Hello and help!
A neighbour has asked me to skim their bathroom ceiling as she can’t find a professional willing.
Whilst I am only a DIYer, my plastering is quite good now as I have done lots in my own house including covering all the ceilings which were Artexed. Having the luxury of having time (and using extra time!!) I can get great results and find it very satisfying.
I took a look and the problem is that it was skimmed over artex by builders during an extension, but there is a large patch above the shower where the skim has fallen off, she assures me that levering the gap between the skim and artex it will fall down.
There is also a crack along a joist / plasterboard join line, down lighters (x4) and a ceiling fan.
My hope is that all of the plaster will fall off easily, I then propose to bond with a couple of coats of PVA and reskim. I am hoping to remove the extractor cover and mask it, but the downlighters I guess I will have to pull out and put them in plastic bags. Scrim over the crack and skim with multi.
Please can you advise if this sounds sensible.
My big worry is that I can only get 90% of the plaster off leaving patches around 5mm thick, please can you advise how best to reflatten the area before a final skim coat. Walls are tiled so new plasterboard would mean covering the tiles at the top of the walls, and the job is getting bigger - but if the best option please advise
Many thanks
Cain
A neighbour has asked me to skim their bathroom ceiling as she can’t find a professional willing.
Whilst I am only a DIYer, my plastering is quite good now as I have done lots in my own house including covering all the ceilings which were Artexed. Having the luxury of having time (and using extra time!!) I can get great results and find it very satisfying.
I took a look and the problem is that it was skimmed over artex by builders during an extension, but there is a large patch above the shower where the skim has fallen off, she assures me that levering the gap between the skim and artex it will fall down.
There is also a crack along a joist / plasterboard join line, down lighters (x4) and a ceiling fan.
My hope is that all of the plaster will fall off easily, I then propose to bond with a couple of coats of PVA and reskim. I am hoping to remove the extractor cover and mask it, but the downlighters I guess I will have to pull out and put them in plastic bags. Scrim over the crack and skim with multi.
Please can you advise if this sounds sensible.
My big worry is that I can only get 90% of the plaster off leaving patches around 5mm thick, please can you advise how best to reflatten the area before a final skim coat. Walls are tiled so new plasterboard would mean covering the tiles at the top of the walls, and the job is getting bigger - but if the best option please advise
Many thanks
Cain