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Plastering & Rendering

Newly skimmed walls belled out at the bottom

Anonymous user 14/03/2024 - 4.35 PM

Update: Thank you all, he came back and sorted it out. I have just had the whole house skimmed after removing wallpaper. Took off all the skirting before the skim. Now I am trying ti fit new skirting and pretty much all the walls have what I'd describe as a 'bell bottom' so that none of the skirting fits flush to the wall. I spoke to the plasterer and he said this is because the walls were not straight etc and suggested I chip away at the belled out bottoms or use a multi tool. Is this correct or should he come back and sort it out? I shouldn't have to do all this work after paying for a job.

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6 Answers

cnichi

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Nuneaton
heel should've done the walls straight from the beginning... as when he applies the plaster, even if the wall is not straight he can "play" with the wall angle but in your case it doesn't sound it was about the wall but more that when he apllied the plaster, he was too lazy to remove the excess from the bottom of the wall therefore that went dry and now you have some small "waves" so you need to chip down the dried excess...
Answered3 March 2024
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Trades services plastering

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Bargoed
Most definitely the company that poorly laid your wall should come out and fix your issue by sanding high areas or in extreme cases re plaster wall
Answered3 March 2024
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Anonymous user

It's the spreads fault so he should sort it
Answered3 March 2024
1

DL Building and Plastering

Rating: 5 out of 5
Bude
All walls about be crossed trowelled by the plasterer leave a straight finish for your skirting
Answered4 March 2024
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ash the plasterer

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Loughborough
Plasterer should sort
Answered4 March 2024
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G.Kodheli

Rating: 5 out of 5
Luton
This problem happens when the plastering is applied to thick at the skirting lines , and not flattened out properly, in one word , negligence on his part , Getting over is sanding it over but that depends on how bad it is
Answered11 March 2024
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