Quality shows through paint — flat walls or rippled, proper prep or rushed. Professional skimming across Craigavon that delivers surfaces worth the decoration you’ll put on them.
When you need walls skimmed, the last thing you want is five different plasterers calling with wildly different prices and availability. Checkatrade floods you with options but leaves you no clearer on who’s actually good. You need one reliable person — not a selection headache.
Our approach is more straightforward.
Our approach is straightforward: one plasterer covers skimming work across Craigavon. Direct contact means honest pricing — you speak to the person who’ll attend your home and deliver quality finishes without unnecessary complications.
Skimming requirements vary between properties. Victorian solid walls behave differently than modern plasterboard, and each surface type needs appropriate preparation and application — recognising these differences ensures professional finishes throughout.
Have a read through the service details below. If it sounds like the right fit for your rooms, give us a call or fill in the form. If it’s not quite what you need, that’s fine — appreciate you taking the time.
Our Skimming Services in Craigavon
Wall skimming services cover everything from single feature walls to complete room transformations. Damaged plaster, rough textures, and uneven surfaces all respond to professional re-skimming that creates smooth, consistent finishes. Experienced plasterers match existing textures where needed, blend repairs invisibly, and deliver walls that make decorating straightforward and results impressive.
Re-skimming ceilings eliminates textured patterns that date properties and make decorating difficult. Stipple, swirl, bark, and other Artex finishes vanish beneath professional skim coats, leaving smooth surfaces ready for paint. Skilled ceiling work requires experience — working overhead, managing drying times, avoiding joins — delivering flat finishes that transform room appearances.
Blending patch repairs into existing plaster takes skill that professional plasterers develop over years. Visible damage gets properly filled, keyed, and skim coated with careful attention to edges and texture matching. Seamless feathering ensures patches disappear completely — walls restored to consistent smooth finishes ready for decoration without full re-skimming costs.
Finishing freshly boarded walls takes specialist skill that professional plasterers apply to extensions and conversions. Taped joints disappear beneath smooth skim coats, creating seamless surfaces ready for paint or paper. Quality preparation and application ensure lasting results — no visible joins, no corner cracking, just flawless finishes that make new spaces feel complete.
Full room plastering unifies surfaces with consistent smooth finishes across walls and ceilings together. Comprehensive re-skimming eliminates texture variations and patchy areas — delivering seamless results throughout. Skilled tradesmen work room by room, ensuring even quality and professional finishing that transforms spaces completely.
The finish you get depends entirely on who holds the trowel. Here’s the honest breakdown of how we approach skimming work throughout Craigavon.
Experience across Craigavon — Craigavon Lakes, Craigavon Civic Centre, Lurgan Park — builds a mental map of what’s behind the paint. Bay-fronted houses usually mean lath and lime. Pebbledash semis mean sand and cement render. That knowledge speeds up assessment and prevents preparation mistakes.
Full room re-skims where everything matches, single walls after radiator moves, ceilings following leak repairs, new boards in extensions — the scope varies but the preparation discipline stays constant across Craigavon.
Locally Post-war housing estates and Modern detached properties dominate Craigavon, generally 2.3m to 2.5m (7.5ft – 8.2ft) to the ceiling. Years skimming this specific housing builds instinct about wall behaviour, typical conditions, and preparation approaches that deliver lasting results.
When you make contact, the plasterer responds personally — same tradesman who’ll assess your walls and complete the skimming throughout Craigavon. Wall condition, surface preparation, realistic timelines — proper discussion from the start.
When you make contact, the plasterer responds personally — same tradesman who’ll assess your walls and complete the skimming throughout Craigavon. Wall condition, surface preparation, realistic timelines — proper discussion from the start.
Site visits involve systematic surface reading — checking soundness, testing absorption, identifying weak spots, noting previous repairs. Preparation needs get explained clearly. Pricing matches actual wall condition, not generic estimates.
Work proceeds methodically — surface preparation, fresh plaster mixing, controlled application, skilled finishing. Dust sheets protect belongings throughout. Complete cleanup happens after. You’ll understand drying times, mist coat requirements, and decoration scheduling.
Practical questions deserve practical answers — preparation requirements, job duration, drying times. Here’s what you need to know about skimming work.
How long does skimming a room take?
Completion time depends heavily on wall condition. Average bedroom on sound plaster takes roughly a day. Poor surfaces needing preparation work take longer — sometimes considerably. Ceiling work adds time. Assessment reveals what your walls actually require.
Do my walls need stripping back before skimming?
Not necessarily — wall condition dictates approach. Solid existing plaster skims over after proper preparation. Blown sections need stripping. Heavy buildup from previous work may require removal. Assessment identifies what each wall actually needs.
What’s the difference between plastering and skimming?
Skimming applies thin finish coats over prepared surfaces — creating smooth walls from existing plaster. Plastering includes thicker applications like base coats on bare walls, rendering, or depth building. Typical home re-finishing means skimming over what’s there, not starting from scratch.
Can you skim over painted walls?
Some painted surfaces skim directly, others don’t. Matt emulsion over good plaster can receive skim after keying preparation. Gloss, silk, or multiple thick coats create adhesion failures — often requiring removal or bonding coat application. Assessment identifies requirements.
How long before I can paint after skimming?
Drying times depend on coat thickness, room ventilation, and ambient temperature. Standard skimming typically dries within 2-4 days in well-ventilated rooms, though complete curing takes 2-3 weeks. Mist coat with diluted emulsion first — this seals the surface for proper paint adhesion. Rushing decoration risks paint failure.
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Skimming services cover all areas throughout Craigavon. Local plasterers who understand the housing stock — Victorian lime, post-war gypsum, modern board — and what preparation each property type actually needs.
Aghacommon, Aghagallon, Annagh, Ardowen, Ashgrove, Ballinderry, Ballyoran, Bleary, Bocombra, Brownlow, Carn, Central, Church Place, Clare, Craigavon Town Centre, Derryadd, Derrymacash, Derrytrasna, Dollingstown, Drumbeg, Drumgor, Druminnis, Edenderry, Gilford, Highfield, Kernan, Killicomaine, Knockmenagh, Legahory, Lurgan, Magheralin, Mandeville, Mourneview, Moyraverty, Parkmore, Portadown, Redwood, Shankill, Silverwood, Taghnevan, Tavanagh, Tullygally, Waringstown, Woodville
BT28, BT62, BT63, BT64, BT65, BT66, BT67
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