Plastering can dramatically change the appearance of your walls. It will get rid of any dents or bumps that you have experienced whilst decorating in the past.

Plastering is application of various wet materials over surfaces interior walls, floors and ceilings as well as external walls and other surfaces in the building industry.

Some special services offered by some plastering contractors are pebbledashing, rendering, coving, damp course installation or Tyrolean.

Stucco is a term that is applied to many types of external plastering, whether composed of cement or lime.

Sometimes even if the plastering is done correctly, it gets cracks. In such cases the joint compound may hold too much water and then crack when it dries up.

The main thing that takes most DIY enthusiasts by surprise is just how quickly skimming plaster goes hard and becomes unworkable.

90% of the cost of a plastering job is the labor itself.

Plastering dates back as being one of the oldest handicrafts within the construction industry sector but if it is done wrong it could leave the walls of your property in terrible condition.

As with painting, plastering needs a base coat. This base/undercoat may need building up in 2 layers depending on the condition of the walls and the thickness of plaster needed to improve them.

If you have never done any plastering before it is advised that you enlist the help of a professional to undertake the plastering work that needs to be done.