Plastering costs

Plastering work gives rough walls and ceilings in your home a beautiful smooth finish. Beautifully finished walls provide the perfect base for literally any interior style. Are you curious about plastering costs? You can find all the information in this article.

What does plastering cost?

The costs for plastering vary from an average of £5 per m2 to £25 per m2, including having it applied by a plasterer. The amount of plaster costs depends on the type of plaster you choose and what you are having plastered: wall or ceiling. See below what the average plastering costs are per type.

Costliest option:
Do you have a room that you don’t use very often, but you want it to be nicely plastered? Then spray plastering is a good option, as it is the cheapest way of plastering. Do you have an area of 100 m2 that you want plastered? Then expect to pay an average of £800 for the total project.

Average option:
Do you want a strong and smooth wall that is suitable for painting or painting? Then have sauce-ready plaster applied to your wall.

Most luxurious option:
Decorative plaster gives a special effect to your wall because of its grain structure. For an area of 100 m2, you pay an average of £1,800.

What does the price structure of plastering look like?

The cost of having plastering applied is structured as follows:

What choices determine the plastering costs?

How high the cost of your ideal plastering depends on the choices below:

Choice 1: What kind of plastering do you want to have applied?

There are 3 different types of plastering, see where they differ from each other:

Spacking: The most economical type of plastering is spacking. This is because spackling is sprayed onto the wall by machine. Prices range from £5 to £11 per m2. The price difference is determined by what colour you want the spray paint to be applied. White is the basic colour, but you can also choose another colour. If you choose colour, it is advisable to have it done immediately during the spraying, so the wall does not have to be painted afterwards and the wall is coloured through and through, making any damage less obvious. Plasterers charge a colour supplement of £2 per m2 . White plastering costs on average between £5 and £9 per m2 , and another colour between £7 and £11 per m2 . Wallpaper-ready plaster is cheaper than sauce-ready plaster because sauce-ready plaster takes more effort and time for the plasterer. Paint-ready plaster is a finish in which the plaster has been made completely smooth and even, so that it is suitable for painting or painting. Wallpaper-ready plaster is a type of plaster where the wall is plastered coarser, so that the wall is suitable for wallpapering or decorative plaster over it. A wallpaper-ready plastered wall is not suitable for painting because the wall is too rough, so the paint does not adhere well.

Emire plaster: Ornamental plaster is currently a very popular method of plastering because it gives a special texture to your wall. Decorative plaster is plastic-based plastering that makes it impact-resistant and weatherproof, making it suitable for both indoors and outdoors. There are different types of decorative plaster. The most popular decorative plaster at the moment is spachtelputz, a decorative plaster with a grain structure of 1 mm to 2.5 mm. You decide whether a fine or coarse structure is created. Another form of decorative plaster is rustic putz, also known as baroque plaster. Rustic putz has a grain thickness of 1.5 mm or 1.8 mm and shows small grooves. Rustic putz therefore lies between spachtelputz and granol. Granol is the coarsest decorative plaster, as it has deep grooves ranging from 3 mm to 4 mm.

Choice 2: Outsource to plasterer or do it yourself?

If you want to save money on plastering and are thinking of doing it yourself, it is important to consider the following 3 things:

1. Plasteringing is not as easy as it looks and for good plastering you need experience and quality materials. When you hire a plasterer, you can be sure that he has those quality materials and the right technique.
2. If you have no experience, plastering is a time-consuming project. Because you work less quickly and efficiently without experience, the plaster dries too quickly, leaving the wall more uneven than when a plasterer plasters the wall at a fast pace.
3. What you should also take into account is that plastering is physically demanding work.

If you want to be sure of getting quality, something that is very crucial for the walls of, say, your living room that you look at every day, then hire a plasterer.

Choice 3: What needs to be plastered?

The price is also determined by what you want to have plastered. For example, plastering a ceiling is more expensive than plastering a wall because a ceiling is harder to reach. If a plasterer has to plaster difficult areas, such as ceilings or difficult corners, the price per m2 goes up for those areas. Count on the highest price in the price range of the cost overview at the top of the page. Suppose you have your ceiling plastered ready to be painted, then you can assume that you are closer to £23 per m2 than to £9 m2.

Choice 4: Additional options

Finally, there are a number of additional options that may apply to your plastering project.