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Kitchen plastering job - things to keep an eye out for

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 2.48 PM

Hi, A few months ago we had our kitchen remodelled, including the walls being replastered. Unfortunately the plaster on 2 of the walls has not bonded (I believe due to the old plaster not being taken back to brick and applied onto a crumbly, dusty substrate). The plaster therefore needs to come off, back to brick and be redone. Since the kitchen was completed before the problem presented itself, the cabinets are all in place and I'm not in a position to take them off unless it gets to the point where I have to ask the plasterer to claim on his insurance for faulty workmanship, which I am obviously hopeful won't be necessary. My plasterer intends to cut the plaster as close to the cabinets as possible, go back to brick, board and then replaster. Therefore the plaster behind the cabinets will still be dodgy, although it will never go anywhere since the cabinets securely hold it in place. Is there anything in particular I need to keep an eye out for when he does the job? I have been told that I need to make sure the brick work is dust free (unless he boards it) and to question how he intends to join the new plaster edges to the existing plaster near the cabinets. Anything else to look out for? I am really keen to make sure it is done correctly this time so that it is sorted once and for all. Many thanks, Danielle

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AQSON CONSTRUCTION LTD

Rating: 5 out of 5

Oxford

Hello Danielle, Ideally you should ask for them to at least remove the wall hung cabinets and repair the plaster underneath as well, but I am aware this is more time consuming and will cause more disturbance overall. If they don't use boards, then make sure they also apply a PVA and water mixture to the bricks for better adhesion. And that they scratch coat the render which they apply to the bricks (on which they will apply the plaster). On the other hand if they are plaster boarding, that they should apply sufficient amounts of plaster board adhesive to secure the boards to the wall. As you don't want the plaster boards pealing off at a later on, because of a plasterer cutting his expenses on a job which went wrong. Also, the joints on the plaster boards should be taped up properly. The final point to remember is that the plaster applied is not too thin, as this will be weak and crack at later stage. I hope this help.

Answered2 February 2014

Anonymous user

Hi Danielle The main thing is that he uses PVA. If your old walls had paint on them before he plastered them, then he should have scratched them first and then applied PVA. There is no need for you to worry in terms of joining the new plaster with the old one, if the plaster knows what he's doing, then you wont notice it when it dries. There are other ways of stopping plaster coming of smooth walls, and that's to mix sand and PVA and apply to walls before you plaster them. Hope this helps

Answered2 February 2014