plastering

LegacyUser

i need to have 2 double bedrooms skimmed/plastered.

i've done a search, but can't find a ball park figure as to how much this costs.

i know quotes will differ, but is there anyone who can tell me the adverage cost of a plasterer for a day?

Iago

average cost (and this is ballpark) is around €400-€600 per day. You may also be required to pay for their labourer €50-€100 and supplies.

Some will charge a lot more, some will charge a little less, but with the amount of work available at the moment plasterers are at a premium

LegacyUser

would you say they'd do 2 rooms in a day?

Iago

easily, if they're any good. They'll do a room in about an hour and a half or so. Give it 20-30 minutes to go off and get set up in the other room, then trowel it down before putting the first coat on the second room, put the second coat on and trowel down the first room again.

Then back into the second room trowel that down twice and that should be it. Should take around 5-6 hours or so, maybe a little less depending on how quickly the plaster is going off and whether or not the labourer is laying on plaster as well...

LegacyUser

cool, thanks

jhegarty

what sort of money would it cost to re-plaster the front of a 3bed-semi ?

PoolDude

How long does the plaster need to be left for before you can start painting/tiling interior walls and painting exterior walls?

PoolDude

Any experts out there on this question?

Corkey123

Leave it a week before applying a PVA to seal it.

Desmo

MartinCorcoran wrote:

Leave it a week before applying a PVA to seal it.

I think the purists say to leave it for ages (weeks) but after about a week it visibly looks drier (goes pale and dusty looking instead of dark and damp looking) and I suspect most people just paint it (maybe after PVA as you say) at that stage.

yop

Not sure about 1 week lads, even with the PVA? We tackled ours after 3 weeks and there were still visible "pink" patches on the walls.

But maybe the PVA would aid that, what about putting in a dehumidiffier?

tred

yop wrote:

Not sure about 1 week lads, even with the PVA? We tackled ours after 3 weeks and there were still visible "pink" patches on the walls.

But maybe the PVA would aid that, what about putting in a dehumidiffier?

Brother stuck in a dehumidifed for his house after plastering. youd be surprised the amount of water he took out of the house with it!!..

Degsy

jhegarty wrote:

what sort of money would it cost to re-plaster the front of a 3bed-semi ?

i got a bloke out of the northside people who skimmed the walls an inch thick for 300 euro,he did a good job too!

Desmo

Degsy wrote:

i got a bloke out of the northside people who skimmed the walls an inch thick for 300 euro,he did a good job too!

Shudder.
I am not sure I want any northsiders in my house.

Desmo

Corkey123

Shudder.
I am not sure I want any northsiders in my house.

Desmo

Hey steady up there now, I'm only in exile here.

Any way in a centrally heated room with a skimm coat, one week should be enough.

Dellgirl

Shudder.
I am not sure I want any northsiders in my house.

Desmo

I can give the name and number of a good guy who doesnt charge the earth if you want. PM me.