Plastering bedroom - preparation

newnhak

Hi

I am having my bedroom re-skimmed next week amd am worried I have bitten off more than I can chew in terms of preparing the room in the time.

My electric sockets are currently on the skirting board (which I am removing) and I want them to be moved to sit above the skirting and preferably be countersunk(is that the right word?).

I also need to hide the light switch cable which is currently clipped to the wall.

What I want to know is should I chop out for the socket boxes and the cable before the plasterer arrives? Or can I leave it and use filler to fix afterwards? I only have 2.5 days to do this and I already have to remove skirting, get the filler off the ceiling and walls left from where the coving was attached, and clean off the mould on walls - bleach and then sugar soap.

Oh and if i have to chop how do I go about this (easy as poss please as I am going to have to do it myself!)

Thanks

K

Bungarm2001

Are you leaving the plaster on or removing it back to the bricks?

If no, then you should chop out for the sockets and cables...most plasterers I know wouldn't do this unless they were paid loads.

Chopping out for the sockets and cable trunking is relatively easy...just messy and time consuming. My OH uses a drill to drill several rows of holes the depth that the socket box will sit, and to the size of the box then removes the bits with a cold chisel and hammer.

The cables should be put into trunking, so you'll need to chop out to the right depth and length etc to accomodate that too. If you don't mind the mess, you could use an angle grinder to cut two vertical slots, then chop the plaster away again with a cold chisel and hammer.

That how my bloke does it...there'll be someone else along in a minute with other ideas I'm sure!

Bungarm2001

This link to Mr B and Q's advice sheet could help...