Hi all.
So we ripped out the fireplace in our house and bricked up the hole then patch plastered over the hole. Unfortunately after sanding it down and a first coat of paint it looks terrible. You can see the outline of the hole as well as the uneveness of the wall where the fire surround once was. Admittedly this is in part due to my poor plastering skills!
So I was after some advise on the best way to sort this please. Bearing in mind there is coving already attached and skirting board on each side of the chimney breast, I thought I could either:
A) skim the wall (or ask a friend who can plaster). If I do this will I need edging beading as the plaster will be fairly thick and therefore need to skim each side if the chimney breast too?
B) plasterboard the front of the chimney and simply paint over the drywall?
Either option sounds like I might need to rijig the coving on the front of the chimney breast and skirtingboard already on the side of the breast(to extend it slightly over the front)?
Or maybe a polyfill type product to cover the front of the chimney without the need for edging/beading? I don't particularly want to use lining paper.
Can anyone please advise on what they would do? Such a small thing is causing me a big headache
Thanks a lot guys.
So we ripped out the fireplace in our house and bricked up the hole then patch plastered over the hole. Unfortunately after sanding it down and a first coat of paint it looks terrible. You can see the outline of the hole as well as the uneveness of the wall where the fire surround once was. Admittedly this is in part due to my poor plastering skills!
So I was after some advise on the best way to sort this please. Bearing in mind there is coving already attached and skirting board on each side of the chimney breast, I thought I could either:
A) skim the wall (or ask a friend who can plaster). If I do this will I need edging beading as the plaster will be fairly thick and therefore need to skim each side if the chimney breast too?
B) plasterboard the front of the chimney and simply paint over the drywall?
Either option sounds like I might need to rijig the coving on the front of the chimney breast and skirtingboard already on the side of the breast(to extend it slightly over the front)?
Or maybe a polyfill type product to cover the front of the chimney without the need for edging/beading? I don't particularly want to use lining paper.
Can anyone please advise on what they would do? Such a small thing is causing me a big headache
Thanks a lot guys.