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I had a few (broken down) quotes before so I knew what to expect. I don't mean to offend, but even getting someone off here isn't going to guarantee I get a good job, is it? It's a public forum. If I want to get a quote then I just stick something in 'work available'?

fair question, and I won't be convinced till the job is done, but reasons were: 1 - no-one on here mentioned anything when I said where I lived 2 - it seems Which has a better structure than ratedpeople - I pay for Which and think the site is funded by users, rather than tradesmen, where the...

Wish I had come here a month ago. Will definitely come back and will keep in mind for anyone who asks me.

I've told him I don't want him to re-do it and I want him to reimburse me for another guy I got from 'Which? Local' to do it. I'm going to strip it and coat in thistle bond-it, betokontact or blue grip and he's going to come round and skim it. Have to say a big thanks everyone on this thread -...

like this? https://youtu.be/SOFWyJS1UaE

He's paid a visit and is going to improve the finish on the patch, and patch another unbonded area. Issue now is with these hollow sounding areas. He wasn't convinced they were unbonded and said that any unbonded areas would already have cracked (I have paint rollered the walls). Said that...

I'm reasonably sure other walls are fine and they felt ok to me (and we KNOW at least some of the new skim was not bonded). I didn't use a steamer - they were only painted (although room may have been papered and stripped some time in the last 100 years!).

I requested a quote for skim and he didn't suggest anything was wrong with the walls. The skim seems to not have bonded to the old plaster underneath, which is NOT loose. He's going to be here imminently so we'll see what we can do. Have masking tape up to highlight all the hollow patches.

SE London. Been over all the skimmed surfaces (over-boarded ceiling and several walls) with my fingernails and there are LOTS of hollow sounding areas with sizes varying from palm of a hand to over a foot wide.

Thats what I'm planning / hoping! His skim is coming away from the plaster underneath is (at least thats what happened on the peeling patch). There were no issues before he started - the old plaster was just dented/bumpy.

No - I don't think we were scrimping on the price - he said he wouldn't be the cheapest quote (I didn't go looking for cheap quotes - I used Ratedpeople hoping to get a decent plasterer at a fair price). Also let him put the quote up so he could bring a labourer along.

Thanks everyone for your advice. The plasterer seems like a genuine bloke - he's blaming it on some dodgy PVA (not that that explains the patch up job), and is coming back tomorrow afternoon. Says if it takes re-skimming then thats what he will do. I did this and there are a few patches...

7 days - all looked thoroughly dry for several days. Should I be requesting he skim the whole lot again? Is a (well done) patch likely to be fine?

good observational skills, flynnyman. The neighbour had a leaking gutter and it seems to have gone unfixed for quite a while (fixed now) and allowed water to run down the brickwork. Bricks on front of house are damp, mainly on neighbours side. Area was behind our radiator. This plaster was...

Hi Jesssop, Point taken - I should have left out the 'satisfactory' bit from my question (but I can't edit). I'd still like to know if the pro's would expect the finish to suffer from a patch up job like this? and if anyone has tips on preparing or painting a PVA and plaster patch surface for...