boxst

It is time to redecorate (or at least tidy up) my house. So I'm filling in the holes that my children (and me occasionally!) have made in the plasterboard and repainting some areas.

Some of the plasterboard edges have 'come away' or 'bubbled', is there a way to fix this easily?



Thanks for any advice.

Steve

Devildog

I'd tear off the offending loose plasterboard paper, remove any broken paster on the edge, refill (pollyfilla or the like) and sand back to a smooth edge.

Once I'd redecorated I'd be looking at some form of edging protection as its a high impact area.

Others may have different views though

richardg

steve - i'd do as devilldog suggests, but use "plasterboard joint filler" like easifill or aims. B&Q sell it, so it's easy to get hold of.

mix up into a smooth, slightly wet 'paste', apply to wall and smooth off. when it's dry - it dries pretty quickly - you will be able to rub it down very easily. don't use too harsh a grade of paper, a p120 will more than sufficient, or you could even use your hand

hth

Dr.No

I had exactly that problem a while ago, which a local painter'n'decorator chap fixed for me...

Thye main problem is that the piece that 'bubbles' is a metal strip that runs the length of the corner. He chopped out the offending piece with a hack saw I think, and then used some sort of filler to fill, sand down and then paint.

It now looks just as good as the surrounding pieces and you can't tell the difference. My only concern is that, what was a 'metal' corner is now simply plaster (or some sort of slightly more substantial filler).

I was tempted to purchase some more metal strips and cut to size to lay into the gap, and then fill/paint over and round them - but not sure how practical it is to actually do that...

richardg

you could easily buy more beading, fix it to the corners and then use the plasterboard joint filler to "fan" the beading into the walls, ie to cover the beading and then grade off the filler the further away from the corner you get

boxst

Thank you very much for your advice.

I have cut it out and filled.



Steve

Dr.No

Good job!

After a lick of paint it'll be obvious as the squarest part of the corner...