Thanks for your rapid reply. No he did not clean up. In fact it took two
days to remove plaster from floor.
He refuses to return and correct work because he says it is a professional
finish. Refused to give an invoice and refuses to give me his full name or
address. He quoted two days work to complete the job. First day he was at
the job for three hours and the same for the second day. Six hours total.
Think I've been ripped off.

"Peter Taylor" wrote in message
...

"Sploop" wrote in message
...
Perhaps some one can help. I've had a plasterer in to plaster a rear
room.New plasterboard, taper edge all round. Quoted £400 cash for finish
and
two days to complete.

£200 a day labour-only is too much. I've heard of plasterers getting £180
in
London, the going rate here is more like £160.

Finish is awful more places below level. I can see
tape between joints. Plasterer says all I need to do is rub it all down
with
sandpaper. Says this is normal practice for plasterers. I've never heard
this before. Does any one else believe this either.

Rubbish. You should be able to shine a light along the wall and see no
imperfections. A few "snots" of plaster to remove in awkward places like
round
cables in inside switch boxes is acceptable, but no rubbing down should be
necessary. Your bloke is no plasterer. Did he clean up properly? That's
always a good test.

Peter