Hiya
I am about to have a plasterer wet plaster a staircase wall. The house is an old Victorian place and I have realised that the skirting is integral to the staircase so I can't remove it.
There is a gap between the skirting and the wall. Clearly this will need to be "plugged" in some way to stop the plaster just falling straight through.
The plasterer suggested shoving screwed up newspaper down into the space. This seemed a little on the crude side to me. Is this a sensible way forward, or failing that, any suggestions as to a better way to proceed?
I am about to have a plasterer wet plaster a staircase wall. The house is an old Victorian place and I have realised that the skirting is integral to the staircase so I can't remove it.
There is a gap between the skirting and the wall. Clearly this will need to be "plugged" in some way to stop the plaster just falling straight through.
The plasterer suggested shoving screwed up newspaper down into the space. This seemed a little on the crude side to me. Is this a sensible way forward, or failing that, any suggestions as to a better way to proceed?