Cleaning house after building work

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A family member had work done in their living room - plaster off from just below picture rail to the ceiling, some bricks out, new metal strut in to support the structure. Then fresh plaster back over.

The builders removed debris but plaster dust is everywhere and it needs a proper clean.

Am getting quotes on proper clean but is there anything we should do to the plaster now to make sure there isn't more dust post clean? Just wipe over with a damp cloth?

Family member isn't well at the moment so decorating is on hold. Would it be worth us just getting a paint layer on the plaster partly to keep clean but also to make the room brighter?

Thanks

Just get a builder type hoover like karcher, and hoover floors, walls, etc. don’t use house hover as building dust destroys them.
The building type using have no filter and it goes into a bag so you can let the dust out. Attachments to hoover door frames etc. then damp mop floors

Wait until the plaster has dried out then you can paint with emulsion. Some say to dilute the first coat slightly but I’ve not found it necessary.

Family member is currently in hospital so my siblings who live nearby are spending all spare time in hospital so was thinking of paying for a service - currently coming out at £800 Inc vat if also clean carpets. This is for a three bed.

The building work ended a month ago so the dust is all over the house due to not being dealt with at the time and now hospitalisation. Suspect might need to suck up paying external company but sounds like we could not worry about the plaster and just get some emulsion on ourselves for now.

If they have carpet and would need a hoover suitable for dust and carpet cleaner hired etc and I’ll its probably worth professionals for ease this time

Thanks Caspian, that makes me feel like I'm just being more realistic. Will get a few quotes, pick one and get it done as need to have home suitable for return.

I’d recently had decorators paint fresh plaster after that amount of time - they did a mist coat first (diluting emulsion with water) just to make sure it doesn’t flake later.

Vacuum with Karcher type vacuum agreed but they do have a filter.

Once clean paint the plaster with a watered down mist coat to seal.

I agree Henry the hover style hover, mist coat once all plaster is uniform light pink shade - don’t use a dehumidifier etc just wait for it to turn. I cleaned loads of this up myself. If you do that don’t sweep, wet coat wipe downs and hover are the only thing that work. Dust will take a while to settle and might need a few cleans. I haven’t cleaned up carpet after building work but agree a professional is the best idea there.