwork and putting up new plasterboard?
They've quoted me £200 per room parts and labour which i believe is getting the walls repaired to a point they can plaster + decorate.
The builders have opened up the walls to install radiator pipework and electrics and a lot of the interior plaster is coming away in HUGE chunks on both internal and external walls. According to them whoever did the last refurb (80's we guess) didn't prime the walls properly and did a terrible job of plastering. This is the back wall of house in guest bedroom as an example:
http://bpkersey.com/images/wall.jpg
They've suggested patching up the worse areas using wire mesh and a new render / plaster. Is this the right solution?
Or should they be taking everything back to brick / studwork and putting up new plasterboard?
They've quoted me £200 per room parts and labour which i believe is getting the walls repaired to a point they can plaster + decorate.
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Can happen with old plaster, can also happen with a heavy handed builders.. no way of knowing the cause.
How to remedy comes down to how much you want to pay, although many a builder should have considered how stripping it back may then affect the further stage of plaster & decorate.. So seems a little sharp practice to be looking to add more on now.
Patching has to be more viable than stripping everything back - and on the surface would never know when its done properly..
Just as a guide, how many quotes did you get for the work doing? and how did theres match up to the others?
Hope any concealed copper piping is going to be treated properly before plastered over..0 -
They're the builders we've employed to carry out the renovation... so this specific job is a new quote from them but the costs in general were compared against 4 other companies we interviewed before starting the project.
The plaster was in poor shape before they even started to be honest... i noticed quite a lot of it had blown in places.
What is the proper way to finish pipework before plastering? I'll make sure they are doing this...0 -
What is the proper way to finish pipework before plastering? I'll make sure they are doing this...
*BUMP*
Sorry... just worried the builders are working on this now. How should copper radiator pipes be treated before plastering over?
My builder mentioned covering the pipes with lagging sleeve, is this right?0
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