Skiming walls

najopito, Jul 11, 9:02am
Is it expensive to get walls skimmed?

johotech, Jul 11, 9:06am
What is expensive?

cabrio1, Jul 11, 9:29am
$500 average size room.
What I was quoted before I did it myself.

underconstructy, Jul 11, 9:54am
$25 a m2 here or minimum day charge of $500 for small jobs.

zak410, Jul 11, 10:45am
A 'prep-coat' maybe all you need and you can just roll it on.

for example:

Resene Broadwall Surface Prep (see Data Sheet D807

http://www.resene.co.nz/homeown/painting-your-home/Painting_Interior_Walls.pdf

najopito, Jul 12, 12:20am
Thanks. That sounds like what I need. I can do that myself. I was hoping to replace the gib etc when I brought the place but I only lived there a year so never got to start the work

zak410, Jul 12, 1:16am
That will improve the surface of a wall in good condition.
If you have defects/dents larger than a few millimetres fill those in first.

digmen1, Jul 12, 7:32pm
I would not attempt to skim my walls, if you are going to paint them the walls need to be nice and smooth.
I tried plastering small patches years ago, and its not easy!

pogram0, Jul 12, 8:20pm
I recently had two fairly large rooms done - I paid $60 sqm.

gregmran, Jul 12, 8:35pm
Floor area or wall area?

pogram0, Nov 24, 1:56am
That was wall area. Have 9.6ft high ceilings and room was (in imperial measurements) approx.13ft x 12ft. Quite expensive to have done but looks good now. After I stripped the wallpaper off I found a fibreboard underneath so could not really paint it as the fibres would have showed through.