Do I need to plaster/skim this wall?
Hi all,
We've had our living room skimmed by a plasterer (UK) and it looks great.
We are planning on now working on the hallway next. Hallway has paint on, but you can scrape this off and underneath it the walls seem in good condition (to me anyway) i.e. smooth! However, plasterer has said we'll still need to get these walls skimmed.
It's our first house and we don't have a lot of money for renovations, so my question is... Is the plasterer trying to generate more work or am I missing something?
Thanks!
Posted Jul 18, 2020, 5:26 PM UTC
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You'll probably notice a slight difference in texture, but don't worry about it. Ask him why he thinks a skim coat is needed, but I'd say you can probably live with not complete uniformity especially when you can't really see both walls at the same time
Thanks, appreciate the insight. If it's only a slight difference then I probably won't bother. I'll test an area and see how it looks.
I'll discuss with the plasterer after the test, but the wallpaper I removed from the plasterboard ceilings will definitely need skimming so there's enough work for the plasterer there haha. As long as he can blend that in, we are good!
Yeah, re the plasterer it's probably a bit of both. If you want a perfectly uniform wall it's what you'll need, but I'm in the same boat as you with the new house and on a budget type thing. It's not the end of the world if it just gets painted, maybe give it a nice thick coat on the plaster only side and then go over the whole thing to try and even it out a bit?
I think I'll do a test of a section of the wall (scrape, clean, prime & paint) and see what it looks like. It seems to be very smooth underneath the old paint, the plaster is generally in good condition hence why I'm loathe to pay for it all to be done.
It's all about trade off when your budget is compressed.
How is your house renovation going?
I've had the house a year and a half now, we've redone the bathroom and kitchen, and now I'm just doing DIY bits around the house, like thresholds and new doors etc. Latest one was that our roof had a hole in (literally) so we had to pay out 1k to get it fixed 😅 that was a bummer