Kitchen plastering and decorating in Eastwood

Who usually needs kitchen plastering and decorating in Eastwood?

Some people in Eastwood are keeping their units but want the whole room redecorated in a tougher, wipeable paint after years of steam and cooking marks.

After a knock-through in an Eastwood home, the new opening, beam and surrounding walls need plastering before the new kitchen goes in, then decorating once the plaster has dried. We cover all of Eastwood, including the NG16 postcode district, and travel out to neighbouring towns across Nottinghamshire.

What does the job involve?

The exact scope is agreed after the survey, but a typical job in Eastwood covers:

Ceilings, walls, skirting, architraves and door frames decorated to finish the room
Ceilings skimmed or overboarded, after textured coatings in older homes are tested for asbestos
Chases around new sockets, cable runs and pipework filled and made good
Diluted mist coat on new plaster, then moisture-resistant, wipeable kitchen paint
Walls re-boarded or skimmed so units and tiles fix to a flat surface
Edges around units, worktops and splashbacks cut in neatly at the end

Kitchen plastering and decorating prices in Eastwood

Use these ranges to plan your budget. They include VAT, reflect costs in the East Midlands, and are firmed up once we have seen your Eastwood kitchen. Prices across the East Midlands are broadly in line with UK averages.

Kitchen plastering and decorating prices in Eastwood
Typical project	Guide price
Skim kitchen walls and ceiling over sound plasterPrepared and skimmed	£340–£780
Hack off, re-board and skim a kitchenOld plaster removed back to the wall	£870–£1,700
Kitchen decoratedWalls, ceiling and woodwork	£390–£1,200

Guide prices are for a typical kitchen, with labour and standard materials for plastering or decorating; asbestos testing, structural repairs, damp treatment and lime plaster are not included and are quoted separately if needed. Prices include VAT at 20%.

What kind of kitchens do we fit in Eastwood?

Typical homes in this part of Nottinghamshire include Victorian terraces, 1930s semis, former mining village houses and new-build estates. In Nottingham, Victorian terraces often have a narrow back kitchen, while 1930s semis and ex-council houses tend to have a compact rectangular kitchen at the rear.

Expect hard water across most of Nottinghamshire, so limescale on taps and boiling water taps is common, and an inline filter or softener can help. Inner-city terraces with permit parking and no rear access can make deliveries slow, and long worktops may have to come through a narrow hallway.

What rules apply to kitchen plastering and decorating in Eastwood?

Skimming, re-boarding and decorating a kitchen in England need no planning permission or building regulations approval in most cases. In a listed building, listed building consent may be needed before original plaster is removed, and older solid walls may be better suited to breathable lime plaster than gypsum. Hacking an outside wall back to brick and re-boarding it may count as renovating a thermal element under Part L, so check with building control first.

Where a home is listed or in a conservation area, such as parts of Nottingham and Newark, a new external vent or changes to historic features may need consent.

Tips before you start

Keep a small tin of each paint used in your Eastwood kitchen, labelled with the colour and finish, for touching up marks around handles and the bin.
Photograph the walls of your Eastwood kitchen before plastering, showing where cables and pipes run, so you know where not to drill when fitting shelves later.
Pick the final paint colour for your Eastwood kitchen while the plaster dries, testing samples on the dried mist coat rather than on bare plaster.
Plaster before the units go in: skimming around fitted cabinets is slower, messier and leaves edges that are hard to finish neatly.

Questions about kitchen plastering and decorating in Eastwood

How much does kitchen plastering and decorating cost in Eastwood?

Guide prices in Eastwood are about £340 to £780 including VAT for skimming the walls and ceiling over sound plaster. The final price depends on the size of the kitchen and what is moving, and is set out in an itemised written quote.

Do you work near Eastwood as well?

Yes. As well as Eastwood itself, we cover the rest of Nottinghamshire and nearby towns such as Ilkeston and Heanor. The process is the same wherever the kitchen is.

What paint should be used on kitchen walls?

A moisture-resistant paint with a wipeable or scrubbable finish, often sold as kitchen and bathroom paint, suits most kitchen walls. It copes with steam and can be cleaned without marking. Silk or eggshell finishes are easier to wipe than flat matt, and woodwork usually gets a satinwood or gloss. New plaster needs a diluted mist coat before any of these.

Should a kitchen be plastered before or after the units are fitted?

Before. Plastering is done after strip-out and first-fix electrics and plumbing, so new cables and pipes are chased in and covered, and before the base and wall units go in. Units then fix to a flat, finished surface, and the decorator only needs to cut in around them at the end. Patch repairs after fitting are possible but harder to hide.

Can a textured kitchen ceiling be skimmed over?

Often, yes, but have it tested first if the house was built before 2000. Some older textured ceiling coatings contain asbestos, so a sample should be tested before anyone sands, scrapes or drills them. If the result is clear, the ceiling can usually be skimmed or overboarded. If asbestos is found, follow the report's advice and use a specialist asbestos contractor.

Kitchen plastering and decorating near Eastwood

We also carry out kitchen plastering and decorating in these towns near Eastwood: