To round or go staright ?

[marsaday]

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In the above pic i want to ideally make a flat top finish. Do you think it is achieveable or should i go with the rounded finish.

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In this pic i have to really go for a flat finish

I have bought an adjustable trowel to plaster at an angle, but i was hoping to do the tops first and then do the sloping roofs.

Do i need to do all together ?

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

If you want it flat do it flat, it will be easier anyway.
On the second picture you can indeed do it in stages.

 

[stevethespreader]

in the first picure you can see that the line is not straight as it could be and would look better rounded so i would opt for rounded edges in the second pitcure you have a straight edge on the straight wall and i would do a curved edge on the slope
"EDIT" looks like some of the joints are uneven you may want to dub them out before you skim

 

[jrplastering]

rounding is easier mate i know it sounds daunting but honestly once you have got the wrist action and pressure on the trowel right you will fly through it, trust me im a ..............doctor?? ( im not)
you can learn how to curve them by bonding the curve out first this will give you the basic idea if how to curve the plaster, please remember to skrim the joints before you dub the curve out though, not that you wnt but ive seen it before where a guy skimmed a lovley curve but forgot to skrim it and it cracked like made and i had to hack it all out re skrim and bond and skim the whole thing again

 

[Micilin]

rounding is easier mate i know it sounds daunting but honestly once you have got the wrist action and pressure on the trowel right you will fly through it, trust me im a ..............doctor?? ( im not)
you can learn how to curve them by bonding the curve out first this will give you the basic idea if how to curve the plaster, please remember to skrim the joints before you dub the curve out though, not that you wnt but ive seen it before where a guy skimmed a lovley curve but forgot to skrim it and it cracked like made and i had to hack it all out re skrim and bond and skim the whole thing again

As per this and steve above . For a straight line it has to be straight, so rounding it is best option

 

[marsaday]

Ok, my lines are not perfectly straight so i will have to round.

I will try doing the half room first, as this will be easier than doing the full room with 2 slopes and the top.

If i make my curve with bonding can this be done the day before and then let it dry out ?

Someone has said i need to "dub" out the lines. What do you use to do this with. Is this just done on the day with plaster and then you start plastering after you have "dubbed" ?

 

[stevethespreader]

Someone has said i need to "dub" out the lines.

that was me i see from the pictures that some of your joints are not level, you can either dub them out with finish or bonding

 

[marsaday]

Ok, so i could try doing a straight line first with bonding and then do it straight. Lots to think about.

 

[jrplastering]

thb i prefer curved but yeah if you want to try to get it straight you can , try stringing a chaulk like accross it (down the length) this will show the lows and highs so you know what you bonding to and give you a straight line to skim afterwards

 

[marsaday]

I am going for curved, but am getting a plasterer to help me.

We will use bonding before the skim to get the round edge.

Question: Before we do the work is it a good idea to skrim the edge AND use some easifil to set the scrim in place. Or do i just leave the bonding to do this ?

Time is not a problem and so i would prefer to do the best job possible

 

[jrplastering]

just skrim before you do the bonding mate the bonding will hold it in place

 

[Micilin]

I would put a bit of gear on first and bed the scrim into this, other wise you run the risk of the scrim falling down either by

a - weight of the bonding

b - you catching it with your trowel accidentally

 

[HERTS P&D]

Post some pictures once it is finished. Would be good to see your 'handy' work.

Andy

 

[marsaday]

i have filled the top up. next weekend i will be doing the plastering.

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[stevethespreader]

Post some pictures once it is finished. Would be good to see your 'handy' work.

Andy

yes come on marsaday lets see some pics of the finished skim