Hi,
We bought recently a 1930's three bedroon house and we want to decorate the stairs and landing. I removed all the wall paper and the plaster seems to be loose in lots of areas. The plasterer has given us two choices:
1)Remove only the loose bits and then plaster & skim over.
2) I would remove the whole plaster down to brick and he would plaster over.
With option 1 although cheaper I feel that the plaster left would become loose in a few years and cracks would appear or when selling the house and knocking at the walls it would seem loose to the potential buyer.
Option 2 is more expensive and requires more work but seems the right thing to do.
Any thoughts?
We bought recently a 1930's three bedroon house and we want to decorate the stairs and landing. I removed all the wall paper and the plaster seems to be loose in lots of areas. The plasterer has given us two choices:
1)Remove only the loose bits and then plaster & skim over.
2) I would remove the whole plaster down to brick and he would plaster over.
With option 1 although cheaper I feel that the plaster left would become loose in a few years and cracks would appear or when selling the house and knocking at the walls it would seem loose to the potential buyer.
Option 2 is more expensive and requires more work but seems the right thing to do.
Any thoughts?