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It's not that difficult but you need smallish amounts of a few materials that come in larger quantities.
Hopefully your wiring is in some form of trunking possibly plastic, pinned into place so that it's easy to plaster over.
PVA the channel, mix up some bonding plaster (not multi finish), slap that in and roughly level it off, best if its a little below the surface but just less than proud is best.
Let the bonding plaster dry, 24hrs should do it if the central heating is working. Wash the bonding off the walls surrounding the channel with a sponge. Should now be clean walls.
Use some TX110 from toupret or similar if you have another filler you prefer. Fill the channel to flush. If you want a slight texture to match surrounding walls then get creative with a sponge. Let it dry a bit then sponge of any excess.
Paint with Gardz from Zinsser. Let that dry and finish with emulsion.
So you need pva, plastic trunking and some nails, bonding plaster, decorators filler & gardz
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Cheers. All very comprehensive although I'm sure it's a bit trickier when actually doing it.
Most looks pretty reasonable but the plaster seems to come in 25kg bags which is a bit excessive.
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Why filler and not multi finish?
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Right, I've done the easy bit here and am now on the making it actually smooth bit.
Anyone any tips on the best way to get the filler smooth and level? What tools should I be looking at using? Cheers
aggi
rj
Filling in a wall after chasing for electrics, how easy is it to get looking fairly neat without replastering everything or it all crumbling? What do people recommend?
The vast majority will be behind kitchen cabinets doesn't have to be perfect but some bits will be visible.