Plasterers in Winchmore Hill, N21

Plastering Walls in Winchmore HIll

Plastering walls in a kitchen

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Plasterers in Winchmore Hill

As your local plasterers in Winchmore Hill, we received a call from a client in the area asking us to plaster the interior walls of their kitchen in time for their new kitchen to be installed.

When we visited their home we could see that the exterior walls of the kitchen had bonding ( an undercoat of plaster) on them, which has a tendency to draw in moisture. It was also not a suitable surface for the kitchen and tiling to be fitted to. We recommended removing the bonding and taking the exterior walls back to the brickwork, so as to give us a solid base to work from before applying fresh plaster. The customer approved our written quotation and, fortunately for them, we were able squeeze the work into our schedule, in good time for the plaster completed, dry and ready for the kitchen installation to begin.

May 2021

Project Date

Hours of Work

The project

Plastering the Kitchen Walls

The customer’s property in Winchmore Hill was an old house. Removing the old kitchen had revealed a number of problems, including bonding on the walls. As a wall covering it is lacking insulation value, likely to absorb moisture, causing damp, and unsuitable for a modern kitchen installation.

With the above in mind, our plasterer’s first task was to remove the bonding from the walls, taking it back to the brickwork. The brickwork was then dusted-off to remove as much of the loose debris as possible, giving us a surface with which we could bond sand and cement to.

We then applied a layer of sand and cement with a waterproofing agent in the mix. This is known as a ‘floated out scratch coat’ and is a first of plaster designed to bond to the brickwork and create a base coat upon which plaster can then be applied.

Once the base coat had dried we then plastered the walls, applying a second coat using multi-finish plaster to create a straighter and smoother wall surface in readiness for covering with a top coat of plaster.

With the second layer dried, the final ‘top coat’ of plaster, was applied. This is often called ‘skimming‘, as it is a smooth layer of plaster which is skimmed over the surface to create the final smooth surface and crisp edged corners which are suitable for painting and decorating.

Customer Review

We decided to do some work at home and because it’s an old house we kept finding all sorts wrong, we also had our kitchen on order with a deadline date, I had to find a plasterer quick. I found GPL on Instagram the work looked great and as soon as I met Greg and he came and had a look I just trusted he knew what he was doing and was lucky he had time to do my work as quick as I needed. I was told it would take 4 days, it took 2 and the finish was just brilliant, I am so happy with the work and the finish, total transformation. I would recommend GPL to anyone I know and anyone I don’t!

Leah Halabi

Contact your local plasterers in Winchmore Hill

If you are considering renovating your home and are in need of plasterers, painters and decorators to restore or modernise, please give us call. GPL Plasterers provide a complete service and cover Winchmore Hill, Grange Park, Southgate, Palmers Green and surrounding areas in North London.

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