New skim patch fell off the wall! Patch up ok?

[BeigeM]

Hi,

Just had a job done and it's not turning out well, so looking for some opinions/advice about what to do.

Plastering job included skimming one of the bedroom walls, as well as boarding & skimming ceiling.

It looked ok, but when I was applying the mist coat the plaster started to come away from the wall. Plasterer came back and (easily) pulled a large circle off. The painted round all the edges with PVA and came back the next day to plaster in the patch.

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Question 1 - Is this satisfactory? Is the quality of finish going to suffer?

Upon his advice I lightly sanded down around the patch and have applied 1 mist coats. It seems like there is a fair amount of exposed PVA on the wall now and the paint is not covering it well. I'm also starting to get uneven patches - some with a solid coat of paint and some still looking dirty.

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Question 2 - Any advice? Should I worry about it?


Feel like I've paid a small fortune for this little job and I though I was paying to get an excellent finish - downflated at the moment .

If anyone has any useful opinions or advice I'd be really grateful. Thanks.

 

[Alastairreid]

He should have re-skimmed the whole wall!

You will always see the patch.

 

[roughcaster]

A terrible job!!!
It amazes me how a so called "plasterer" can do a job,, a really simple job,, that falls to bits when it's painted. As Alastair said, you'll always see that patch, and he should have re-done the whole wall.
You probably employed some chancer that went on a weeks course, then calls himself a "plasterer". You've probably paid him by now, but i'd still tell him what you think of his work. These people make me sick.