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[maree]

Two days ago a friends son (who has completed a plastering course) plastered a bedroom ceiling - a room roughly 12' x 10'. The ceiling is artexed and we wanted it covered. Today half the plaster has fallen down. After I get him to remove all the plaster (is that possible?) what do I then do - or pay someone else to do to have the job done properly - how should it be done? :( and how much should it cost?

[thedoctor]

See our projects section ad look at artex removal and plastering

[golfbidder1972]

sounds as though he didnt pva the ceiling just before he plastered it,if it wasnt pva d it will not stick to a ceiling properly

[plastereeer]

the artex ceiling is a funny kind of artex.
he should have used a thickish coat of pva 24hrs before, and another diluted coat just before re-skimming it.
lesson to that was a two week plastering course will won't teach you much.