Hello forum !

We are re-decorating one of our back rooms. The house is an old victorian 1880s house.

I have taken off all the wood chip wallpaper now and we want to paint the walls. We know that the walls need sorting out by getting them re-plastered however can anyone give me some advise on what plastering is needed ? A full plaster or a skim? Most of the walls are in good shape but there are some holes (3-4mm deep) where the plaster has come away, but the majority looks to be old paint and is pretty flat, its just about 10% that isnt. Would it be a case of applying some thick plaster in areas and then skimming the rest ? or should everything be fully re-plastered and then re-skimmed ? I have attached pictures of the room and holes.

Thanks
Dave

Hi there,

Yes you need it re-plastered/skimmed - same thing for me.

Basically, any deep holes the plasterer will dob out if needed, then they'll re-plaster/skim it (which is in fact 2 coats of plaster, one applied quickly after the other).

If you want to save some money, get all the woodchip off as there's still a fair bit on there in some of those pics. Also, you may be able to do the unibonding for them. Also, make sure the room is totally clear.

You could mess about filling and sanding some of the 'better' walls, but to be honest, you'd be better off getting the whole lot skimmed (that means plastered )

Cheers,

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Hi , thanks for taking the time tom reply !

pretty much all the woodchip is off the wall now, only a few bits left that will be rid of tomorrow sometime. I think the walls have paint and old plaster on them mainly. How much do you think a wall span of 18.25 meters would cost if I got a tradesman in to do it ?

Cheers
Dave

Hi Dave,

Don't quite understand area but if 18.25 means thats the square meterage, then I guess a spread is going to quote you half a day.

If you mean its 18.25 X room height then depending on ceiling height, and if he'd doing the ceiling, then I'm thinking more than a day.

In my mind, option 1 is going to be 100-150 all in, and option 2 is 250-450 all in, but both are going to depend on exact conditions of job at hand. You might get a spread on here who'll quote you the sort of rate you're looking at if you say which part of the country you're in.

Hope this helps,

Cheers,

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Half a day? You're having a laugh.

Comfortable day's work for which you can expect to pay about £180 inc mats. Well that's what I'd charge anyway.

Yeah, see what your saying - just looked at the pics again

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If that was me I would fill the deep holes/gouges with bonding, then give a standard 2 coat skim.

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