#12304024, By henro_ben Advice on house hunting

henro_ben 20 Sep 2018 15:59:55 2,393 posts
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Rhaegyr wrote:
Thanks - he's said he'll scribe it himself but it can't hurt for me to give it a once over tonight. He's highly recommended too so I'm hoping it'll be minimal.

If there's any cracks/tears I know where the furniture's going anyway

Did he say scribe, or score? Because scribing would imply that he's going to cut away at the back of the new board where it overlaps the new plaster, thus making it fit flush, rather than scoring the plaster before taking off the old boards...

I'd be inclined to give it a score myself before he comes round. It shouldn't take off too much plaster, but it really depends on how it's attached to the wall.

To be honest, I'd be deeply, deeply unimpressed with a plasterer who thought it acceptable to skim a wall without taking the skirting boards off!