Plastering around bath - photo included

[Chris333]

I have had a new bath fitted but pulling off the old tiles pulled away some of the plaster on 2 sides of the bath on the exteneral walls. See my photo here:

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• Chris333
• 1 Oct 2014
• 1

I spoke to a plasterer who quoted £80 to do it. He said he would do a rough plaster layer, let it dry and then a fine layer on on top.

I am thinking of having a go at it myself. Which materials would I need to buy and how difficult would it be to do?

 

[johnlewis]

are you tiling it afterwards ?

if you are don`t bother to plaster just level it off with tile adhesive then tile over it.

plaster wise multifinish will do the job , as it does not look that thick and looks like cement render under the plaster

 

[ree]

I agree with the above.

Thing is, that skim doesn't seem to have ever bonded with the S&C float backing coat. If you have any doubts about the finish plaster then take it all off.
No need to re-skim, you can just, as above, fix tile on to the backing S&C. Butter the tiles and keep an eye on plumbness as you fix - especially with large tile.

 

[Chris333]

Many thanks for the advice so far. Here is another photo that should be a bit clearer when clicked on to make bigger:

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• Chris333
• 3 Oct 2014
• 1

There will be tiles going on top of the plaster but I have not yet chosen them and I need to get the wall smooth in the mean time.

What exactly should I buy to fill the holes (pref something ready mixed if possible) and what should I buy to spread it with?

 

[johnlewis]

knock off all the remaining loose plaster , i like to use a saw and cut a line in the plaster so not to disturb good plaster.

a bag of thistle hardwall will be good enough to fill that if you are tiling over

or even a cheap bag of cement based tile adhesive , some times wickes have open bag`s for £1

 

[roy c]

I personally would bring it all in with a sand and cement mix with w/proofer in it, floated in to match existing wall. This should give you a solid base to tile on. Nothing better than a s/cement wall for tiling on,, If you can pull the bath out a bit you can run your s/cement down past the bath and you will have something solid below the bath when you push it in to the wall. that way you will get a better seal on the bath when you silicon the gap between tiles and bath..