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Plastering & Rendering

Complete Replaster or Skim? 1920s house with anaglypta and woodchip

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.08 PM

The 1920's house I'm about to move into has anaglypta and woodchip on the walls and ceilings. I've heard it's a horrible job taking this off and it will leave the walls in a bad state which will either require replastering or skimming over. Should I remove ALL the plaster from the room and ceiling in preparation for a plasterer to replaster, or should I scrape off the woodchip/anaglypta the best I can and have a skim over the existing plaster? Will it cost a huge amount more to have the walls and ceiling replastered as opposed to skimmed? Some of the plaster needs removing at the bottom of the wall for damp-proofing anyway, but above this I believe the plaster above this is ok.

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2 Answers

KM PLASTERING

Rating: 4.8 out of 5

Durham

I would advise due to the age of the property to get it all replastered from brickwork if you can afford it. However you would be looking at double the price of a re-skim. If you have problems with damp this is by far the best option. I would float using sand and cement and skim the whole thing. Hope this advice helps you out.

Answered2 August 2014

stephen harling

Rating: 5 out of 5

Weston Super Mare

I would take off all the woodchip off scrib it and use a steamer perservere if it has more than one layer see what the walls are like if there solid no way hack it all off if it soft then yes hack it off if there solid it needs a couple of unibonds and then just skim you will need to sort the damp ist

Answered26 July 2017