To all you professional plasters out there I need an opinion please. I
am just starting to have my extension plastered out, it's day 1 1/2
and I'm a bit worried about the work so far and need advice.
The hard coat roughing has gone onto 3 blockwork walls and there are a
lot more walls to go. Some of the blockwork was out of true apparently
so there was a fair bit of filling out to do in some areas with up to
3 layers. I would have thought that at this stage the surface should
be true, level and without hollows. This is not the case as by putting
a 6' batten across there appear to be a lot of unevenness with up to
3/8" :exclamation hollows and highs.
Am I right in thinking that no way is this a ground for multi finish
as I always thought that the roughing coat should be used to give a
level reasonably smooth surface which can the be skimmed over with 3mm
or so of finish plaster.
He works alone but with a labourer. Does this sound right or is it
normal for plasters to work in pairs?
If things are not right I want to stop now rather than continue in the
hope that he will sort it all out.
Any help would be very welcome as the plaster is the finish, a lot of hard work has gone into the prep and we want it to look perfect.
am just starting to have my extension plastered out, it's day 1 1/2
and I'm a bit worried about the work so far and need advice.
The hard coat roughing has gone onto 3 blockwork walls and there are a
lot more walls to go. Some of the blockwork was out of true apparently
so there was a fair bit of filling out to do in some areas with up to
3 layers. I would have thought that at this stage the surface should
be true, level and without hollows. This is not the case as by putting
a 6' batten across there appear to be a lot of unevenness with up to
3/8" :exclamation hollows and highs.
Am I right in thinking that no way is this a ground for multi finish
as I always thought that the roughing coat should be used to give a
level reasonably smooth surface which can the be skimmed over with 3mm
or so of finish plaster.
He works alone but with a labourer. Does this sound right or is it
normal for plasters to work in pairs?
If things are not right I want to stop now rather than continue in the
hope that he will sort it all out.
Any help would be very welcome as the plaster is the finish, a lot of hard work has gone into the prep and we want it to look perfect.