Hi
I own a 1900 semi and am having the walls re-skimmed room by room and then painting them. Where the plaster has deteriorated I have removed it and inserted a sheet of plaster board. I then ask a plasterer to come round and re-skim the walls, which gives very good results.
The only problem is that when the plasterer came round last time to do the hallway and landing (All upstairs rooms have now been done) he said that reskimming old plaster will only give an extra 5 years of life. Is that true? As I am now considering knocking all the old plaster of the downstairs rooms (regardless of what state it is in) and boarding with plasterboard and then getting the plasterer to skim over that. But the problem with this is all the mess it causes!
Any advise on what I should do with the downstairs rooms would be much appreciated. (The house has no original features like cornices etc).
If it helps the old plaster is straight on brick work (not held on with wooden lathes) - all the walls are solid brick. The ceilings are with lathes.
Many thanks
Samantha
I own a 1900 semi and am having the walls re-skimmed room by room and then painting them. Where the plaster has deteriorated I have removed it and inserted a sheet of plaster board. I then ask a plasterer to come round and re-skim the walls, which gives very good results.
The only problem is that when the plasterer came round last time to do the hallway and landing (All upstairs rooms have now been done) he said that reskimming old plaster will only give an extra 5 years of life. Is that true? As I am now considering knocking all the old plaster of the downstairs rooms (regardless of what state it is in) and boarding with plasterboard and then getting the plasterer to skim over that. But the problem with this is all the mess it causes!
Any advise on what I should do with the downstairs rooms would be much appreciated. (The house has no original features like cornices etc).
If it helps the old plaster is straight on brick work (not held on with wooden lathes) - all the walls are solid brick. The ceilings are with lathes.
Many thanks
Samantha