jayc89 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 We have a pretty wonky wall in what will become our utility. There's approx 15mm from the brick face to the existing door frame, so not much room to play with. I had it plastered last week, the guy used Hardwall as a backing, followed by multi-finish. I was away with work last week so only got to see it earlier this week... Towards the bottom of the wall it's now bellied outwards by approx 15mm, 20mm at its worse, so it's going to make tiling, or fitting skirting to it a real PITA. I know the wall was wonky, and the plasterer said he wouldn't be able to get it spot on level, but I was expecting better than that. Was I wrong to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Everybody shunts responsibility off onto the next trade : until the carpenter comes. Ours said " I sort everyone's mess out " . You have what you have. Talk about it to your tiler - a decent chippie will fettle that without a second thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy_wafer Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 I don't know to be honest, if it was pretty rough to start with, could more have been done do you think or not? Will that bit of wall be concealed away behind cupboard / wash machine for new stuff, although 3mm still 9.1.3 Internal walls and ceilings - NHBC Standards 2023 NHBC Standards 2023 (nhbc-standards.co.uk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayc89 Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 5 minutes ago, crispy_wafer said: I don't know to be honest, if it was pretty rough to start with, could more have been done do you think or not? Will that bit of wall be concealed away behind cupboard / wash machine for new stuff, although 3mm still 9.1.3 Internal walls and ceilings - NHBC Standards 2023 NHBC Standards 2023 (nhbc-standards.co.uk) The crunch point was at the other end of the wall, where the distance between the brick and door frame was only 15mm, however the problem is the other end of the wall, near the corner which will be hidden by units, so perhaps not a massive issue, I'd expect a decent plasterer to get a reasonable level to it as there's no limiting factors (and is exactly why I didn't attempt it myself ) SWMBO mentioned he was using a small piece of timber to level off so perhaps that was part of the issue, if he'd used something nearer to the full length of the room he'd be able to get something nearer to level. Says the arm-chair plasterer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Pretty crap plastering. He shoudl have chucked on a few more bags of hardwall and ruled it off with a long straightedge or speedskim. It looks like he has just skimmed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayc89 Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 39 minutes ago, Mr Punter said: Pretty crap plastering. He shoudl have chucked on a few more bags of hardwall and ruled it off with a long straightedge or speedskim. It looks like he has just skimmed it. There's certainly hardwall under there, about 25mm in places, which is what I thought would be used to get the wall level prior to skimming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGrahamT21 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Definitely looks a bit off, nothing some extra tile adhesive won’t cure if it’s all being tiled. Also probably best not to check how straight the wall is with a piece of roofing latt! Get a spirit level on it, something which is designed straight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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