Plastering job quality

rob7475

OK, I really wouldn't recommend painting after 3 days - there's a chance it hasn't fully dried. You can get emulsion for fresh plaster that allows the plaster to continue drying but yours looks to have a sheen to it which suggests it's a silk emulsion which will not allow the plaster to dry thoroughly.

I think the best you can hope for now is for the plasterer to reduce the bill to compensate for the poor job. You then either live with it or attempt to sand/fill and improve it as much as possible withouth a full reskim (you mention that it has been skimmed when you first got the house so I wouldn't fancy plastering it again as you'll be putting extra load on the original plasterboard / lath & plaster.

ThisIsWeird

It isn't 'acceptable'. It looks like the sort of job I'd do… And what that means is it'll need sanding of the lumpy bits, and filling of the hollows.

The plasterer should have known it wasn't good enough even before they'd mist-coated (the first, thinned, paint coats) it; the bumps in particular should have been very obvious, and the hollow bits too.

It'll take him a few hours work, but that's just the way it is.

Some plasterers will claim that the final making good - this sanding/filling - is the decorator's job, but it shouldn't be. Having said that, most skimmed finishes will benefit from - will almost certainly require - some small amount of touch up before painting, but that job is way off the scale.

Doozergirl

I'm a bit confused as to why a plasterer is decorating at all, especially after less than 72 hours.

Both of these things, along with the poor finish suggests he's more of an odd jobber. Plasterers plaster; painting comes days or weeks later so they're not jobs that compliment each other.

stuart45

The job was rushed. When the plaster dries out properly, any defects are easier to see before painting. Anything you can feel when you run your hand over the surface will show

GrubbyGirl_2

I appreciate ceilings are harder to get a goof finish but 2 years ago I had my whole house replastered so that was 8 rooms and all but 1 had artex. The finish was like glass, I could't fault it but we waited a few weeks for it to dry before painting. I would be very, very unhappy with that finish

Postik

I've had a lot of ceilings replastered in the past and without exaggeration there wasn't ever a single blemish, and I'm incredibly fussy with an eye for detail. If I managed to achieve what's shown in your pictures myself I'd probably be quite chuffed because like most people I'm not a plasterer. But for a professional, I think it's a bit of a poor job.

I've also never had a plasterer that would do painting, although I suspose they might have done if I'd asked.

grandadgolfer

We had 2 walls done in living room and the guy who did it was fantastic and the amount of time he spent getting the wall perfect / smooth, and when it was finally painted looked great

Those pictures you have posted look like a slapdash job and for the money paid is shocking i wouldn't be paying for that as its not good

shinytop

My go-to guy for this stuff did some plastering and painting for me. As someone else said, his plastering is like glass, even ceilings. That job isn't really good enough and people shouldn't be making excuses.

Slinky

We've had extensions done and most of the house replastered across the past year. No way would I accept that sort of finish. Our ceilings are perfect, a good plasterer shouldn't struggle just because it's a ceiling.

Section62

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/80027226#Comment_80027226

Was there a conversation which went something like "I absolutely need this room plastered and decorated in 'x' days time"?

Did the plasterer give you any guidance whether that timescale was feasible, and that getting the best result would take longer?