Hi folks - hope you can help with a bit of a dilemma we have!
Our house needs a lot of work & we're currently juggling the various tasks against our dwindling budget...
We've stripped several rooms back to plaster & nearly all of them will need skimming over at some point - so we're now assuming the whole house will be the same.
However, we can't possibly afford to have all the skimming done at once (And there's other challenges, such as a new bathroom & full rewire, which take priority!) - so, my question:
Can we paint over the old plaster with basic emulsion - not gloss or vinyl! - just to make some of the rooms look nicer for the time being, or will this cause our plasterer a problem when it comes time to skim them?
It's likely we won't be able to have the last of the skimming done for 2-3 years - so a long time to live with bare plaster walls! - but if it's going to cause a real headache when they're skimmed, I suppose we'll have to live with it...
Any advice gratefully received!
Our house needs a lot of work & we're currently juggling the various tasks against our dwindling budget...
We've stripped several rooms back to plaster & nearly all of them will need skimming over at some point - so we're now assuming the whole house will be the same.However, we can't possibly afford to have all the skimming done at once (And there's other challenges, such as a new bathroom & full rewire, which take priority!) - so, my question:
Can we paint over the old plaster with basic emulsion - not gloss or vinyl! - just to make some of the rooms look nicer for the time being, or will this cause our plasterer a problem when it comes time to skim them?
It's likely we won't be able to have the last of the skimming done for 2-3 years - so a long time to live with bare plaster walls! - but if it's going to cause a real headache when they're skimmed, I suppose we'll have to live with it...
Any advice gratefully received!
