We're currently gutting our bathroom and in taking the tiles off, and about half of the plaster (which has prob been there since the ark) has come off too (skim and browning).

What's my best bet? Strip the whole lot off and dot-and-dab plasterboard ready for painting? Or to have it patch filled?? Does it being in a bathroom make any difference? We're going from having all 4 walls tiled to only tiling where we need it and I'd like to just paint the rest.

Thanks in anticipation

Louise

Hi Lousie and welcome

It's hard to say really, much of this is down to personal preference.

If you use the plasterboard route it is much easier to get a better finish for a diyer, but re-plastering the existing may be cheaper and quicker.

Plasterboard is fine in a bathroom, unless it is in an area where it could become wet, such as in the shower area. For areas like this you can use aquapanel or tile backer board, but you can't dot and dab that, it has to be fixed to battens.

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pva and fill the area the plaster has fallen off with bonding. rule into existing.

pva all wall and re-skim it.

Hi louise,

We have just had the exact same problem with the tiles taking half of the plaster off...it was down to the breeze block / brickwork in a lot of places so I decided to take the rest off too. I have put plasterboard up now and it's starting to look like a room again! I would echoe what UHM says that it's up to your personal preference. All I would add is that when I looked more closely at the browning that was on the wall it had blown in a lot of places and wasn't secure enough to fill / skim over which is why I opted to gut it all and start a fresh. I will warn you though....it may take longer than you had planned! Good luck with it though.

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