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Most companies fit there own stuff cos they make it for nothing. They will charge top labour rates and fit a product which is easy to make. The job is not hard to access from lounge at all, quite spacious(wide area). The problem is Wickes do not do a 2700cm width incl side panels...not...

Oops...meant skimming over the old browning.... The plaster which has now all fallen off has been there since the house was biult together with the browning. Is that reason enough to replace the browning since its old and has cracks in places. Is it still suitable to place new plaster over...

Had some quotes for 2 french doors and 2 side panels. Total size 2700mm length and std size height. the end panels will have a cutout from base from brick/concrete anbd window sills placed on inside on either side. had a quote for £1670 form gardinia windows. Looked at others but 400 was also...

I can see your point 3rd eye. The thing is I have already bought the materials for the job for the guy who made a mess of it. The ceilings are fine so yes its just the walls which need doing. If 350 is per room for walls/ceilings then thats a fair price. I think for me having just the wall done...

Does it depend on size of rooms or is it standard. I have been quoted 250 per room. I will provide materials. I will ask the person to do one wall first to test the finish.

I'll speak to him about it. Is it a case of looking in the yellow pages/newspaper....don't know anyone good. I hired him for decoration and said i would pay him extra for plastering. Anyway what kind of quote should i expect for 3 bedrooms( two 12x8) and one small single room 9x7. The...

He tried to replaster today. I was at work. Says the plaster still formed cracks so he took it off and is thinking of plasterboarding it. Should i bring in someone else. Not sure if he knows whats going on. The browning is cracked originally in some places but here it can be scarped off and...

Now i have had a new kitchen worktop fitted 230cm and 182cm with sink cutout. The guy also changed by bath, WC and sink. He is also replacing my 50cmx 30cm area of floorboards under the washing machine. He has charged me 250 quid labour. I was lucky since someone quoted me 350 quid for just...

I think ur right Third eye and j bonding. He did have a 500ml bottle of PVA which was half full before plastering and still nearly half full after. I will ask him to use more PVA and buy it for him. I have bought all materials and asked him if he needed anything else. He used his own PVA for...

Friday was a hot day around 19-20C and it was quite warm inside the room. The plaster went on midday/afternoon. It could be that he didn't apply much PVA, a friend commented and he thought reskimming over would be OK. The cracks are such that you can pick off pieces of plaster off the wall...

Took a look this AM and found the plaster has cracked in many places. The cracks seem hexagonal and occur in clusters. More pronouced at top of wall than bottom. Spoke to him. He said "thought it might have since his colleague hadn't made the mix accurately" He'll retry again on Monday, will...

Thanks third eye. Seems he knows what he's doing.... He has bought one bag bonding/filler material for larger holes(10cm diameter). He is skimmimg the keyed wall with multifinish after applying PVA to ensure better adhesion. I will see this AM if the plaster has dried on the wall he did on...

Third eye When you say "mulitifinish is OK when the walls have been plastered before and correctly bonded"... I'm assuming your referring to the dark grey/blue dusty textured coating on the brick underneath ( as layman i don't know what it is or its name...is it browning). i'm assuming...

Joe ..its not like that at all... He was recommended to me by a friend who told me he can redecorate the house for tenants. I knew he was a plasterer too but we thought that painting would be done in say 4-5 days. when he stripped paper then we realised it was more than a paint job. Now ratther...

He is a plasterer, not decorator but is painting the house for me. I originally had him to paint house but seems the plaster has come off. He is going to multifinish the 100% of the walls...is that not normal practice. Thats every wall in 3 bedrooms and lounge/dining room. In some areas he will...

Thanks for your replies. There is one patch which is to brick( about 10cm by 10cm). the rest is fine with the grey covering intact although very damaged in some areas. He is skimming with the multifinish and is quite a young lad who says he's been plastering since has was 14...city/guilds...

Just bought a semi off an elderly gentleman. The present state of affairs, 3 bedrooms stripped of wallpaper. The paper came off and so did the plaster. The wall had several layers of paper. The plaster would have been old say 10 plus years... In every room upstairs the plaster came off and...