My daughter has just bought a small terraced house in Chatham, Kent and
one of the jobs she wants done is to have a skim coat of plaster
applied to her artexed lounge walls - believe me, it's hideous.

She has had one quote so far of over £1000 which seems very high for a
room measuring barely 12 feet by 10 feet. Has anyone any views on what
is a reasonable price for the area.

Adrian

Adrian wrote:
My daughter has just bought a small terraced house in Chatham, Kent
and one of the jobs she wants done is to have a skim coat of plaster
applied to her artexed lounge walls - believe me, it's hideous.

She has had one quote so far of over £1000 which seems very high for
a room measuring barely 12 feet by 10 feet. Has anyone any views on
what is a reasonable price for the area.

Adrian

Thats no reasonable price for any area, IMHO.

for an average sized room I'd say £400to£500

Adrian wrote:
My daughter has just bought a small terraced house in Chatham, Kent
and one of the jobs she wants done is to have a skim coat of plaster
applied to her artexed lounge walls - believe me, it's hideous.

She has had one quote so far of over £1000 which seems very high for
a room measuring barely 12 feet by 10 feet. Has anyone any views on
what is a reasonable price for the area.

Adrian

get her to ask how long the job will take then get her to ask what
the plasterers day rate is. I recon it's a 2 day job, tops, and that
makes a fair price of £250 MAXIMUM (inc bacon butties & tea)


RT

news wrote:
Adrian wrote:
My daughter has just bought a small terraced house in Chatham, Kent
and one of the jobs she wants done is to have a skim coat of plaster
applied to her artexed lounge walls - believe me, it's hideous.

She has had one quote so far of over £1000 which seems very high for
a room measuring barely 12 feet by 10 feet. Has anyone any views on
what is a reasonable price for the area.

Adrian

get her to ask how long the job will take then get her to ask what
the plasterers day rate is. I recon it's a 2 day job, tops, and that
makes a fair price of £250 MAXIMUM (inc bacon butties & tea)


RT

I presume thats just a labour price?

Maybe you should move to Kent.

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wrote:

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ROFL at your sig

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"Theory and practice are the same in theory, but different in practice"

Geoffrey wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 18:22:02 GMT, "news" wrote:

Adrian wrote:
My daughter has just bought a small terraced house in Chatham, Kent
and one of the jobs she wants done is to have a skim coat of plaster
applied to her artexed lounge walls - believe me, it's hideous.

She has had one quote so far of over £1000 which seems very high
for a room measuring barely 12 feet by 10 feet. Has anyone any
views on what is a reasonable price for the area.

Adrian

get her to ask how long the job will take then get her to ask what
the plasterers day rate is. I recon it's a 2 day job, tops, and that
makes a fair price of £250 MAXIMUM (inc bacon butties & tea)


£125 per day for a plasterer??? Where! Give his number NOW.

no.

I have 2 plasterers that do £125/day, Matt & Jason take a bow !

do they really charge you more than that ?

p.s. **** kent, it's chock full of shandy drinking southern jessies.


RT

news wrote:
Geoffrey wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 18:22:02 GMT, "news" wrote:

Adrian wrote:
My daughter has just bought a small terraced house in Chatham, Kent
and one of the jobs she wants done is to have a skim coat of
plaster applied to her artexed lounge walls - believe me, it's
hideous.

She has had one quote so far of over £1000 which seems very high
for a room measuring barely 12 feet by 10 feet. Has anyone any
views on what is a reasonable price for the area.

Adrian

get her to ask how long the job will take then get her to ask what
the plasterers day rate is. I recon it's a 2 day job, tops, and that
makes a fair price of £250 MAXIMUM (inc bacon butties & tea)


£125 per day for a plasterer??? Where! Give his number NOW.

no.

I have 2 plasterers that do £125/day, Matt & Jason take a bow !


I suppose really it's a case of...There's plasteres and You have plasteres.

"news" wrote in message
...
£125 per day for a plasterer??? Where! Give his number NOW.

no.

I have 2 plasterers that do £125/day, Matt & Jason take a bow !

Phone numbers please. I'll offer them double that.



do they really charge you more than that ?

YES


p.s. **** kent, it's chock full of shandy drinking southern jessies.

And I'm up north !

"Adrian" wrote in message


My daughter has just bought a small terraced house in Chatham, Kent and
one of the jobs she wants done is to have a skim coat of plaster
applied to her artexed lounge walls - believe me, it's hideous.

Use a steam wall paper stripper to remove the artex or scrape it off
with a blade.


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Michael Mcneil wrote:
"Adrian" wrote in message


My daughter has just bought a small terraced house in Chatham, Kent
and one of the jobs she wants done is to have a skim coat of plaster
applied to her artexed lounge walls - believe me, it's hideous.

Use a steam wall paper stripper to remove the artex or scrape it off
with a blade.

Heh! you ever tried removing that stuff? and she does have four walls of it.

ben wrote:
Michael Mcneil wrote:

"Adrian" wrote in message



My daughter has just bought a small terraced house in Chatham, Kent
and one of the jobs she wants done is to have a skim coat of plaster
applied to her artexed lounge walls - believe me, it's hideous.

