Repairing the kitchen following a leak, have pulled all the tiles off the wall, and it's left the plaster in quite a mess, a few big holes and the skim coat has lots of patches taken out of it - while removing/replacing the tiles was part of our original insurance settlement, there's nothing on the scope of works about repairs to the wall behind if needed, so the insurance may well pay the extra to get it done properly...
...however, I'm getting a bit fed up of being let down by trades (so far I've had 2 builders, a gas engineer, plasterer and electrician fail to turn up when agreed or even have the decency to let me know they aren't interested), we've got the new kitchen coming in 2.5 weeks, and still need to paint before it can be installed, so unless we want to have our living room full of appliances, worktops & boxes of cabinets for the foreseeable future, it would be nice to get this done ASAP, so I'm seriously considering DIYing it.
It's not something I've done before, and I'm getting the impression that it's one of those jobs that seems a lot easier than it is, and if it's done poorly then a coat of paint isn't going to do much to hide any mistakes. I've seen there are a few varieties of easy skim stuff, which you apply with a roller and then use something like a speedskim to flatten out - anyone have experience of using these?
Or is it worth just resigning ourselves to keep looking until we actually find someone willing to turn up for the job, even if that potentially means into early next year?
...however, I'm getting a bit fed up of being let down by trades (so far I've had 2 builders, a gas engineer, plasterer and electrician fail to turn up when agreed or even have the decency to let me know they aren't interested), we've got the new kitchen coming in 2.5 weeks, and still need to paint before it can be installed, so unless we want to have our living room full of appliances, worktops & boxes of cabinets for the foreseeable future, it would be nice to get this done ASAP, so I'm seriously considering DIYing it.
It's not something I've done before, and I'm getting the impression that it's one of those jobs that seems a lot easier than it is, and if it's done poorly then a coat of paint isn't going to do much to hide any mistakes. I've seen there are a few varieties of easy skim stuff, which you apply with a roller and then use something like a speedskim to flatten out - anyone have experience of using these?
Or is it worth just resigning ourselves to keep looking until we actually find someone willing to turn up for the job, even if that potentially means into early next year?
