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Any plasterers out there?

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Susan719813

Susan719813 Report 28 Sep 2007 19:34

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Susan719813

Susan719813 Report 28 Sep 2007 19:34

Or anyone with the knowledge of such things.

We would like to have a room of 25 square metres re-plastered but have had problems in the past with cow-boy workmen and overcharging. Could anyone tell me the going rate for re-plastering a room of this size please?

Oh wants to do it himself but enuff is enuff…..its like watching paint dry and I want it finished in a day not a month.

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 28 Sep 2007 19:36

Do you just want it skimming, or the old plaster knocked off and redone, or any plaster boarding? Does the ceiling need doing too?

♥ Kitty the Rubbish Cook ♥

♥ Kitty the Rubbish Cook ♥ Report 28 Sep 2007 19:37

It depends what area you live..........can be expensive in the south.

Between £120 and £150 per day + materials

xx

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 28 Sep 2007 19:39

You took the words out me mouth Kitty! ;-))))))

Susan719813

Susan719813 Report 28 Sep 2007 19:40

Just skimming Jeanette.

He has knocked out and redone the old plaster etc.....he's quite good at plasterboarding but the ceiling was done a year ago and the coving put up, which makes it impossible to put up plasterboard.

We have a house in East Anglia we are trying to renovate to let out and it is taking oh forever :-)

♥ Kitty the Rubbish Cook ♥

♥ Kitty the Rubbish Cook ♥ Report 28 Sep 2007 19:41

Great minds think alike Jeanette :)))))

xx

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 28 Sep 2007 19:44

OH says £25 per square metre is the going rate....and we're in Yorkshire

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 28 Sep 2007 19:45

Should have said, that includes labour and materials

Tina-Marie

Tina-Marie Report 28 Sep 2007 19:47

OH is a plasterer... who has just gone out with his building mates! I'll ring him in a min and get an estimate.. is it just walls?

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 28 Sep 2007 19:51

Evening Tuna! Get your OH round to Sue's and get that house finished for her will you! lol

Sue....when the plaster's dried, you get a couple of vats of wine in and we'll come and help you paint it! lol

Susan719813

Susan719813 Report 28 Sep 2007 19:53


Isnt Yorkshire Cheaper? I know Northumberland is a lot cheaper in most places......

Have to laugh.....oh has just calculated it to £625 and his comment was...........WOT! you can get a house built for that!......looks as if I may have a problem with him and the parting of money.....this is one time I am going to put me foot down though. lol

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 28 Sep 2007 19:55

See what Tina's OH says first. My OH isn't actually a plasterer....but he's renovated plenty of houses....and I usually get the job of painting them!

Susan719813

Susan719813 Report 28 Sep 2007 20:00

Hya Kitty& Tina

Just the walls.......he did a ceiling and lovely as it is........it took him 3MONTHS.....

Twill be a long wait for the paintin party Jeanette......there are more walls and ceilings to do and me meany oh goes by what 1970s prices should be.....and that includes the booze.



}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 28 Sep 2007 20:01

Typical man then! lol

wendolene

wendolene Report 28 Sep 2007 20:12

hi if its just hard wall and scim it should be 5to6 pound a square metre.or just scim it should be 3to4 pounds square metre.i now this as i am a dryliner and i do some plastering.the price is just labour not materials.paul

Susan719813

Susan719813 Report 28 Sep 2007 20:25

Thanks for that paul. any ideas how much for materials? ( roughly).



Just told Oh that no they dont do it in Tescos and no you cant get it done for £1-99.

He built a conservatory once ..had a fit at the price of a bought one.....brilliant job(eventually )......Turned out it cost him more in time and money than it would have to have got someone in...labour and materials included.....sigh!

Tina-Marie

Tina-Marie Report 28 Sep 2007 20:44

Hi Susan, he isn't answering his phone, I'm so sorry as he would be able to give you a realistic price. I'll ask him when he gets home and mail you.

Tina x

stumigs@sgrboards.org

[email protected] Report 28 Sep 2007 23:04

Might be worth while getting a price for jointing instead, it works out cheaper.

Stu.

Maddiecow

Maddiecow Report 28 Sep 2007 23:12

I thought you were going to say you had a box of plaster from an old hobby sus lol :)))