Oof, well done, have you not paid them then?
You are probably on a hiding go nothing if it’s a limited companyThen start the unpleasant legal route to get our money back for the new plasterboard
I started putting stop bead an inch or so above the floor when building orangeries and the plasterer would go down to it -it left a nice square., flat edge to the work
Nope - not paid them a penny.Oof, well done, have you not paid them then?
Yep, we'll do that first.Feel sorry for you.
Before you do anything, see what a different, highly recommended plasterer says first.
No - it was a Facebook recommendation.I started putting stop bead an inch or so above the floor when building orangeries and the plasterer would go down to it -it left a nice square., flat edge to the work
Carpenters nightmare having to deal with the plasterers ski slope
Plasterers these days can use an OX speed skim and get walls proper flat….so there’s no excuse.
I hope you didn’t get the plasters through checkatrade?
Good idea.That's a good idea.
I've used wooden battens in the past, intended as a ground for later skirting.
I'm an self-confessed, anally-retentive, ex-chippy. The stud work, battens and boards were fitted to perfection. Took a long time, but you could have calibrated your tools off those walls before the plaster went on!Looking at some of those pictures I think the plasterboard can’t have been straight/level/flush before any plaster hit those walls…
I agree completely. I think what happened with us was a standard google-type search of local plasterers led us to several facebook pages because outside of normal websites, everyone seems to also have a facebook page to further show off their work, etc these days.I think looking for tradesmen on facebook is a recipe for disaster. cannot imagine any reputable or busy plasterers scouring facebook for work. Normally start ups or chancers
Ok, but it would have taken a very high degree of skill to get that corner (with your square on it) to be >10mm out of square and still maintain a relatively flat surface with multi finish.I'm a self-confessed, anally-retentive, ex-chippy. The stud work, battens and boards were fitted to perfection. Took a long time, but you could have calibrated your tools off those walls before the plaster went on!
I can assure you otherwise, everything was 'bang-on' in square, straight and plumb with correctly screwed and flush boards.Ok, but it would have taken a very high degree of skill to get that corner (with your square on it) to be >10mm out of square and still maintain a relatively flat surface with multi finish.
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Similarly, you can see very straight angles /lines where the PB joints are, that look like they’re not flush.
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Don’t get me wrong, doesn’t look like a great job either way by the plasterers.
No idea how they managed it, but was boarded all around and over!For sure it's an awful job but surely if all the walls were boarded it was only a skim coat? It seems difficult to achieve those levels of inaccuracy with a skim coat.
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