Recent content by octoman

cheers Rich for the reply :) 95% of the original plaster remains and only has hairline cracks, it is still all the original plaster (1930's) and the loose plaster which I've removed is where the house moved..... which looks like it moved during build as you can see the bricks have moved...

hiya, me again! Have a couple more questions, the walls which I am about to skim have the original plaster, I have removed all the bad plaster back to brick and will fill with some bonding plaster, the remaining plaster is in good nick and has not come away from the wall (have tapped)...

cheers alastair, If it's only £100 (or there abouts) then I'm happy to pay :-) But I will do the walls myself first as I'm comfortable in doing them, just read somewhere that plasterers like to start from the top and work down to stop any splatter on freshly skimmed walls. the smallest...

lol - cheers!!!!! we do need all of the ceilings done....am starting off upstairs, but just to add complexity most of them are sloped when they near an outside wall. so.....am shying away and getting an expert in.....very rough guess, do you have an idea what a 12x12 foot room would cost...

Hi, Have recently removed wallpaper (very thick, looks decades old!) from our ceiling! Beneath is paint which is in a right old state (partly hanging off where the glue from the paper pulled it off). The ceiling is lath plaster and looks in very good nick, am I able to give this a quick...