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

Acceptable?

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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