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Martin costello joinery services

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We specialise is making your spare spaces into beautiful living spaces Our tradesmen are quality checked and qualified a...
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Sonsonia

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Sonsonia Ltd is a reliable construction company that serves Leeds and the surrounding areas. Our team of skilled professio...
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Farringford Decorating Services

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Welcome to Farringford Decoratng Services. We cover the Derbyshire, Cheshire and Greater Manchester areas. Providing a fri...
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M.T. Ludlow Decorating Services

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We are a painting and decorating company who specialise in residential and commercial, interior and exterior painting and ...
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Streets Decorators

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Welcome to Streets Decorators A Painting and Decorating company in the Stockport area, No job to big or small and done ...
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IBM decorating services

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13 Jan

Interior work | Plastering

Littleborough - OL15

Enquiry from: P

Start Date: Immediate

Plaster one lounge wall and fill in a few places on another wall. Wall 13ft by 7ft approx. Needs to be done as soon as possible due to furniture and carpet being delivered. Are you the property own...

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19 Sep

Interior work | Plastering

Stockport - SK5

Enquiry from: Monica C

Start Date: Immediate

The back bedroom in my Victorian terrace needs the two outside walls stripping of old plaster and replastering, with a damp inhibitor put in place

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22 Aug

Interior work | Plastering

Manchester - M19

Enquiry from: Helen K

Start Date: Immediate

Back bedroom plaster and ceiling.

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26 May

Ceiling | Plasterboard

Manchester - M34

Enquiry from: Mercy M

Start Date: Immediate

Artex Removal Lead

i need a new plaster board attaching to a section of my living room ceiling are you the property owner: owner of the property how many different rooms are you looking to have ceiling work on: 1-2 c...

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05 Feb

Interior work | Plastering

Manchester - M34

Enquiry from: Lewis H

Start Date: Immediate

i have a first room and a living room which both need coving installing . i have the coving and glue i just need to putting up are you the property owner: owner of the property property type: terrace ...

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10 Jan

Interior work | Plastering

Manchester - M16

Enquiry from: Kieren F

Start Date: Less than one month

customer in manchester area has requested that we arrange quotes for their plastering project.they are considering various options and would like to discuss with a plasterer directly.please call to di...

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28 Sep

Interior work | Plastering

Manchester - M34

Enquiry from: Katherine B

Start Date: 1 to 3 months

customer in the manchester area made an enquiry a couple of projects including plastering.call anytime and arrange an appointment to discuss. below is some details about this project: are you the prop...

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11 Sep

Interior work | Plastering

Manchester - M19

Enquiry from: Michael M

Start Date: Immediate

2 medium sized bedroom ceiling plastered and 1 medium room walls plastered. are you the property owner: owner of the property property type: semi detached how many rooms are you looking to have plaste...

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06 Sep

Interior work | Plastering

Manchester - M19

Enquiry from: Sophie B

Start Date: Immediate

I'm currently renovating a 60s town house and I'm looking for someone to do a number of jobs including covering over channels made for electrical work, skimming/fixing cracked old plaster and skimming...

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14 May

Interior work | Plastering

Hyde - SK14

Enquiry from: Matthew S

Start Date: Immediate

i need coving fitted in living room and one bedroom are you the property owner: tenant (with permission) property type: other how many rooms are you looking to have plastered: 2 rooms are you looking ...

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16 Mar

Interior work | Plastering

Manchester - M19

Enquiry from: Matthew H

Start Date: Immediate

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to install purchased plaster coving in a living room measuring approx 21metres. the coving measurements are: projection onto ceiling=95mm drop down wall=90mm length of cornice=3m are you the property...

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26 Sep

Interior work | Plastering

Manchester - M19

Enquiry from: Umair S

Start Date: Immediate

we need 26 metres to be fitted in our living room ceiling. are you the property owner: owner of the property property type: semi detached how many rooms are you looking to have plastered: 3 rooms are ...

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13 Sep

Interior work | Plastering

Manchester - M16

Enquiry from: Jas B

Start Date: Immediate

all materials bought, coving to be up in master bedroom with bay window. are you the property owner: owner of the property property type: semi detached how many rooms are you looking to have plastered...

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02 Jul

Interior work | Plastering

Manchester - M34

Enquiry from: ROBERT B

Start Date: Immediate

kitchen ceiling boarded and plastered are you the property owner: owner of the property property type: semi detached how many rooms are you looking to have plastered: 1 room are you looking for inter...

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21 Apr

Interior work | Plastering

Glossop - SK13

Enquiry from: Mike H

Start Date: Immediate

1/4 of vestibule cornice to be replaced and a skim of the ceiling. small vestibule. not a full room. are you the property owner: owner of the property property type: semi detached how many rooms are ...

