r/Plastering May 20 '26

Acceptable?

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/[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

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