I don’t like to say this, but people often think that plastering is an easy job. It can happen really easily but it helps to avoid it if you have doorstops. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve had to fix plaster behind a door where the door’s been pushed back into the wall. Did you know you can throw a bucket of water at a raw fibrous wall and it won’t touch the ground? If you have a constant drip of water on your plaster it will eventually just degrade. Just like Gyprock doesn’t handle stress, it also doesn’t like water.
I can always fix it but if the root problem is not resolved you’ll be calling me back. This might require help from a carpenter or sometimes even a structural engineer to identify what’s causing it. Sometimes it’s a symptom of a bigger problem. Sometimes the cement in the cornice just gives way over time. To fix this i’ll usually require you to hire a scaffold or other mobile platform.
Cutting out old plaster rings in plaster crack#
Walking on the ceiling battons will crack your ceiling plaster and sometimes the cornice.
The number of times I’ve come to a house where the owner has had work done and some tradie or DIY person has been up in the ceiling cavity.
Of course when they do this they leave a big hole for Mal to fill. People like to have them removed and replaced with electric or a newer gas heater. Many Canberra houses started with old gas heaters. If you have fibrous plaster it’s much less likely. Even the best plasterer can’t avoid this. As the house moves, the plaster also moves and a crack is created. Every house has movement – especially after a big wet. These are from fists, balls, falling objects and other things. Here are the top ten: Human-made holesĮspecially when people have kids they often get holes in the walls. When I get called out to a plastering job I find lots of interesting problems I have to deal with. This entry was posted in Plastering Canberra on Januby Jean. So if you are keen to get your house in order, call Mal at Small Jobs Plastering. In Summer I can get in and out quickly – finish your house and go and have a nice cold beer. It’s hard to walk in and out of houses with buckets and tools when it’s wet and cold in Winter. If you have me repair the cracks, holes and falling down cornice – give it a coat of paint and it’s good as new. You want your house to look spick and span. Second, we all have more visitors in summer. I then have to come back a couple of times to second coat and top coat – then again to sand. When I plaster in Winter, if it’s cold and wet, it sometimes takes a couple of days for the first coat to dry. Number one reason is that plaster dries really quickly in Summer. Summer is the best time to get your plastering small jobs done! Why is that? Mal’s back – book in your plastering now! This entry was posted in Plastering Canberra on Augby Jean. If you want to make your unsightly Gyprock accidents invisible – call Mal! These are the things we usually don’t look at when we’re in and out, but when we’re at home all the time they stick out like a sore thumb! It could be a piece of cornice that slowly slides down the wall. Maybe for a few years the house has settled and there’s a crack across the wall in the hallway. Perhaps five years ago one of the kids slammed a ball against the wall and made a hole. I’ve had lots of people contact me lately because they’ve suddenly started to see all the cracks and holes in their Gyprock to which they were previously blind. Some of us like to work from home, others – not so much.Īt the end of the day, the more time you spend at home the more you take notice of the things that aren’t quite right.
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