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Radiator Temperature's:
We've had our living room & hall plastered. Some were ceiling to floor other walls were blended in. The ceiling to floor walls were dot+dab plasterboarded whereas the others weren't.
I'm aware dehumidifiers & sweltering heat is a bad thing but i just wanted to ask about how high a temp/hot should the rads be? All 3 rads are hung on walls that have been plastered (not boarded).
Right now i have all 3 on about 1.5 setting, maybe 2 but no more than that. The stat is set to 16c.
Scratches on New & Old Plaster:
I don't know how it's happened but it's happened - there's scratches appeared on the plaster where it's been blended in.
If they'll all paint out & be hidden then i don't really mind but if they're going to show through paint then it's obviously a problem.
These are close up photos. I can get shots at distance if required.
Q1) Will these lightly sand out?
Q2) Would you expect any of this to show through paintwork as it currently stands?
This just looks like a different colour plaster but when you feel it it dips a bit
This is it whilst standing against the opposite wall...
There's a smaller one on the other wall...
Then there's the scratches around where it's been blended in...
They just look like lines in the photo but they're actually grooves...
The vast majority of the walls are (in my opinion) perfectly fine. It's just these areas that i am wondering about. I'd like the option of wallpaper and paint, not just wallpaper.
Dot & Dab:
I appreciate the dabs will take longer to dry out than the rest of the plaster on that wall. I just ask how much longer? (approx of course).
I was also told (not by those who did the work) that when it gets cold, even when they have dried out, that the circles can re-appear. Is this correct?
With everywhere these days having plasterboarded walls & so many with the dot&dab method, surely there isn't 1000s & 1000s of people up & down the land with circle patches all over their walls?
We've had our living room & hall plastered. Some were ceiling to floor other walls were blended in. The ceiling to floor walls were dot+dab plasterboarded whereas the others weren't.
I'm aware dehumidifiers & sweltering heat is a bad thing but i just wanted to ask about how high a temp/hot should the rads be? All 3 rads are hung on walls that have been plastered (not boarded).
Right now i have all 3 on about 1.5 setting, maybe 2 but no more than that. The stat is set to 16c.
Scratches on New & Old Plaster:
I don't know how it's happened but it's happened - there's scratches appeared on the plaster where it's been blended in.
If they'll all paint out & be hidden then i don't really mind but if they're going to show through paint then it's obviously a problem.
These are close up photos. I can get shots at distance if required.
Q1) Will these lightly sand out?
Q2) Would you expect any of this to show through paintwork as it currently stands?
This just looks like a different colour plaster but when you feel it it dips a bit
This is it whilst standing against the opposite wall...
There's a smaller one on the other wall...
Then there's the scratches around where it's been blended in...
They just look like lines in the photo but they're actually grooves...
The vast majority of the walls are (in my opinion) perfectly fine. It's just these areas that i am wondering about. I'd like the option of wallpaper and paint, not just wallpaper.
Dot & Dab:
I appreciate the dabs will take longer to dry out than the rest of the plaster on that wall. I just ask how much longer? (approx of course).
I was also told (not by those who did the work) that when it gets cold, even when they have dried out, that the circles can re-appear. Is this correct?
With everywhere these days having plasterboarded walls & so many with the dot&dab method, surely there isn't 1000s & 1000s of people up & down the land with circle patches all over their walls?