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12 Feb

Interior work | Plastering

Stockport - SK5

Enquiry from: Matthew D

Start Date: 1 to 3 months

are you the property owner: owner of the property property type: terrace other forms: plastering, upvc double glazing, gas boiler replacement agreed to receive quotes for selected products: yes pleas...

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07 Sep

Interior work | Plastering

Hyde - SK14

Enquiry from: Robert P

Start Date: Immediate

either fitting of new victorian coving or repair of existing. are you the property owner: owner of the property property type: terrace are you looking to remodel the rooms: no do you require plumbing ...

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26 Aug

Interior work | Plastering

Manchester - M34

Enquiry from: Paul T

Start Date: Immediate

medium room to be skimmed/plastered, 4 walls and ceiling. just stripped several layers of wallpaper and the wall below is of varying quality. might need plastering in places? lots of screw holes and a...

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10 Jul

Interior work | Plastering

Glossop - SK13

Enquiry from: Pat H

Start Date: Immediate

plastering of chimney breast round stove.-plastering - plastering are you the property owner: owner of the property

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15 Jul

Interior work | Plastering

Stockport - SK5

Enquiry from: Gemma R

Start Date: Immediate

Skimming one wall containing 2 windows and 1 small side wall Are you the property owner: Owner of the property Property Type: Terrace How many rooms are you looking to have plastered: 1 Are you lookin...

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How much do Plasterer services cost?

How much do Plasterers cost? Costs for Plasterers in 2024 can be very different depending on the type of work that you require to have performed in your house. 

A plaster is used to serve a number of purposes when applied on a solid surface. It seals rough brickwork or stonework, it provides a smooth surface for the application of paint, the smooth surface offers a clean and wipeable finish, it’s used to repair holes and cracks in existing plasterwork and lots more. With all these benefits, it’s little surprise more and more home and property owners are looking to have their properties plastered. If you’re also considering taking on this task, then you’d probably want to know exactly how much it’ll cost to get this project over the line. In this post, we’re going to give you a good insight into wall plastering costs to help you make the best informed decisions moving forward. Let’s take a look!

As you may have expected, the cost of charged by plasterers is dependent on a number of factors. These factors include the dimension of the room, accessibility of the surface, the condition of the existing plaster as well as the size or reputation of the company. Several plasterer professionals charge a daily rate or a average room size. They know the approximate area that they can cover in a day and charge accordingly. Typically, plastering walls from scratch for small rooms will cost within the range of £600 to £700 with a duration of 2 to 3 days, while mid-sized room should cost in between £650 to £1000 with a completion time from 2 to 4 days. Lastly, for a large room, you can expect to incur about of £1000 to £1500 and can be completed within 4 days.

The table shows the kinds of job that Plasterers usually do and the regular price series of these projects. Some jobs take longer to complete than others so prices do vary by task.

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The average price
of a Plasterer in Littleborough is:

£430

Plasterer job Plasterer cost in 2024
Plastering in Littleborough £563-£863
Artexing in Littleborough £150-£230
Plasterboard ceilings in Littleborough £225-£600
Suspended ceilings in Littleborough £525-£805
Artex Removal in Littleborough £190-£400

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Plasterer FAQs

can you plaster over wallpaper?

Can You Plaster Over WallPaper?

If you have wallpaper installed on your wall surface and you’re considering plastering the wall, when you put into consideration the stress involved in removing a wallpaper you may want to consider plastering directly over the wallpaper. This is quite understandable as removing a wallpaper can be quite time consuming and tedious, but plastering directly over wallpaper is a mistake that should never be made. Plastering over wallpaper is in no way a viable option due to the fact that it can only turn out disastrous after a couple of weeks or even days in some cases as the plaster will crack and crumble. As a result, you’ll have to firstly scrape off the wallpaper in order to assist the plaster get to be firmly secured to the wall behind.

When you plaster over a wallpaper, this will make the wallpaper wet and it’ll absorb the moisture. And once the plaster does not have moisture, the only result is for it to crack and start to crumble. Hence, plaster and wallpaper is never a good combination.

Asides from cracking and crumbling, anther issue is that the wallpaper will bubble. You can actually key the wallpaper with the help of a knife and it might look secured for some time, however it’ll eventually crumble and you’d have to scrape off the plaster complete to start all over again. The wallpaper will bubble as the plaster can’t be keyed into a wallpaper and the wallpaper will only work as a barrier between the plaster and the wall.

Overall, plaster always needs to slowly dry off as well as a good and proper surface to grip to. No matter the amount of PVA mix you spread on the wallpaper, it will always remain a barrier. So you’d have to remove the wallpaper completely to get a great result.

how much to plaster a room?

