Any Plasterers Out There?

[John]

Dear All,
I am decorating my 1930's house and after stripping the
walls would like to paint them. The walls are 'OK' but not good enough for
painting as they are. I will be having them skimmed but I cannot do it due
to lack of skill with a float and hawk!! I have had 3 guys round but only
had one quote, if there are any plasterers in this group could you give me a
price indication on this job please? I realise you haven't seen it but a
'ball park' figure would be OK. All areas to be skimmed only, (doors and
windows not taken into account for this exercise).

Living Room 14 feet x 13 feet x 9 feet high, ceiling not to be done
Dining Room 15 feet x 13 feet x 9 feet high, ceiling not to be done
Hallway 17 feet long x 9 feet high, end (front door) nor ceiling to be done
Stairs 16 feet high at tallest part
Landing, 16 feet long 9 feet high, ceiling not to be done
Bathroom, ceiling only to be plasterboarded and skimmed, 8 feet x 8 feet
Fireplace 5 feet wide x 18 inches deep to be plasterboarded and skimmed.

The only quote I have had is for £1200.00 including all materials, beadings,
boards, etc. I think the height of the stairs has put the other two off as
it is over a fortnight since they came to look. I am tempted to go with the
guy that has quoted but I am wondering if his quote is OK or is he building
in some kind of 'I'll quote high and if I get it OK' factor? If it helps I
am in Wakefield West Yorkshire.

Cheers

John

[Dave Jones]

"John" <jo...@idontlikespam.co.uk> wrote in message
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Sounds ok to me, I would of expected around the £1500 mark

[Christian McArdle]

> The only quote I have had is for £1200.00 including all materials,
beadings,
> boards, etc.

Sounds pretty good to me. You'd pay a lot more than that round my way.

Christian.

[Joker7]

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| Living Room 14 feet x 13 feet x 9 feet high,
ceiling not to be done
| Dining Room 15 feet x 13 feet x 9 feet high,
ceiling not to be done
| Hallway 17 feet long x 9 feet high, end (front
door) nor ceiling to be done
| Stairs 16 feet high at tallest part
| Landing, 16 feet long 9 feet high, ceiling not
to be done
| Bathroom, ceiling only to be plasterboarded and
skimmed, 8 feet x 8 feet
| Fireplace 5 feet wide x 18 inches deep to be
plasterboarded and skimmed.
|
| The only quote I have had is for £1200.00
including all materials, beadings,
| boards, etc.

A fair price maybe a bit on the cheap side,try to
see some of the guy's other work.
As most of the price is wages don't part with more
than £150/200 up-front.

Chris

[simon beer]

"John" <jo...@idontlikespam.co.uk> wrote in message
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sounds pretty good, I was quoted £700 for one room rendered and then
skimmed, plus materials. Did it myself. If you think the guys work is ok
then grab him and just get it done. I wouldn't be to upset if I found out a
month or so later that I could of got it done for £1100 instead of £1200!

[r.r...@btinternet.com]

trouble getting a plasterer to qoute, get away! :)

Anyway I have had quite a few quotes for my gaff in the past and by the
sounds of it yours does sound good.

Cheers

Richard

[kevin77]

I work as a QS and I know plasterers are getting good money at the
moment as they are hard to find. All the new apartments in
Leeds/Manchester/Newcastle now are metal stud partition and boarded by
'semi skilled' operatives. The plasterer comes in and skims for about
£5/m2+ - its easy money for a trained bloke. Skimming your existing
walls would maybe be a bit more difficult (depending on how square
everything is)but for instance living room would be about 45m2@£5 =
£225, say the area of windows = cost of angle beads etc, etc. etc.
£1200 for the house may be OK (cash?) the guy might have to hire some
trestles to get to the staircase.
Just go with your instinct, is he a plasterer with a bit of experience
in which case he will be fine , only problem is he might leave an
almighty mess to clear up (plastering is a messy trade) or he might be
a chancer who has mixed plaster for his mate and thinks he can be a
tradesman, maybe he will cock it up.
My experience of some old houses is that they have 'structural'
wallpaper. If you start pulling wallpaper off, tons of plaster come
with it. Sometimes better to paper over & paint. Give it a tap to find
out. Your skimming price might double if there is making good to do.
Good luck anyway.