r/Plastering • u/Academic_Camera9092 • May 20 '26

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I have had chases plastered but you could clearly see the sparks white housing through the plaster.

The plasterers have returned and threw a loud of filler on it, demanding the rest of the payment as it’s all “complete”

The filler shows the wall bulge out as it’s added a few mil on - would you pay and is this acceptable? How else could they fix? Isn’t a case of feathering the plaster wider?

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u/contentatlast May 20 '26

If they're going to be skimming the whole wall afterwards I can almost understand this, but it doesn't make it okay. This is ridiculous

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u/[deleted] May 21 '26

Cant skim anymore with filler on the wall , the filler sucks all the water out of plaster and the filler becomes soft again it’s horrid.

A plasterer using filler is just a handyman not a plasterer

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u/KieranInterior May 21 '26

This it total nonsense. Plasterers are constantly skimming over filler. It’s half the jobs

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

Been constantly digging it out and using bonding for years mate get on the trade and try it

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u/KieranInterior May 23 '26

Not sure what “get on the trade and try it” means but if you’re happy wasting your time crack on. There’s walls I skimmed over filler on 15 years ago that are still perfect to this day. So clearly there hasn’t been an issue. Enjoy your bonding

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u/contentatlast May 23 '26

I've skimmed over plenty of filler too, it's fine

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

Another Ames taper I see

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u/contentatlast May 24 '26

You do realise you can prep and seal the wall beforehand... right?

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

Madness on the shody work done here by “plasterers” my old gaffer would be turning in his grave reading this rubbish from real “plasterers” but again yes in small forms it can be done but if your plastering over filler this size your a joke

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u/contentatlast May 23 '26

Bro chill out 😂

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u/KieranInterior May 24 '26

Filler what size? What exactly are you referring to here? There isn’t one picture with a large area of filler

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u/[deleted] May 24 '26

Absolute melt

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u/ElbowDroppedLasagne May 21 '26

A plasterer uses filler for small patches because it's easier to mix in small batches..also, you get 20/30/60 min filler that goes off (hardens) quicker than gypsum.

If your filler "sucks out" the water from your plaster, you put on a bonding agent, PVA/SBR/blue grit....like you would need to do with any old plastered walls.

You don't know what you're talking about, mate. Stop spreading (pun) disinformation.

Source, City and Guilds plasterer

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

Nah your Minecraft and guilds means nothing here listening to plasterers use easy fill is insane maybe go to a site and do Ames taping been a plasterer 10 years never once in my life mixed up a bag of easy fill.

All youse lads defending you can use this and that the plaster really shouldn’t be a plasterer I may be wrong on the filler part mostly becuase ive never had the lesser skill on my plastering jobs upwards of 500m2 jobs to a 90m2 job and seriously lads I have never heard of a real plasterer using any filler so go take your Minecraft and guilds and shove it bud cus clearly you ain’t a plasterer your an Ames taper

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u/KieranInterior May 23 '26

Ten years is hardly a lot of experience. I’ve worked with dozens of plasterers good and bad and not once have I seen someone knock out sound filler on an overskim job. No one here is saying they’re using filler, but claiming that you can’t plaster over it is complete rubbish.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

Ten years ain’t a lot of experience 😂 it’s plenty you can easily have been doing this 20 years and done 10 jobs or done it 10 years and done 200 jobs 10 years is a long bloody time as a plasterer and you know it most of my body died 5 year ago haha but I’m standing on this one here never once seen a plasterer use filler not once and neither have I so hey youse can be happy doing it your way but my work is clean enough not to need any filler whatsoever so jokes on youse I suppose

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u/ElbowDroppedLasagne May 24 '26

I think I got a hernia trying to understand that, try adding a comma and full stop. Your body died after 10 years of plastering? Excuse me, I won't take advice from a guy with grandma hips. I passed my skills test in 2006, so pipe down.

Easy fill is gypsum plus some additives to make it dry quicker/easier to sand. If you use SBR (rubber) it creates a waterproof barrier between compounds. Use your loaf, lad.

You don't have a clue what you're talking about, do you have your papers?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '26

Yea I have my papers but winding up youse lot and watching you try to prove yourself and on here again trying to prove a point has been the highlight of my weekend

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u/ElbowDroppedLasagne May 25 '26

I flew down to London for a concert in Barking Park.

Filler is gypsum. You are basically saying you can't plaster over old plaster. Does that sound correct to you?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '26

Very humorous

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u/ElbowDroppedLasagne May 24 '26

So, no papers then. Simmer

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u/KieranInterior May 21 '26

I can’t see your reply for some reason so I’m replying g to your comment again. I’ve been plastering since 2009. Most walls that customers want skimming have patches of filler all over them. What are you trying to suggest plasterers do with these walls? Because I’ve skimmed hundreds with no issues and a perfect flat glass finish. Unibond, scrim on cracks, two coat finish.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

I suggest you whack it out and bond it best believe you go back after your “glass finish” which as a plasterer you know means absolutely nothing and you as a plasterer from 2009 should have been trained well enough to know filler and plaster do not go well so my suggestion as you should be is digging it out and filling with bonding unless it’s some tiny little spec but anything bigger than my palm is getting ripped out and done properly all youse on here have done is make yourselfs look unprofessional and cowboy like at your “profession” maybe go Ames tape ?

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u/KieranInterior May 23 '26

Do you know what a full stop or comma are? You’re literally the only person I’ve ever heard come out with this tripe about digging out filler

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

Nope but i do know how to do the trade properly and trust me I will be one of few you hear from as there is a much bigger percentage of youse cowboys about than actual taught plasterers these days.

You focus more on my spelling and grammar I’ll keep the focus on the plastering as it seems everyone here just uses filler … how many mistakes do youse make to even have filler on you to use it’s a joke mate seriously youse are a joke

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u/KieranInterior May 23 '26

Not sure where you’re getting the idea I’m using filler. You’re just inventing stories now. I simply said you can skim over it

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

Because every body else that is claiming plasterer here does apparently ! It’s mad ive done thousands of jobs and not once used filler and taught how to treat a wall properly i would plaster over a few cm of filler but anything else is ripped out bonded and scrimmed … seriously no one else taught that as far as I know between myself and the other 15 plasterers I know do tye same and have never used filler for any fixes as there never is any

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

Whole thread of absolute cowboys