I was wondering if someone could help please. a few months ago I ripped out my old skirting boards and then hired a plasterer to come and fill in the gaps in the sand and cement render walls. He was supposed to fill the gaps with sand and cement Render, but I have since been told what he used with something called pop. And what he did was he just plastered it on over the existing white Plaster. so when the carpenter came to fit the board, he couldn’t do it and he made a mess of my custom-made boards. Now I’m trying to hire someone to fix the whole mess but I’m a little bit confused because one company is telling me it will take three days to fix. I was under the impression that what they’re going to do is remove all the grey pop which you should be able to see in the photos. And then basically start from scratch with the sand and cement render fill all the gaps with sand and cement render go over it with white Plaster. Then fit the skirting boards. they’re saying this will take three days. But I thought sand and cement Render takes some time to dry doesn’t it? And doesn’t it need to be applied in layers and with drying time between the application? And then won’t we need to wait for sometime for the sand and cement Render to dry before actually applying the skirting boards? I’m just wondering whether everyone just wants to make a quick buck. What would be the correct way to fix this mess?
in the photos you can see the grey pop which has been applied by the “plasterer” over the existing white plaster (and sand and cement behind that) making the walls kick out so that the carpenter cut the boards in à way that would leave gaps of at least 1cm needing caulking, which is too much. Where you can see holes in the plaster , that’s where I took a chisel to the pop trying to trim down the wall but what ended up happening was the existing plaster behind it was coming off too.
