pow
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To have a room, approx 11ft x 8ft rekimmed by a plastereerererer?
My bedroom walls are shockingly poor condition with old lead paint under lining paper. I was thinking of stripping it all down and having them reskimmed before I redecorate.
I also have an artex ceiling - how much would it cost to get that smooth again?
Don't tell me to go and buy stuff from wickes and DIY, I CBA, I don't have the time and it'll look awful if I try
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John
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About £10 a square meter, normally around £400 for an average room.
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pow
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Do I really have 40 sq metres of wall in my room? 
Not sure if I want to spend that sort of money on my walls when we'll be leaving the house soon tbh
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pow
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Thinking about it, one wall is 60% window and one wall is completely cupboard doors... so it's basically 2 walls (11ft by 7/8ft) and a little bit under the window
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John
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That's for wall and ceiling.
8m2 on the ceiling, 2x6m2 walls and 2x 8m2 walls so not far off.
Forgot about windows and doors, that would take a bit off, maybe £300.
[Edited on 29-09-2011 by John]
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pow
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Need to find someone to do it for mates rates cash in hand don't I
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John
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That is cash in hand rate.
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pow
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+£100 for me being in the south. Don't think I'll bother at this rate
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RichR
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Day rate is between £80 and £190 with material supplied by me. A room should be knocked out in a day if all the prep is done and room is clear to allow the plasterer access. £80 is a guy who does it on the side of his main job, £190 is a Plasterer full time but the £190 includes his helper/mixer.
I'd be looking at £250ish + materials in for a room
[Edited on 29-09-2011 by LiVe LeE]
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pow
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Now I could get the stuff and happily pay £80
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Jake
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ring up a spread and get a quote. im pretty sure if you tell them youre an IAM driver you get 10% discount
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Jake
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also who the fuck would reskim a room for 80quid
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RichR
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He does a bloody good job too - that said I know he was strapped for cash so every little helped but he's done 5 rooms for my Dad since then for the same fee - £80 a day; larger rooms/complex rooms obviously take longer than a single day
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Jake
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geeza is exactly whats wrong with the building trade these days
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RichR
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The £190 plasterer repaired this after the original fuckwit plasterer
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=426014
and for clarity, the guy who originally made that mess was charging me mroe than £190 a day
[Edited on 29-09-2011 by LiVe LeE]
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RichR
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In fairness Jake, I know of a couple of cheap but skilled plasterers who are either retired or do it on the side of another job and so don't charge as much; I wouldn't have an issue commending their plastering work at all, whereas the "professional" who did the above job can go fuck himself
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John
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Just get the local pole/romanian and his mates.
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pow
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TBH £190 is reasonable, £300+ I'm not willing to pay
[Edited on 29-09-2011 by pow]
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Neo
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Dave....Your uncle is a plasterer ! He plastered my parents kitchen
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John
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£190 + materials, which will be £300+
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VrsTurbo
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i wouldnt even bother. Its not your house so i wouldnt waste the money on re-skimming the walls. If it bothers your parents that much get them to cover the cost unless your gonna live there till your mid 40's
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Baskey
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Material wise for my largish front room and my bedroom were
Pva big tub £15
Beading about £15
Plaster 5 bags £25
Bag of hardball for abit of filling £5
Think that's it
Edit, didn't do the ceilings though
[Edited on 29-09-2011 by Baskey]
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Jake
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plus 20quid for picking up the materials
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Daniel_Corsa
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Strip walls.
£15 - Tub bonding agent
£20 - 5 x bag board finish
£35 materials
£150 a day max two days should be done in a day depending how long to flatten off.
£185 - £335
Scrape the large snots of your artec ceiling, take less plaster to cover.
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