Hello
I’m having some work done to fit insulated plasterboard and plaster on the ceiling of a room at my home. I was hoping some people with more experience than me would be able to advise if the quality of work done so far is deemed to be acceptable.
I’m not a professional plasterer, and I accept that the plasterboard is going to look a bit ropey until the plaster is added, but to my untrained eye it looks like a bad job so far. Based on the images below can anyone give me their honest opinion if I’m being overly fussy and expecting too much at this stage and it will all be resolved when the plaster is added, or if I should insist the plasterer rectify the issues before applying the plaster?
I’m being strongly pressured into accepting the work done so far is normal standard so I just wanted to get some advice before they come back tomorrow.
1 – Is it acceptable to have a 45mm gap between boards and then fill with expanding foam or tape over it?
2 – boxing in a support beam. Will the addition of the plaster get the first image looking like the second?
3 – Should there be screws into the edges of each plasterboard into the wooden slats below? This seems like a long distance of unsupported plasterboard without fixings, would this increase the risk of plaster cracking later?
4 – Is this an acceptable gap and angle difference between the two pieces of plasterboard?
5 – These boards are at an edge between two different pitched sections of the roof, do they need to be one continuous straight line to get a good final finish?
6 – Is it normal for a board to be 6mm overflush to its adjacent board?
Thank you for your help.
Paula
I’m having some work done to fit insulated plasterboard and plaster on the ceiling of a room at my home. I was hoping some people with more experience than me would be able to advise if the quality of work done so far is deemed to be acceptable.
I’m not a professional plasterer, and I accept that the plasterboard is going to look a bit ropey until the plaster is added, but to my untrained eye it looks like a bad job so far. Based on the images below can anyone give me their honest opinion if I’m being overly fussy and expecting too much at this stage and it will all be resolved when the plaster is added, or if I should insist the plasterer rectify the issues before applying the plaster?
I’m being strongly pressured into accepting the work done so far is normal standard so I just wanted to get some advice before they come back tomorrow.
1 – Is it acceptable to have a 45mm gap between boards and then fill with expanding foam or tape over it?
2 – boxing in a support beam. Will the addition of the plaster get the first image looking like the second?
3 – Should there be screws into the edges of each plasterboard into the wooden slats below? This seems like a long distance of unsupported plasterboard without fixings, would this increase the risk of plaster cracking later?
4 – Is this an acceptable gap and angle difference between the two pieces of plasterboard?
5 – These boards are at an edge between two different pitched sections of the roof, do they need to be one continuous straight line to get a good final finish?
6 – Is it normal for a board to be 6mm overflush to its adjacent board?
Thank you for your help.
Paula
