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.:mike:.
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 Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: Ceilings and professionals |
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| Hi all - with the help of some of the tips on this site i've plastered a few small walls around the house and am reasonably happy with the results - they're certainly not professional, but ok. I've got an artexed ceiling about 3x4m thats really nasty - it needs to go! I'm not entirely sure if im up to doing it. Would you say that ceilings are much more difficult? The first problem is that its a high ceiling as the house was built in the 1870's. Decisions! I'm quite tempted to ask a professional to do it really. What sort of ball park figure would you expect to pay for a good job? I'm just weighing up the potential nightmare of it going wrong and being less than great. |
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twitcher
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Location: Brighton
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Depends really where in the country you are. I personally would charge
if could skim straight over with artex £200 for labour and £20 for
materials. And this would be a perfect job,No little holes or blemeshes etc. |
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.:mike:.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks! If I have a go myself with a ceiling - what are the differences between this and plastering a wall? Is it the same technique? Do you mix anything in with the plaster itself? |
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Pristineplastering
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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Same technique Mike just a bit more awkward for a first timer - your shoulders will ache I kid you not for the first few ceilings you do
Dont mix anything in with the plaster, maybe make your first coat a little thicker than usual to try and reduce the amount on the floor and then a second, wetter coat to finish off
I see its artex - make sure you 'de-nib' that is scrape all the high points of artex off with a scraper - ball aching but necessary and then 2 good coats of PVA - Allow the first to dry and then apply a second that you let go tacky before commencing skimming - Good luck, let us know how you get on |
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pmg
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Another good technique is to put a really thin coat of bonding (pva first) over the lot first and then do your two coats of finish afterwards. This is a really good method as one it fills in all of those pesky little mountains you sometimes get with artex and second as long as your quick enough and don't let it dry too much you can go straight over with multi without having to apply pva. It also gives you more time to work with afterwards to trowel out. The only downside is that you'll need to do 3 coats altogether, so as last reply said you'll have acing shoulders. |
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