Is there an “easy” solution to this plaster problem?

[taybert]

We’re changing our house round to have the kitchen where the living room currently is. The walls were painted lining paper which I’ve stripped off but the plaster underneath (unsurprisingly) is a mess. About 1/3 of the way up is newer plaster, quite a lot of which has blown and is falling off. Above that is the older finish which is very patchy indeed. It’s not falling off but there are bits that look as if they’ve been patched with a polyfilla type of stuff which is coming off. The rest is painted in ? gloss paint, some of which is flaking and some of which is very firmly stuck.

So! I’m assuming the plan to skim this is out? Does it need boarding and skimming? Or is there something else they can do? I’m thinking boarding will mean the kitchen will need tweaking due to the change in measurements..... Aargh!

The plasterer will be able to just skim that. We’ve had walls in a worse condition skimmed.

A good kitchen fitter will be able to sort out any small tweaks in the measurements/slightly wonky walls when your kitchen is fitted.

Our walls were a mess under the wallpaper. We hacked off any loose stuff and on the advice of the plasterer painted all the walls with this stuff www.toolstation.com/febond-blue-grit-plaster-bonding-agent/p84905 and they skimmed it.

I wasn’t sure if the blue grit stuff would work with how many different things are going in and the patchiness of it all. It’s good to hear a positive review of it, thanks.

I thought blown bits needed to come off as they aren't attached properly any more ? If it's going to be a kitchen you want it to be able to support tiles etc ?

To be honest the blown bits are probably less of a problem as they’re where the backs of the lower cabinets will be (and it looks like it’s be easy to knock it off if we needed to anyway) But yes, the higher bits will be supporting tiles or a splash back so need to be solid.