Use a steam wall paper stripper to remove the artex or scrape it off
with a blade.


Heh! you ever tried removing that stuff? and she does have four walls of it.


Probably a day's work for a plasterer and a mate. Last pair I employed
charged £300 for the day.

Geoffrey wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 10:04:35 GMT, "ben" wrote:

Michael Mcneil wrote:
"Adrian" wrote in message


My daughter has just bought a small terraced house in Chatham, Kent
and one of the jobs she wants done is to have a skim coat of
plaster applied to her artexed lounge walls - believe me, it's
hideous.

Use a steam wall paper stripper to remove the artex or scrape it off
with a blade.

Heh! you ever tried removing that stuff? and she does have four
walls of it.


As it happens....
When we bought this house pretty much every wall and ceiling was rough
artexed. Bit by bit I removed it all using an Earlex steam stripper.
The ceilings are the worst.

I reckon I could do a standard sized room (walls that is, not the
ceinling as well) in a weekend, as long as it was completely clear of
furniture and carpet.

Mind you, the clearing up afterwards is a pig of a job and if you want
to paint the walls rather than wallpapering them you have to spend
time sanding down the surfaces.

So all in all plastering them is the easiest solution, woundn't you agree.
:-)

Geoffrey wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:06:50 GMT, "ben" wrote:


So all in all plastering them is the easiest solution, woundn't you
agree. :-)


Easiest? God YES! We just couldn't afford it

All the more reason you should try your hand at plastering.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

Michael Mcneil wrote:

Use a steam wall paper stripper to remove the artex or scrape it off
with a blade.


My favourite is a power planer with blunt carbide blades! Round off
the ends of the blades slightly. Bit dusty!

Regards
Capitol

Capitol wrote:
Michael Mcneil wrote:

Use a steam wall paper stripper to remove the artex or scrape it off
with a blade.


My favourite is a power planer with blunt carbide blades! Round off
the ends of the blades slightly. Bit dusty!

Regards
Capitol

Ooh! Me lungs hurt.

wrote:
On 10 Jul,
"ben" wrote:

Capitol wrote:
Michael Mcneil wrote:

Use a steam wall paper stripper to remove the artex or scrape it
off with a blade.


My favourite is a power planer with blunt carbide blades! Round off
the ends of the blades slightly. Bit dusty!

Regards
Capitol

Ooh! Me lungs hurt.

They will on early artex (up to about 1983) It contained asbestos
until about then.

Why'd you think I said it, I would never scrape of Artex because of this
reason.
If you don't know it's age then plaster it.

In message , ben
writes
wrote:
On 10 Jul,
"ben" wrote:

Capitol wrote:
Michael Mcneil wrote:

Use a steam wall paper stripper to remove the artex or scrape it
off with a blade.


My favourite is a power planer with blunt carbide blades! Round off
the ends of the blades slightly. Bit dusty!

Regards
Capitol

Ooh! Me lungs hurt.

They will on early artex (up to about 1983) It contained asbestos
until about then.

Why'd you think I said it, I would never scrape of Artex because of this
reason.
If you don't know it's age then plaster it.

Someone had better tell the american bint with the squint on ch5 then

ISTR she had an "expert" on the program who was scraping it off and
filling the holes in with plaster
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raden wrote:
In message , ben
writes
wrote:
On 10 Jul,
"ben" wrote:

Capitol wrote:
Michael Mcneil wrote:

Use a steam wall paper stripper to remove the artex or scrape it
off with a blade.


My favourite is a power planer with blunt carbide blades! Round
off the ends of the blades slightly. Bit dusty!

Regards
Capitol

Ooh! Me lungs hurt.

They will on early artex (up to about 1983) It contained asbestos
until about then.

Why'd you think I said it, I would never scrape of Artex because of
this reason.
If you don't know it's age then plaster it.

Someone had better tell the american bint with the squint on ch5 then

ISTR she had an "expert" on the program who was scraping it off and
filling the holes in with plaster

Oh! her she's short of card for a full pack. Anyone can make their house
look stunning...it's just about how much your willing to pay out.

http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/artex.htm

In message , ben
writes
raden wrote:
In message , ben
writes
wrote:
On 10 Jul,
"ben" wrote:

Capitol wrote:
Michael Mcneil wrote:

Use a steam wall paper stripper to remove the artex or scrape it
off with a blade.


My favourite is a power planer with blunt carbide blades! Round
off the ends of the blades slightly. Bit dusty!

Regards
Capitol

Ooh! Me lungs hurt.

They will on early artex (up to about 1983) It contained asbestos
until about then.

Why'd you think I said it, I would never scrape of Artex because of
this reason.
If you don't know it's age then plaster it.

Someone had better tell the american bint with the squint on ch5 then

ISTR she had an "expert" on the program who was scraping it off and
filling the holes in with plaster

Oh! her she's short of card for a full pack. Anyone can make their house
look stunning...it's just about how much your willing to pay out.

And she's such a patronising, annoying bitch

.... but there was nothing else on TV last friday night

and I couldn't be arsed to go and do anything else

that's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it



http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/artex.htm



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geoff