I live in a 9 year old timber framed chalet bungalow so all our ceilings upstairs slope. When this house was built the builder didn't plaster any of the walls. He said he turned the plaster board around and used the other side and finished the joins to give a smooth surface. Some sort of finish was put on also which was powdery. This has proved to be a headache when we have tried to redecorate as any previously applied paint tends to lift off when repainting leaving slight visible ridges.
We have recently stripped all the tiles off the walls and floor in our ensuite and moved the lowest wall out into the eaves a little further to gain a little extra floor space. All this work means we have had to re plasterboard the majority of the walls and we have also gained a little extra sloping ceiling.
Someone told us that since the whole thing is being retiled we didn't need to get it all plastered but that leaves a small ceiling (about 5 sq metres)which definitely need some sort of finishing especially to tie in the new bit with the existing bit.
My questions are these:
1. First of all would a plasterer take on such a small job as just the ceiling
2. Even though the room is going to be retiled should we just get it all replastered
3. Any advice on dealing with the remaining unplastered walls when redecorating would be great.
OOPS just realised having browsed through the other forums that we have drywall and we haven't prepared the surfaces correctly prior to painting or wallpapering.
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We have recently stripped all the tiles off the walls and floor in our ensuite and moved the lowest wall out into the eaves a little further to gain a little extra floor space. All this work means we have had to re plasterboard the majority of the walls and we have also gained a little extra sloping ceiling.
Someone told us that since the whole thing is being retiled we didn't need to get it all plastered but that leaves a small ceiling (about 5 sq metres)which definitely need some sort of finishing especially to tie in the new bit with the existing bit.
My questions are these:
1. First of all would a plasterer take on such a small job as just the ceiling
2. Even though the room is going to be retiled should we just get it all replastered
3. Any advice on dealing with the remaining unplastered walls when redecorating would be great.
OOPS just realised having browsed through the other forums that we have drywall and we haven't prepared the surfaces correctly prior to painting or wallpapering.
.
