| plastering!!!!!!! 14:16 - Oct 16 with 3188 views | simoitfc |
give it a go or pay a pro??? |  | | |  |
| plastering!!!!!!! on 14:17 - Oct 16 with 3180 views | DanTheMan |
Pay a pro. |  |
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| plastering!!!!!!! on 14:19 - Oct 16 with 3175 views | GeoffSentence |
It is a tricky and skillful job. Also time consuming and boring.
I gave it a go myself years back.
Never again. |  |
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| plastering!!!!!!! on 14:23 - Oct 16 with 3150 views | Coco |
Defo pay a pro!
Find a retired guy. |  |
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| plastering!!!!!!! on 14:24 - Oct 16 with 3148 views | GavTWTD |
Pro. It's much harder than it looks and you'll end up with something resembling artexing. |  |
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| plastering!!!!!!! on 14:24 - Oct 16 with 3142 views | No9 |
Pay; but get a good one |  | | |
| plastering!!!!!!! on 14:25 - Oct 16 with 3128 views | Kieran_Knows |
Definitely pay a pro. |  |
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| plastering!!!!!!! on 14:25 - Oct 16 with 3131 views | chicoazul |
Speaking as the World's Least Practical Man who once considered getting an electrician in to change some light bulbs; pay a pro. |  |
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| plastering!!!!!!! on 14:35 - Oct 16 with 3094 views | Swansea_Blue |
Easy as pie. No need to pay anyone, just get stuck in and post regular updates on here please 
Pay a pro. |  |
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| plastering!!!!!!! on 14:37 - Oct 16 with 3096 views | artsbossbeard |
| plastering!!!!!!! on 14:25 - Oct 16 by chicoazul |
Speaking as the World's Least Practical Man who once considered getting an electrician in to change some light bulbs; pay a pro. |
I bet I'm worse than you at "man stuff".
Not only am I absolutely rubbish at anything DIY based, I'm also left handed. |  |
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| plastering!!!!!!! on 14:57 - Oct 16 with 3056 views | Oldsmoker |
Pay a Pro always.
The plasterers we'd hired phoned us at 9.00am to say they couldn't come so me and a mate decided to do the alcove in the dining room leaving them the whole of the front room when they bothered to turn up.
It was a really hot day and we found out when they arrived the next week that the reason they'd postponed was that on a hot day plaster goes off so quick that you just don't bother.
We found that out ourselves. What we did was pants. Could have spent the money on beers and just sat in the garden getting a tan. |  |
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| plastering!!!!!!! on 16:15 - Oct 16 with 2939 views | Vic |
Give it a go. what could possibly go wrong? |  |
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| plastering!!!!!!! on 16:27 - Oct 16 with 2911 views | Guthrum |
Unless you're a trained and experienced plasterer, I'd say get someone who is to do it for you.
Will be much quicker, better results and will save getting anybody in later to fix what you've done. Plastering is a lot more difficult (and physically harder work) than it looks. Patching holes is one thing, doing entire walls (let alone ceilings) is quite another. |  |
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| plastering!!!!!!! on 16:32 - Oct 16 with 2890 views | Guthrum |
| plastering!!!!!!! on 14:24 - Oct 16 by GavTWTD |
Pro. It's much harder than it looks and you'll end up with something resembling artexing. |
Or a terrain model of the Lincolnshire Wolds. | |
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| plastering!!!!!!! on 16:34 - Oct 16 with 2883 views | factual_blue |
| plastering!!!!!!! on 14:23 - Oct 16 by Coco |
Defo pay a pro!
Find a retired guy. |
I'm retired. I'll happily take his money to make a complete and utter mess of his walls. |  |
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| plastering!!!!!!! on 16:48 - Oct 16 with 2853 views | EdwardStone |
Of all the building trades, plastering is the hardest to do to an adequate standard
Many years ago I got the "How hard can it be?" vibe
The simple answer....very hard indeed
It cost me more to have a plasterer put right my disaster than it would have done to let him loose on the bare walls
And ceilings are harder still |  | | |
| plastering!!!!!!! on 16:51 - Oct 16 with 2850 views | Throbbe |
I think you've already got your answer.
For what it's worth, I'll have a crack at most DIY/general building jobs in the knowledge that it'll take twice as long (at least), and that there'll be wasted materials that eat up a lot of the savings. I like learning new stuff, and using my hands as a change from the day job which is mostly brain work.
Tried rendering some walls in the garden and gave up. Not even going to consider trying my hand at plastering.
Good plasterers are surprisingly cheap for tradesmen, probably because it suits the people that don't want to work outside, and given enough patience and practice it's a skill almost anyone could learn. As with all building professionals, ask around for recommendations, and if they can start next week, be suspicious. |  |
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| plastering!!!!!!! on 17:02 - Oct 16 with 2828 views | jeera |
| plastering!!!!!!! on 16:51 - Oct 16 by Throbbe |
I think you've already got your answer.
For what it's worth, I'll have a crack at most DIY/general building jobs in the knowledge that it'll take twice as long (at least), and that there'll be wasted materials that eat up a lot of the savings. I like learning new stuff, and using my hands as a change from the day job which is mostly brain work.
Tried rendering some walls in the garden and gave up. Not even going to consider trying my hand at plastering.
Good plasterers are surprisingly cheap for tradesmen, probably because it suits the people that don't want to work outside, and given enough patience and practice it's a skill almost anyone could learn. As with all building professionals, ask around for recommendations, and if they can start next week, be suspicious. |
"if they can start next week, be suspicious."
Well exactly.
Although most painter/decorator types tend to be available at the drop of a hat and will work through the night and all public holidays. |  |
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| plastering!!!!!!! on 17:45 - Oct 16 with 2748 views | Deano69 |
Its easy, although you might want to get someone to put their foot on the ladder
Get a pro, even a good one of them is not easy to find |  |
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