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recently had a squad of plasterers in to scratch, bond , skim upstairs of a new build, all block work and external walls were dry lined with insulated board. The main guy came recommended , his ' team ' have let him down I'm guessing. Basically we have been left with uneven, waved walls all over. Certain spots the level can actually rock 1-2cm on the walls.
He is denying anything is wrong, but going to try a sanding machine which I know has no chance of sorting this. He says there is nothing else he can do except for starting again, removing all plaster , ceilings etc which he is not prepared to do and there is no fix. Finish is 99% perfect, it's what is under which wasn't levelled before the final skim finish went on I'm guessing
Can this be fixed ? Any help appreciated
 
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Not great pics. But you probably get the drift, I have other pictures but they were taken with a torch shining across the walls and exaggerate the waves / humps etc massively, as pic above
Any way out of this without starting again?

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cs111 said:
recently had a squad of plasterers in to scratch, bond , skim upstairs of a new build, all block work and external walls were dry lined with insulated board. The main guy came recommended , his ' team ' have let him down I'm guessing. Basically we have been left with uneven, waved walls all over. Certain spots the level can actually rock 1-2cm on the walls.
He is denying anything is wrong, but going to try a sanding machine which I know has no chance of sorting this. He says there is nothing else he can do except for starting again, removing all plaster , ceilings etc which he is not prepared to do and there is no fix. Finish is 99% perfect, it's what is under which wasn't levelled before the final skim finish went on I'm guessing
Can this be fixed ? Any help appreciated

re skim it if its that bad .

Get a Tradesman in to have a look at it ? re skim or easy fill where can
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suppose that is what you get when you get a skimmer to do a plasterers job.....

I will sit and wait for the abuse to follow......
 
Door frames already on, bill had been settled before this was noticed, schoolboy error I know, was up to my eyes with other stuff and trusted him to do it right. As I said he was recommended and had done a smaller job for me before with no problems
He has offered ' a few quid back ' which is no good to me really. I'm not after money as I told him, I want a decent job done for . It's came to a stalemate where he says there is nothing he can do other than try a sanding machine which isn't going to work unless you guys have any other suggestions.
Can the uneven places be filled so to speak with skimming over the entire walls
 
20mm is a lot of filling out to get it flat before re skimming, anyway its tackled is gonna take time n gear again.
 
Smudger1 said:
20mm is a lot of filling out to get it flat before re skimming, anyway its tackled is gonna take time n gear again.
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He can remove the bumps etc. with nice new bolster, PVA and reskim, the doorframes are not a big deal as chippie can always scribe architraves. Subbies should have made good though probably very easy sorted before walls dry out.

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As above really, knock the high points of using a bolster then bond the wall and skim, they just look rough c**ts to be honest
 
cs111 said:
Door frames already on, bill had been settled before this was noticed, schoolboy error I know, was up to my eyes with other stuff and trusted him to do it right. As I said he was recommended and had done a smaller job for me before with no problems
He has offered ' a few quid back ' which is no good to me really. I'm not after money as I told him, I want a decent job done for . It's came to a stalemate where he says there is nothing he can do other than try a sanding machine which isn't going to work unless you guys have any other suggestions.
Can the uneven places be filled so to speak with skimming over the entire walls
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WHERE you based mate ?
 
As clemo said fill out hollows with bonding rule it off then over skim full wall/s..dont know how he cud be that far off in 20mm cnt have ruled any must of free styled it..
 
I'd just start from scratch, get someone else in to rectify it then invoice the first bloke
 
It can be sorted by filling out with bonding if he gets a gud spread in end of day the guy will just wipe his arse with a invoice he gets sent in a ideal world that wud happen but It won't..theres nowt wrong with filling 20mm out with bonding and over skimming just coat it up let set then another coat wud do with a feather edge rule to nothing..thats ur best bet but get another spread in to do It try get as much bk as poss from the guy then cut ties with him end of day u shudnt of paid him in full b4 u had a proper look regardless wether u had other things on or not I'm afraid
 
Danny said:
suppose that is what you get when you get a skimmer to do a plasterers job.....

I will sit and wait for the abuse to follow......
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Still friendly suggestions ! Wondering only how many have come back to say what happened and to show improved pictures on here? Not mentioning saying thanks to the guys. Once they got the expertise there is no better plasterer :nocausagracia:. Funny world!
 
cs111 said:
recently had a squad of plasterers in to scratch, bond , skim upstairs of a new build, all block work and external walls were dry lined with insulated board. The main guy came recommended , his ' team ' have let him down I'm guessing. Basically we have been left with uneven, waved walls all over. Certain spots the level can actually rock 1-2cm on the walls.
He is denying anything is wrong, but going to try a sanding machine which I know has no chance of sorting this. He says there is nothing else he can do except for starting again, removing all plaster , ceilings etc which he is not prepared to do and there is no fix. Finish is 99% perfect, it's what is under which wasn't levelled before the final skim finish went on I'm guessing
Can this be fixed ? Any help appreciated
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Why didn't you say to him before finished?
 
No point hacking into high points as u mite start hacking into it and it mite be on tight as fck and ull be hitting the blockwork as the wall mite belly in-in the middle and there have prob thought am I f**k filling that out so tried winging it..so if you went to the bother of hacking off then u did hit the brick without taking 20mm of plaster off ud still need to bond and fill out anyway and patch in wats been hacked off..other option is blow ur house up and build from scratch
 
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Couple more pics not that it makes any difference I guess.
He has agreed to meet another plasterer we are trying to get on site to discuss but still saying nothing really wrong
 
1 of them pics looks like dry bits of paint all over it..wat was the blockwork like? No excuse just interested
 
Kitchy said:
Beat me to it plasterman
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Something don't feel right about this one now to me,I know there some trowel marks on the first lot of photos and the level don't look like 2cm it might just be a few mm can't tell off the picture but I thinking there was no lights in the building at all and everyone who has worked there has just wanted to get out as soon as they could..I might be wrong it feels like that render post where the guy was on holiday while the work was going on the story changed every time he posted..in the end you end up thinking was it a crap job to do in the first place on next to no money
 
Granted its s**t but that torch he's shining dsnt help that kind of light will never be used so dnt par it against a light that will never be used there is no excuses for the floating to be 10-20mm out even if blockwork is s**t he shud of made u aware and bricklayer cud of been counter charged..put the light on that's guna be used in that room and post a picture then or post 1 wen natural light hits the wall 2mz that pic looks like ur using fone torch or sumat
 
Kitchy said:
Granted its s**t but that torch he's shining dsnt help that kind of light will never be used so dnt par it against a light that will never be used there is no excuses for the floating to be 10-20mm out even if blockwork is s**t he shud of made u aware and bricklayer cud of been counter charged..put the light on that's guna be used in that room and post a picture then or post 1 wen natural light hits the wall 2mz that pic looks like ur using fone torch or sumat
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i agree must stand back 2m and take a picture in natural light not on angle to wall .

i do hope you get it sorted tho pal
 
theplasterman said:
Something don't feel right about this one now to me,I know there some trowel marks on the first lot of photos and the level don't look like 2cm it might just be a few mm can't tell off the picture but I thinking there was no lights in the building at all and everyone who has worked there has just wanted to get out as soon as they could..I might be wrong it feels like that render post where the guy was on holiday while the work was going on the story changed every time he posted..in the end you end up thinking was it a crap job to do in the first place on next to no money
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I dnt think we shud all be here slating our fellow spreads out we dnt know the story and using a torch to pull work then post pics stinks to me tbh..1 of them pics looks a few mm out at best ur rite plasterman for all we know wall cud of been 2 inch out and spreads mite of been fed up with it we don't know the circumstances of the job
 
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