What tradesman do I need to fill in a hole in a wall?

TheBanker

Hello,

My new year project is to decorate my living room. This starts today with the removal of the old wallpaper.

I have a large hole in the wall where I think a fire used to be. it's about 40cm x 60cm but the edges are not straight. It looks like someone bashed through the plasterboard and then never bothered finishing the job. There was a thin piece of wood glued to the wall covering the hole, which I have removed.

I need to fill the hole. As it's on the main wall it needs to be done well, otherwise it will be obvious and look a mess. I don't think I could do a good DIY job so what kind of tradesman do I need? It seems like a very small job to call in a builder to do.

I am expecting to have to get a plasterer to skim the walls once the paper's off so I'd like to get the hole filled before then so it can be skimmed at the same time.

Thanks!

martinthebandit

If your getting a plasterer in to skim it afterwards then it sounds like a perfect diy job to me.

Otherwise any handyman type person could do it.

onomatopoeia99

Plasterer might do it as on refurbishments they tend to end up having to do some making good before they can put the plaster on - worth talking to them, anyway.

The chap I use has been happy to deal with a multitude of sins left by the previous owners of my house.

naf123

cheap bodge - expanding foam

Proper - sand and cement :-) or build a frame and put plasterboard

DigForVictory

Just off your thread title, I thought cash machine operative.

Have you considered making a time capsule & tucking it into the space? A jamjar is usually considered air & watertight, but you might want to encase it in something that can withstand demolition. A child's shoe used to be put into walls (AngloSaxon times & anyway sourcing a single shoe is tricky).

All the best!

TheBanker

Thanks everyone.

DigForVictory wrote: »

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Have you considered making a time capsule & tucking it into the space?

I hadn't - but it's an interesting idea.