Hey everyone, not sure if this is the correct forum or not but seemed like the most suitable. Also I am sorry about the long post
I had a plasterer start work on my bedroom on friday and he was almost finished on Saturday when the plaster he had put on the ceiling fell off, he was plastering over an artex(?) ceiling and he said because he had to build it up so much the weight was too much, I know he used a lot of pva and bonded the ceiling first before plastering.
This wasn't a major problem and he agreed to rip all the entire ceiling down and reboard it for me then skim it and I only had to cover the materials which I thought seemed fair as the price he had quoted originally was very good, he has done plastering for me before and the work was very good, he is a friend of a friend and I do trust him.
The major problem was today when he ripped all the old plasterboard off, he informed me that the wooden joists that the old plasterboard was nailed to were too small and would need to be replaced, I thought this was strange because as far as I know its all original since the house was built.
I know hes not trying to get more money out of me as he is not charging me any more labor and told me I would need to get a joiner out to look at this.
The wooden joists at 1.5"x1.5" and I have taken some pictures of this also
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4305/imag1240v.jpg
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/8053/imag1239.jpg
Any help or advice with this would be appreciated as my entire house has this stuff on the walls and ceilings and he said I would need to replace the joists and plasterboard in all the rooms when I am looking them re plastered.
David
I had a plasterer start work on my bedroom on friday and he was almost finished on Saturday when the plaster he had put on the ceiling fell off, he was plastering over an artex(?) ceiling and he said because he had to build it up so much the weight was too much, I know he used a lot of pva and bonded the ceiling first before plastering.
This wasn't a major problem and he agreed to rip all the entire ceiling down and reboard it for me then skim it and I only had to cover the materials which I thought seemed fair as the price he had quoted originally was very good, he has done plastering for me before and the work was very good, he is a friend of a friend and I do trust him.
The major problem was today when he ripped all the old plasterboard off, he informed me that the wooden joists that the old plasterboard was nailed to were too small and would need to be replaced, I thought this was strange because as far as I know its all original since the house was built.
I know hes not trying to get more money out of me as he is not charging me any more labor and told me I would need to get a joiner out to look at this.
The wooden joists at 1.5"x1.5" and I have taken some pictures of this also
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4305/imag1240v.jpg
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/8053/imag1239.jpg
Any help or advice with this would be appreciated as my entire house has this stuff on the walls and ceilings and he said I would need to replace the joists and plasterboard in all the rooms when I am looking them re plastered.
David
