IP Plastering - Plastering / Plasterer East Kilbride, South Glasgow and surrounding areas

Plastering East Kilbride

IP Plastering provide plastering and skimming in East Kilbride and Glasgow.

So why use Plaster?

There are two main methods used in construction of the interior walls of modern homes. Those methods are either Drywall or Plaster. In drywall a specialized form of sheet rock known as "greenboard" (yclept because on the outer paper coating is greenish) is screwed onto the wall-frames of the home to form the interior walls. The place where the two edges of wallboards meet there is a seam.

These seams are covered with mesh tape and then the seams and the screw heads are concealed with the drywall compound to make the wall seem as one uniform piece. Later this is painted or wallpapered over to hide the work. This process is typically called "Taping" and those who use drywall are known as "Tapers".

TVeneer plastering differs from the drywall method in a number of ways. The two most notable differences is that a thin plaster coat covers the entire wall and not just the seams, and secondly the drywall compound is a thick paste where plaster method uses a great deal of water and is applied very wet.

The answer is as Ames Taping dries far quicker than new plasterwork and as the saying goes "Time is Money" allowing you to complete your decorating faster.

Other differences is that walls intended to be plastered are hanged with "Blueboard" (named as such for the industry standard of the outer paper being blue-grey in color). This type of sheet rock is designed to absorb some of the moisture of the plaster and allow it to cling better before it sets.

Plastering is also a one-shot one coat application; taping usually requires sanding and then adding an additional coat; since the compound shrinks as it dries. Plaster tends to cost more and takes longer to complete the work.