Hi all
Recently moved to a terrace house built in 1901. Got all the woodchip off (and the 60s wallpaper underneath) and it's lime plaster. Decided to prioritise living room so we have somewhere nice to hang out in the evenings. Several plasterers have been to quote but we've done a bit of research and are now panicking that we shouldn't be getting new plaster/gypsum skimmed over lime. However lime specialists are said to be 2-3 times the price (5 bed that will all need doing :shock: ) and hard to find. We're in East Kent. It's a pretty deprived area so I'd be very surprised if everyone was splashing out on authentic lime...
Has anyone been in a similar situation? What did you do? Does 2 or 3 times the price sound right? I don't want to cut corners and cause problems further down the line but I also don't want to spend all of our budget on just the skimming when we have no sofa/bed etc
Thanks
Recently moved to a terrace house built in 1901. Got all the woodchip off (and the 60s wallpaper underneath) and it's lime plaster. Decided to prioritise living room so we have somewhere nice to hang out in the evenings. Several plasterers have been to quote but we've done a bit of research and are now panicking that we shouldn't be getting new plaster/gypsum skimmed over lime. However lime specialists are said to be 2-3 times the price (5 bed that will all need doing :shock: ) and hard to find. We're in East Kent. It's a pretty deprived area so I'd be very surprised if everyone was splashing out on authentic lime...
Has anyone been in a similar situation? What did you do? Does 2 or 3 times the price sound right? I don't want to cut corners and cause problems further down the line but I also don't want to spend all of our budget on just the skimming when we have no sofa/bed etc
Thanks