Recent content by autumnorinoco

I am having my bathroom renovated. When the old shower was removed it was revealed it had been leaking and the floor was soaking wet. A small section of the wall next to the floor was also wet. Despite this it was plastered. The plaster dried very quickly apart from an area next to the wet...

I had my house skimmed nearly 2 months ago. The ceilings were skimmed over artex and painted. It was a pretty shoddy job and I worry a lot that they put the mist coat on too soon. There are a few cracks in the ceiling plaster but my main concern is the cracks along the existing coving as you...

I've just had my house plastered and got the old sockets replaced with screwless sockets by an electrician. At worst some of them have revealed a lot of messy plastering that will need to be filled in and at best they have a gap around them and are not flush with the wall. I can't tell if they...