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I should've just got a decent plumber and plasterer in privately. I was left to manage it daily as the lads weren't getting anything from the gaffer.

A Agreed also.

A Agreed.

When we're paying the bill we expect decent work if that's what was outlined up front. When I work, I don't mind people scrutinising it because I do a good job. It's a shame this isn't the case in all lines of work. In their quote it states they employ 'craftsmen who are experts in all aspects...

No mate. They were even using my bucket, my hop up, my broom etc. I just plugged in my led work lamp when the plasterer was plastering the ceiling as I couldn't understand how he could work with just a 40w ceiling lamp! The room is dark as well. After they finished I went round with the...

I've been handing out blindfolds when we get guests!

haha, mate I'm more than happy for you to take the piss out the walls. I just got a little touchy when I thought they were bang on and I was being unreasonable!! lol

There's definitely enough ridges to climb on these walls!

Everyone keeps saying that, and I sure hope so. It's just insulting that we've paid the money, been through the motions and the disruptions, and it's come out looking sh*t.

Just my mates who won't even pretend to be interested!

haha

I've emailed them saying due to their threatening and intimidating email I'm reluctant to have them in or near my home, and will be getting some quotes to rectify the work. It needs putting right, and I need someone I can trust. If you're up for coming to have a look and quote me to put it...

Nice one mate - it's been good to just talk about it tbf with people who know what they're talking about. I never expected it to be perfect, but I just think it's a joke.

This is taken with just the lamp on in the corner to the side of the fireplace. Wavy, blisters etc.

He had all the gear like. Steel, plazi, float, speed skim.

haha - sorry John! And thanks! It's been a stressful few weeks but we're getting there.

TH This is the return of the chimney breast wall, I'm not trying to show how the corners of the walls aren't square. A level wasn't used. I'm not bothered about the walls not being square or plum. What concerns me is the plasterboards are at different levels throughout the walls so there's...

It's not top secret. It's a building firm in the midlands with 17 years of experience. I've had an email from them which was threatening and intimidating, so it looks like they don't want to be reasonable. For this reason I won't disclose the business name at this point. Plus, by the way this...

If they'd have quoted us and said, "it'll probably be sh*t", we wouldn't have gone with them. These came recommended as well.

I personally don't think £2400 is cheap for what was done. We had 3 quotes, this wasn't the cheapest.

Thanks mate! I just needed to hear it wasn't me being picky.

I disagree.

I only used the light as the room is too dark for my cameraphone to take a photo without it looking too grainy.

There seems to be a lot of negativity about customers voicing their concerns about the quality of the work that's been done. I paid £2400 for the work done in this room, knock of the plaster, relocate radiators, plasterboard, skim, and paint. If I wanted wavy walls like I'd have got Stevie...

Why's that then?

That's the corner where the chimney breast meets the side wall. The way the boards have been fitted it kicks out at the bottom.

*with regards to being a customer, I have been using this forum before today as I have DIY'd 2 other rooms myself and found this forum to be very helpful. I didn't just come on here to have a winge..

Thank you for putting it as kindly as you did. I wasn't being all high and mighty. I was responding to somebody who was flippant from his first comment. I can take a joke, but there's a difference when someones just out to offend somebody. I don't think it fair to not be able to bite back...

I thought that was clear by the title of the thread? If you don't want to offer your opinion, why waste your time replying?

It's a dark room in the middle of the house, and we always have a lamp on, and you can easily see how bad the walls are.

It's also worth noting that we've got a crack in the 1 wall where the plasterer used plasterboard adhesive to bulk-fill uneven boards, as well as a big crack in the ceiling. The cracks appeared 2 weeks after completion. They're claiming to have done 2 spreads on the ceiling, but they only did...

haha - it's a small cheap lamp we had from the old house (Ikea special).

Hi guys, I know walls are never going to be 100% perfect, but we've recently had a room renovated back to brick, boarded, skimmed and decorated. It looks shocking imo. We're really not happy with the quality of work, as it's noticeable with just normal lamps on in the room or when the...

Thanks for the info - we had considered the membrane system up to 1m from the floor. I'll mention it to the builders, thanks. We have damp on internal walls, one of which is the opposite side of the wall next to the drain. The plaster used is basically like brown sand now, and it's blown in...

Hi Norman, Thank you for your reply. We've had another drainage guy round, and he said that drain is actually the old drain and doesn't have a purpose anymore. Originally the downstairs bath and sink would have ran into it and away from the house via the old terracotta sewer line/waste pipe...

Thanks mate! Yeah, turns out I've got a drain at the side of the house that's not been connected to the sewer line for about 15 years! The guy, supposedly a builder, who did all the 'home improvements' on the house way back when didn't reconnect the drain when he installed a bathroom in the...

I've had a look down there, and it's pretty damp throughout. The new air bricks should arrive anytime soon, I intend to replace the old terracotta ones and add another one for good measure. I'm not looking forward to it, but there's a trip down there again in it for me to clean all the s**t up...

Hi everyone We've got a problem with rising damp in one of our rooms, which is next to a rain water drain which isn't connected to the main sewer line. This is being fixed but I want to treat and prevent. We're having the room renovated in about 3 weeks, back to brick and rebuilt. I found a...

Seems like the rain water drain at the side of the house was literally a hole in the ground, collecting water and building up in the earth around underneath the block paving. It was then making it's way under the house and breaching the slate dpc. I'm going to confirm a few things in the damp...

We've accepted a quote guys, thanks all the same. Seems the damp is coming from ground water breaching the slate dpc in a few places underneath the suspended floor. Idiots who did the bathroom upstairs before we bought the property ran the waste pipe into the drain, concreted around the pipe...

UPDATE: I've posted a job out here Wolverhampton, Midlands. Thanks again

Hi everyone I'm looking for someone who can take our dining room (15' x 11') back to brick and re-board (looking for silky smooth walls). I've been doing this upstairs, but the dining room has a bit of damp, some cold spots, and is just too big of a project for me. The reason I suggested...

Yeah we're getting quotes to have the pro's round, the dining room to-be lounge is too big of a job for me. I ordered extra boards when getting some for upstairs (hence having them already for this room). I''ll put out a job for pricing in the relevant section and hopefully get some traction...

Hi everyone I've bought a load of standard boards and now decided I may want to insulate them with polystyrene, can this be done? Literally some spray glue and bosh... I only ask because I've already got the boards, and have a few cold spots and damp patches in the old plaster. Upstairs I've...

Yeah got a lot of respect for anyone who does this all day every day. I'll definitely be looking to get it as flat as possible on the next go! Thanks everyone for your advice.

It's getting there! Before and after pic with some light on it and a go at prepping the dip up to the bead. It took me longer to fill and sand than it did to plaster!

Mate the amount I mix that'll be about a tea spoon's worth haha - thanks for letting me know.

How much is enough when adding adhesive to multi out of interest?

Cheers! Yeah I found that less is more as I got stuck into it. I'll definitely remind myself not to play with it too much (habit of a lifetime) on the next room. I'm doing the whole house room by room. I got the first mist coat on this morning and it's not bad at all tbf, I took some...

Thanks Danny. I'll give it a most coat tonight and see what I'm working with :)