Deep Singh

Hi, I've not put this in diy as I'm not trying to do it myself.

If walls aren't even ie the the plaster tends not to be perfectly flat can it just be skimmed over to make it flat or does it have to be all stripped of first?

Its an older house and the internal walls are made of strips of wood with plaster over the top, can't remember what thats called

Thanks
Deep

alanbell

iTrader: (6)

Your internal walls are Lath and plaster, All walls can be > improved ? with a coat of pva (glue) and skim .

Deep Singh

Thats it, lath and plaster!

Alan, how do you prevent the fluctuations in the existing plaster from being translated into the new layer/skim? ie if I were to put a layer of something over something that wasn't flat, then that new layer wouldn't be flat either would it?

Many thanks

Deep

speye91

Fill the uneven surface with browning

speye91

Personally i would strip all the the old wall out and put a new studded wall up ,with plasterboards.

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

a light skim is only cosmetic but a good plasterer will make it seem sooo much better and will conseal most problems but wont stop recurring cracks etc or so alan bell has told me

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

thats the worst idea i have heard for uneven walls ever ??? you can only reduce two walls as the other 2 have either a door frame in or a window !!!

Deep Singh

Hi Steve, so what will stop cracks from recurring, because I have some of those aswell! The major problem as I said though is these 'waves' of uneveness which I presume are either a) a bad job before or b) movement of the property.

Thanks

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

you could get the plasterer to put adhesive tape over all the cracks before plastering which could get rid of most if not all, in old houses its just part of the character, i would go for a recomended plasterer as there are lots of people out there claiming to be plasterers but may make your situation worse !!!

TopBanana

Hahaha shameless.

alanbell

iTrader: (6)

Best scrape the cracks out fill with dry line adesive then skrim , pva all area and skim , >>> SteveB lol cheers Alan.

Deep Singh

Alan, did I get that right, skim then pva and then skim again?

Deep Singh

Is there like a professional association that good ones belong to like 'master builders' etc?

alanbell

iTrader: (6)

No put tape over the cracks , then pva , then skim ,

stevebt

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its best to get someone that comes well recomened !! you will usually find with good plasterers you might have a long wait as work will always come there way due to a good reputation