Hi there, I have plastered my stairwell (2story) on my own. The only way I found I could tackle this was to break it into upper section and lower section using horizonal stop bead. as could find no way to get up to the top without use of scaffold. So hence had to blend in the joins which I think I did a pretty good job of. I have been plastering diy for a couple of months now , first starting on walls in my lounge.
But still not totally happy with the result of the stairwell. its not as flat as I want, the wall was not plumb and level to start with so required some packing out and straightening up before I skimmed it.
While the finish looks good to the eye, when i Put a 72" featheredge across it, i still have some variations, 3mm in some places. So Im considering doing the whole wall again to take out some of these imperfections and get it much flatter.
Here is a series of pics of my plastering the stairwell
Any advice on how to correctly tackle this wall? Does it need to be hit in one go? I dont know how a professional plasterer would tackle a stairwell wall, Putting up scaffold to reach the hights then looses your access to do the rest, so i figured doing it in 2 halfs is the only way.
im using a 14" trowel, on bigger walls would it be best using like a 18" trowel ?
many thanks
Jonathan
But still not totally happy with the result of the stairwell. its not as flat as I want, the wall was not plumb and level to start with so required some packing out and straightening up before I skimmed it.
While the finish looks good to the eye, when i Put a 72" featheredge across it, i still have some variations, 3mm in some places. So Im considering doing the whole wall again to take out some of these imperfections and get it much flatter.
Here is a series of pics of my plastering the stairwell
Any advice on how to correctly tackle this wall? Does it need to be hit in one go? I dont know how a professional plasterer would tackle a stairwell wall, Putting up scaffold to reach the hights then looses your access to do the rest, so i figured doing it in 2 halfs is the only way.
im using a 14" trowel, on bigger walls would it be best using like a 18" trowel ?
many thanks
Jonathan