i am having ago at plastering a stairwell at the weekend. Im not the fastest plasterer and was wondering how best to go about it. My concern is when im working my way up the stairs is that am i going to be quick enough to get on my 1st coat without the bottom end setting off two quick.

also would i be best starting at the top, covering all the landing and walls and then work down the stairs or does it not matter.

im new to this so any advice would be a great help im sure

thanks

I'd always work down. And better still if you have another person working up so you can meet.

im afriad i have nobody with me, il see how it goes

thanks again for a reply

The best way to go around plastering stairwell on your own is to batton out your top from your bottom,start at the top and plaster to the batton which should be placed at the 1st rung of your stairs.Plaster top of stairwell to batton then remove batton and continue bottom.

That sounds sensible to me.

I've always worked stairwells in on hit although i've been up against it a few times.

When you use the batton method do you place the it horizontally to the stairs? Also, once you remove the batton, do you carry on from there or do you fill in the gap once finished?

May try this next time

yes the batton goes horizontally when you have finnished the top half when dry or hard remove batton there will not be a gap as you will have all the bottom to where your new plaster line in just feather it in with your new plasterline can you understand? hard to explain in text hope it helps.

if you lived near me ie liverpool i could help more ty

so basically i need to put up a baton on the top of the stairs and plaster upto the baton, once the plaster has gone off take off the batton and begin to work from the bottom of the stairs to where the baton was and blend in both edges

is this correct

cheers

spot on mate , finish top half completly including polishing then do the second half its a lot easier on your back