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Plastering & Rendering

Bad plastering job advice - full house boarded and plastered but lumps, bulges and trowel marks

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.08 PM

We have recently had a full house boarded and plastered. At first it looked perfect, it is only after applying the first mist coat and moving in that we have noticed lumps, bulges and trowel marks throughout - it is absolutely awful. I would like to know what went wrong as the plasterer has been paid and doesn't want to know.

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4 Answers

Anonymous user

The lumps and bumps are due to overtroweling which means he has played with the plaster to much which just pushs it around on the wall instead of applying an even coat. Trowel marks are were the attention to detail was non existent. Rushing the finishing stages of the job and down right lazyiness because these marks can be taken out with a bit of pressure when the plaster is dry almost when troweling up the wall.
Answered31 July 2016
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kevin cassidy building contractors

Rating: 5 out of 5
Accrington
Sorry to hear this but you already know what's wrong, you have had a bad plastering job a lot of the imperfections are not easy to see until you start painting then they become obvious. Again sorry to hear this but did you take the cheapest price and hope for the best?
Answered11 July 2014
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Anonymous user

Sounds like a poor plastering job. If your guy wont come back its probably because he knows he has done a bad job. You could try trading standards or solicitors but that can be long and drawn out. Sorry, but sounds like you picked the wrong guy for the job.
Answered17 July 2014
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A Houghton Plastering

Rating: 5 out of 5
Banbury
Sorry to here this but it sounds like you have had a bad job done here lumps and bulges show a lot of inexperience in this job especially trowl marks is down to not dealing with drying times of the walls. I would maybe go to a small claims courts but unfortunately you sounds like you have had a bad tradesman to do the work.
Answered24 August 2016
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