Unfinished fireplace plastering
Our fireplace installer has skimmed the front of our chimney in the living room, but didn't skim the sides. The rest of the living room has been done a few weeks previously, but the on the advice of our plasterer chimney was left as it needed to be done in one go (corners required beading).
Are we going to have to get the whole chimney reskimmed when we get the sides skimmed due to the need for beading?
Many thanks
Chris
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D. S. Reactive
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Hi Chris, ideally it should have been skimmed using beads but you could feather the corners in.
2nd Nov 2021
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fenhomes & son property repairs and maintenance
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A skim bead is used to give a straight angle on corners a decent plasterer should be able to feather this into the chimney brest
11th Nov 2021
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TPR Group, Plastering & Rendering
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No you can use stop beads.
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16th Nov 2021
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Professional builders
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Yes a professional job will require the skimming of the whole Chimney.
23rd Nov 2021
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yes it will all need to be re done with angle beads on first then skimmed
11th Jan 2022
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M.w.j.bugedn builder
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Yes you will need to skim the whole chimney again if you need beading on the sides
28th Oct 2021
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Johns fixit
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You can just install one sided plaster beads on the the two sides. These are called thin coat bead stops.
21st Feb 2022
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You could use stop beads in place of corner beads and would just need to put a little filler along the bead edge at the face of breast
Or use corner beads and either fill/skim just 3” in from the bead edge on the face of breast /feather in
Or use corner beads and either fill/skim just 3” in from the bead edge on the face of breast /feather in
8th Mar 2022
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Right angle general builders
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hi chris you can bead it and easy fill up the side of the return thats has aleady been plastered making sure it picks the bead up on this side plaster the face rub it down all back to normal but thats for big walls really so it would be quicker to just plaster the sides as well again mate
18th Feb 2022
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Shop fitters unlimited
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Hi,your plasterer is right. You maybe should have got fire place done first. Let him fit his halve and work around it. If you have had the rest of the room plastered you will always notice its not been done. I think get him back and plaster it. Stove fitters only go to a point of fire place
14th Apr 2022
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Smooth Finishing Plastering
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Ideally to make the best possible job you’d have to set the new corner beads on and have the whole lot reskimmed , not a massive job.
1st Sep 2022
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Plasterer
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It will look properly done, been plastered in full
29th Oct 2022
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No it can be patched in with out the need of a full skim as long as your happy with that
3rd May 2023
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Jace Orzechowski
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everything should be done in one go, you must not leave the customer with an additional problem
28th Apr 2023
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Smooth Coat Plastering
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Sort answer. Yes. Corner beads need applying before any plaster is applied on chimney breast
8th Dec 2023
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