Hi,
As part of a large building job (£150k) most of the walls and ceilings in my house have been boarded (dot & dab) and skimmed. My schedule of work and hence my contract states that the plaster skim should be 3mm thick. The general finish of the plastering appears uneven in places, very rough to the touch and we can see and feel the joint tape. Also when holes have been cut out for spot lights we can see that all over the ceilings the skim thickness is fractionally over 1mm. We do not expect a perfectly smooth finish by any means but are we being unreasonable in expecting the thickness of the skim to be generally 3mm with a minority of areas being slightly more or less depending on the board underneath? Also should we expect 10 to 15% of the new walls and ceilings to be covered in white filler which has not been finished smooth and flat? We have raised this with our builder but at the moment they are claiming this is all normal and perfectly acceptable, despite what our contract says.
Many thanks for any help in advance.
As part of a large building job (£150k) most of the walls and ceilings in my house have been boarded (dot & dab) and skimmed. My schedule of work and hence my contract states that the plaster skim should be 3mm thick. The general finish of the plastering appears uneven in places, very rough to the touch and we can see and feel the joint tape. Also when holes have been cut out for spot lights we can see that all over the ceilings the skim thickness is fractionally over 1mm. We do not expect a perfectly smooth finish by any means but are we being unreasonable in expecting the thickness of the skim to be generally 3mm with a minority of areas being slightly more or less depending on the board underneath? Also should we expect 10 to 15% of the new walls and ceilings to be covered in white filler which has not been finished smooth and flat? We have raised this with our builder but at the moment they are claiming this is all normal and perfectly acceptable, despite what our contract says.
Many thanks for any help in advance.