How To Fill In Electrical Chases, Cracked And Damaged Plaster - Part 1

I repair plaster walls following a full electrical re-wire of my house. I use Thistle Bonding plaster and Gyproc Easi-fill to get a smooth, professional finish ready for decorating.

[alanhughes]

Good to see you taking the bonding out of the back boxes, simple yet very effective way of avoiding more repairs after sockets, switches, etc have been screwed back up again. Thank you from a spark who used to repair tracks himself.

[willkndy]

Excellent video thanks a lot. One tip so the screw holes on the back boxes dont get filled in with plaster - put screws in them before plastering.

[strummer]

Brilliant video, clear and covers everything on wall chases, surprisingly few vids like this out there. Thank you!

[Cyores]

Thanks for the video. You can try stuffing the boxes with newspaper and plaster away without worrying of getting the mud in the boxes.

[alexdevonport]

Just a few tips make your job easier wait for the gear to stiffen up a little before cutting your boxs out as it cleans out alot sharper edge and you can skim bonding the same day as it gives a better Finnish as the coats push into each other making it Easier to join to the original plasterer and 1 last thing do everything in two coats go round all your chases with a coat inset a little then allow them to pull in slightly then second coat it as this will reduce the risk of cracking in the drying out period.
Hope this helps someone have fun .

[williamdwane]

Thanks for you help. No PVA was the problem. Thanks a million. Good luck to you 👍

[manfromthemist]

many thanks, you made that look very easy, I will try some of your tips tomorrow as we've a whole house to rewire and scim,

[Icanmakeit]

Thank you. Wish I'd found this sooner - I've made a pig's ear of filling some of the chasings. Not part of my current skill set to date. Live and learn...

[x]

When I fill in chased out runs I fill with bonding plaster like you have done but I let it go off more than you did before I scrape out the surface a few mill for the finish coat. I find once it has gone off a bit more you don't need to be so careful with the scraper. I also stuff the back box with loose paper and put a piece of masking tape over so that there is less chance you get any plaster in the screw holes.

[D_KEN]

Great video. Thanks for spending the time to go through this so clearly.

[GerardAtkinson]

Excellent and very simple how to plaster .thanks pal.pva glue..and thistle bond then plaster thanks pal

[Disc-psle]

Cleaning the socket box out like a real plasterer should do. As an electrician I have no issues with smashing all the muck out with my claw hammer to make sure the plasterer needs to return if he fouls my work by leaving back boxes full of muck. 👍🏻

[orbitalforest]

Spray bottle might work for the PVA if thin enough. Nice vid.👍

[zaimhazmin]

wetting prior to plastering. thats new to me. thanks for the knowledge

[harrycurtis]

Great video thank you for doing it. I've got to do some soon, what the reason for why you're reducing the plaster in the chasing area. Thanks again for the video!

[mariad]

Wonderful! Always learning from you!
Thank you for sharing!

[adamdavidkenyon]

Hello great video! I am going to try and fill in two chases myself but I need to know how to do the PVA. Do you do one coat of PVA let it dry for 24 hours then another coat let it go tacky before bonding? How long do I need to wait for the PVA to go tacky? I am looking to use filler over the top of the bonding coat and sand back to a smooth finish. Many thanks!

[justlaugh]

Great job mate, thanks for sharing 👍👍

[anelectrician]

You only have to isolate the one circuit you're working around which isn't a lighting circuit.

Good upload never the less !

[mactheman]

Cant knock British Gypsum... good job!