How Much To Plaster A Room?

Generally, the standard of plastering in older houses leaves a lot to be desired. Having settled for so many years, there is a lot of tendency that anything brittle will break or crumble with the movement. And this is exactly where plasters fall.

Plaster provides a wide range of functions in your home and as a result, has grown to become very popular amongst several homeowners. So if you want to plaster a room, you might just wish to estimate the cost so you can set a budget and start to plan. However, there’s no short and simple answer to this as the cost of plastering is based on a number of factors. These factors include the dimensions of the room, the accessibility of the surface, the condition of the existing plaster as well as the size of the company.

So if you want to paster your room, you can either remove the old plaster or skim a 3mm plaster coat over the existing one. In respect to the two options, the prices will also vary. However, several plastering experts will charge either on the average room size or a daily rate. This is due to the fact that they know approximately the number of area they can cover in a day’s work. You can, however, request a quotation which specifies the costs per square metre in order to allow you compare with other contractors. In reality, several plastering professionals use either small, medium or large sized room as the yard stick for providing a quote.

Generally, for a small sized room, you’ll have to pay about £600 to £700, a medium sized will cost within the range of £650 to £1000, while a large sized room will cost between the range of £1000 to £1500.

can you wallpaper over artex?

Although they’re pretty much outdated now, artex happens to be a very popular surface coating option just a few decades ago. Several homeowners with artex in recent times would either want to have them removed or cover them up with stuffs such as a wallpaper. So if you’re wondering whether or not it’s possible to wallpaper over artex, then there you have it. It’s possible to wallpaper over artex, however it’s not advisable as wallpaper may eventually crack over time. On the other hand, the artex can also create ridges beneath the wallpaper which allows unpleasant protrusions in the wallpaper. Instead of applying wallpaper over artex, a more permanent solution would be to cover it with drywall or wet plaster or perhaps just have it removed completely.

 

There are two types of wallpaper, there’s the thin wallpaper application which comes with adhesive on one side as well as a pattern or colour on the other side. With this, all you need do is simply to peel and stick. Then the other type is the sturdier wallpaper that’s more thick and requires a special wallpaper paste. However, it’s important to note that if you choose to wallpaper over your artex, you won’t be able to make use of the thin type of wallpaper, rather you’ll have to incorporate the sturdier  option which makes use of wallpaper paste.

 

The wallpaper paste is the product you mix with water to produce a paste which you’ll have to apply to your walls before applying the applying the regular wallpaper - one without adhesive on one side. Appling wallpaper to an artex decoration may just give you the updated appearance you so much desire.

How to paint an artex ceiling?

It’s possible to paint your artex ceiling if you want to smarten it up or make it a different colour.

If it’s never been painted before, you’ll need to paint it with a PVA-based solution or water-thinned paint layer to start with. You may want to scrape or sand off any loose or peeling patches beforehand, but only do this if you’re sure that the artex doesn’t contain any asbestos.

Once you’ve done this, follow with two coats of your paint of choice – ideally an emulsion. If your artex ceiling has been painted before then you can paint directly without priming. However, if you’re painting over a particularly bold colour with a lighter one, you might want apply a layer of white paint first.

how to plaster a ceiling?

How To Plaster A Ceiling

Generally, plastering is a very tricky and time consuming job which usually require lots of efforts and practice to get right - with that in mind it gets even a lot trickier when it comes to ceiling plastering.

However, when you’re able to acquire the right know-how as well as tools, ceiling plastering can be completed by any confident DIYer enthusiast without the need to call in a professional. However, if you lack the needed confidence to pull off this task, then we’d recommend you get in touch with a trustworthy professional who can guarantee the best results for help. In this guide, we’ll take you through the ceiling plastering process.

You’ll need the following materials to get started: plaster, mixing bucket and paddle, plasterer’s float, plasterer’s towel, bucket trowel, protective gear, bucket of clean water and wide brush.

✓ Prepare the area. When it comes to plastering a ceiling it’s almost unavoidable to leave a mess around and no matter how you do it, your plaster will drop on the floor. Therefore you have put drop sheets on the floor, cover the furniture and put thing you don’t want to get dirty out of the way.

✓ Prepare the ceiling to be plastered. Sand down the uneven patches on the ceiling. Once done, wash the ceiling with a sponge and warm soapy water while also removing all cobwebs as well. Leave the surface to dry once completed.

✓ Mix the plaster or buy a premix plaster. To mix the plaster, simply use equal parts of plaster and water for mixing the plaster,

✓ Plaster the ceiling. Apply a little quantity of plaster to the edge of your trowel and try to spread it in rows to do the job without much hassle. Ensure that the thickness of the coat is thin and even throughout the application. The rough edge of the trowel should be used for the spreading as it’ll help you create scrapes or scratches in the plaster.

