![]() ![]() Often it is better to get a room completely re-plastered after a rewire so that the walls have an even finish and don’t bear the scars of the chases. If the person chasing out the walls hasn’t used a machine, such as this one on amazon, the walls can be an awful mess. Slapping some plaster on the chases is simple enough, but making the finish look smooth and even is another matter altogether. The reality is that plastering over the new cables buried in the wall is a very difficult task to make look perfect. We see plasterers skimming with ease and assume we can do the same. Plastering is a specialist skill set that professionals make look a lot easier than it is. It’s not economically viable to have electricians doing the job of a plasterer.The finish is not as good as a qualified plasterer can achieve.Plastering is a difficult skill to master.The main reasons electricians don’t plaster after a rewire are Why Electricians Don’t Plaster After a Rewire Most homeowners don’t want plastic trunking stuck on their walls so they put up with the mess caused by the standard rewire. The downside of using trunking or conduit systems is that it is not very aesthetically pleasing and is more widely used in commercial premises. Is worth noting we can mount the cables onto the wall instead, by attaching something called trunking or conduit to the wall and placing the cables in this.īy using conduit it protects the cables and the installation process creates much less mess as the walls do not need to be chased out or cut into. This adds up to a lot of wall being cut into and a lot of plastering that needs to be done Me using plastic conduit on a wall in a commercial building to prevent chasing and plastering the wallĪs you look around your room you’ll notice that everywhere you see a socket or a light switch you can predict where the wall has been chased to allow the cables to get there. ( Source) Potential areas needing plastering after a rewire This image gives an idea of the zones that electricians must run the cables in. This is so they can reach down to the sockets and light switches without being seen. An electrician has to cut vertical grooves in the brick work (known as chasing out a wall) to allow cables to be buried in the wall. People are often surprised by how much damage is done to the walls. Rewiring a House Causes a Lot of Damage to the Walls We’ll see later on that most electricians are happy to do a little making good to walls and ceilings, using electrician’s favourite soft fill gap filler here on amazonĪ rewire is a large job for an electrician that causes a lot disruption for the homeowner and repairing the walls on a large scale is best left to the professional plasterers. It’s worth noting that this question relates to plastering after a rewire and doesn’t include all electrical work. I also came across several plasterers complaining about the mess an electrician had left after attempting a little plastering work. We can see from the results that electricians are pretty unanimous in their dislike for plastering. Do you plaster after a rewire Number of electricians Yes 11 No 0 Poll asking electricians if they plaster after rewiring a house The table below shows a small poll I conducted to discover if some electricians are willing to plaster after a rewire. ![]() Some electricians choose to state that the quote includes the cost for a plasterer to come in afterwards and complete the job Most state that re-plastering and making good to the walls is not included in their quote. Defo some plastering needed after this project!Īll of the electricians polled answered that they will not plaster after a rewire. ![]() Hopefully, this can help customers and prevent the upset that the above-mentioned homeowner suffered. Therefor I decided to do a little research and put together this article about how much filling and plastering you can expect from an electrician after a rewire, or any smaller electrical jobs. However, I’m not sure this point of view is fair. The general feeling on the forum was that the homeowner should have known the electrician wouldn’t plaster after the rewire. They commented that they were upset because the electrician they hired to do their house rewire hadn’t ‘made good’ to the walls after finishing the electrical work. Whilst reading through some electrical forums I came across an unhappy homeowner. ![]()
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