Recent content by Night Owl

Not sure I see your point there? I've already said I'm doing most of the refurb myself but am not skilled enough to do the plastering. I've got 152m2 (floor area) of plastering work to offer somebody including skimming the ceilings so don't see the issue with me putting the ceilings up?

Cheers for all of the advice, I feel more informed already. The house originally had a cement/sand render on the walls which then had a gypsum skim on top. Was pretty thick in some places and thin in others so the walls are not particularly straight! Would it be worth considering part...

I did wonder if solid plastering was becoming a bit of a dying art. Would be my preferred method however like everything else, it will boil down to cost.

Thanks for the replies. I wasn't really asking for an estimate on the cost to plaster the house, just wanted to know roughly how much more solid plaster is versus plasterboard and skim e.g 20%, 30% etc.

Hello. I'm currently renovating my late 1950s dormer bungalow. I'm doing the majority of the work myself however I draw a line when it comes to plastering. Guaranteed I would get more on the floor than the walls! I've just completed stripping back to bare brick all of the old plaster/render...