✓ Sand the surface

how to cut plasterboard ceiling?

Cutting a plasterboard is a relatively simple process requiring only some basic tools. Unfortunately, the lack of knowledge serves as big deterrent for many people who wishes to put it to good use. Plasterboard can actually be sawn using an ordinary timber saw that’s fine-toothed to get a cleaner edge. However, the basic tools you may also need includes a sharp knife (Stanley Knife), pencil, a fine sandpaper, a straight edge and measurement tape as well as a wall board saw. Let’s have a look at the cutting process!

✓ Firstly, you need to put the plasterboard sheet flat on a firm surface.

✓ Use the tape measurement to measure the cut you wish to make.

✓ With the help of a pencil, simply mark out the part you wish to cut on the plasterboard’s front side.

✓ Once marked, place a spirited level over the marked spot on the plasterboard sheet you want to cut.

✓ Cut a shallow mark into the plasterboard sheet using the Stanley Knife to cut along the edge.

✓ The cut should be slow and gradual to ensure you do not wander off the edge of the marked area.

✓ Once the shallow cut has been made, turn the plasterboard sheet on its edge and deliver a quick and sharp push towards the plasterboard’s back and on one side of the cut.

✓ Place the plasterboard sheet backing against a flat surface ensuring the line of the cut is over an edge. Once done, give a quick and sharp push towards the back of the plasterboard sheet and on the part of the board is reaches beyond the edge.

✓ Using a fine sandpaper, remove all forms of paper burrs.

The process of cutting plasterboard requires a lot of practice. If you lack the training and experience, the cutting process is best left to a proficient professional who can guarantee the best results the first time and save you some additional costs due to potential damages.

what thickness plasterboard for ceiling?

Also referred to as drywall, plasterboard is a panel that features an inner layer of gypsum and spread between facer as well as backer paper. It is mostly incorporated in the construction of both interior walls and ceilings. Plasterboard can be made to be humidity resistant, fire resistant as well as noise resistant. Due to these reasons and also the fact that it’s very easy to install and very affordable, plasterboard is a very popular choice when it comes to interior walls and ceilings.

One of the major issues that most homeowners face when fitting plasterboard is the thickness required to make the project a long lasting one. But not to worry, we got you covered! If you’re about to install plasterboard for your ceiling and wondering the thickness that’ll be appropriate, then you’ve come to the right place. In general, the standard plasterboard sheet size is 120 cm in width and within the range of 180 cm to 360 cm in height. These sizes are designed to provide the much needed support to the standard stud spacing which is 160 cm. Depending on the manufacturer, plasterboard can be in four different widths.

Now talking about the thickness, there are two standard thicknesses of plasterboard - 9.5 mm and 12.5 mm. The sizes of plasterboard for ceilings are 9.5 mm or 10 mm. Most individuals tend to assume that the thicker the plasterboard the better, but this is absolutely false. A thicker plasterboard will only stick harder to the ceiling which will make it hard to seal joints if required.

Plasterboards are a great noise insulators which can also reduce disturbances from other activities. As a result, for walls, size of plasterboards that’s considered appropriate for walls is 12.5 mm or 13 mm.

how to plasterboard a ceiling?

Installing a plasterboard to a ceiling is not the easiest of tasks, and even though it can be done by one person, it’s usually a lot easier when done by two people. If you’re an experienced DIYer, this task becomes a lot easier to undertake, with both confidence and patience needed to ensure a successful outcome. If you lack these essential attributes, we’d strongly recommend you call in a reliable professional who can guarantee the best results for help. In this guide, we’re going to take you through the processes involved to plasterboard your ceiling. Let’s take a look!

✓ Take a measurement of your ceiling. Knowing the length and width of your room is crucial here. You have nothing to worry about if it’s not a perfect square as that’ll only mean more cutting.

✓ Make the necessary plasterboard cuts. Cut the plasterboard sheet with a utility knife in accordance to ceiling space measured.

✓ Remove existing plaster. Once done, examine the trusses and beams to ensure they’re still in a great condition before you proceed. Also, make sure there’s no loose plaster that can compromise your new installation.

✓ Apply construction adhesive. For a better fit, you’d have to apply adhesive along the beams while also avoiding the edges as this could affect your screw placement.

✓ Start in a level corner. You have to start the installation from the most level corner.

✓ Work along the outside edges. Secure it using a screw along the outside edge. This will make your plasterboard held to your ceiling perfectly. It won’t bend or break as your proceed with the installation.

✓ Complete the installation. Install the plasterboard on your entire ceiling and complete the installation by taping the seams and plastering for a smooth surface.

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