plastering for a rewire

MarcoM

Hi,

One plasterer has told us that it will take him three to five days to plaster following a rewire in our 4 bed house.

About 20 chases to fix and 4 ceilings with spot lights that are coming out to sort.

This sounds a bit too long for me. is it possibole that this work can take this long??

I've also been quoted a grand for the work!!!

mr.broderick

Ask nelly to do it.

Doozergirl

Sounds a bit much to me. It's only chasing. A decent electrician should be able to plaster up after himself because it doesn't really cause *that* much damage (in my world anyhoo). Unless it happens that the place does need replastering and it's falling off everywhere in which case you really do need a plasterer.

Three to five days sounds like tosh to me. What's he doing?? I'd also want at least three full rooms plastering for that much money

grim168

You can do a one week crash course in plastering for half that amount.

nelly_2

How many spot lights are there?

plastering after a rewire is a pain in the @rse to get right

Plastering after a rewire where you can see where every chase was, under three coats of woodchip..... is a dodddle

Same for patching ceilings too, in fact in some cases its beter to reskim the whole ceiling.

I'd guess at 2 to 3 days...........but I havent seen it.

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MarcoM

Hello Nelly,

about 25 spot lights.

they guy reckons the ceilings should be skimmed.

we also have wall paper that needs to be peeled off.

paulrn_2

What were the other quotes like, always get at least 3.

Alan_M_2

MarcoM wrote: »

Hello Nelly,

about 25 spot lights.

they guy reckons the ceilings should be skimmed.

we also have wall paper that needs to be peeled off.

Add a day of peeling off wallpaper all over the house to Nellys figures and it sounds about right.

You do the preparation and you save a day or so. It's a bitsa job, and they often take longer than gutting a room and starting from scratch.

The plasterer I used to use would do an entire room in a day, four walls and a ceiling (that's a small room like a gutted bathroom) not a huge lounge. Bonding and skim.

It was him and a labourer and it used to cost around £250 - £300 a day. He worked very hard and would do a 9 hour day. He deserved every penny of what He was paid.

nelly_2

MarcoM wrote: »

Hello Nelly,

about 25 spot lights.

they guy reckons the ceilings should be skimmed.

we also have wall paper that needs to be peeled off.

You need to peel the paper off roughly a foot either side of the chase.

Right 25 spot repairs is a major nause. It depends on his method of sorting it out, the one I adopt is the fastest.

I can see now why he is guessing at 3 to 5 days theres not a lot of metreage but there is plenty of agro I'm afraid.

Gorgeous_George

I once used artex as a filler. It sanded really easily and the repair was invisible once it was painted.

I'm so not a plasterer.



GG

mr.broderick

Gorgeous_George wrote: »

I onve ued artex to as a filler. It sanded really easily and the repair was invisible once it was painted.

I'm so not a plasterer.



GG

Decent advice as long as everyone doesn't think they can just sand down their artex to get rid off it as some of the older stuff contains asbestos.