Reinstating / making good

[Rob2017]

Hi all,

in the statement of works I have from my electrician, it says:
"Re-instatement of damaged areas: all areas of the house where it is necessary to cut wall chases and sink boxes etc will be restored to a condition suitable for redecoration."

I did not thoroughly define what this means prior to the work starting, and we are now approaching the end.

I wanted to find out what condition would you all believe to be a reasonable way to leave the damaged areas to capture the spirit of that quote? Bonding plaster only, or finishing plaster? If he just leaves bonding plaster, should I push for finishing plaster? I can't decorate directly on top of bonding plaster, would need finishing plaster or filler first, so my thinking was that it should be up to a paintable standard, but I might be expecting too much.

many thanks!

 

[Dave OCD]

Yes I bet you would too !

 

[Wilko]

Watched a TV program there a bloke went to hospital with an old TV value stuck up there..... Apparently he said he was fixing the TV and sat down on it....

School mate's Dad was a Coroner and told us kids of a pepper grinder removed post mortem. It was inscribed "A present from Derek". A generous bloke that Derek.

 

[surreygirl]

Thanks all, here's a pic that's a good example of how the finishing looks of the rough bonding plaster. Chasing and box surroundings are all similar to that level of finish.

If you include make good, what would you do regarding the holes left by old back-boxes? That is, where you move sockets (e.g. bringing up to 450mm from floor), would you remove the old back box and fill the hole with plaster, or does that not come under making good? Technically nothing damaged there so I can see that it wouldn't be covered.
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To be perfectly honest with you, you could quite easily finish that off yourself. Just smooth it down and a drill and sand paper and then plaster you buy already mixed and "Voila" you have a nice finished wall.

 

[Bellendian]

I think it comes down to definition of decorating....
Some think decorating is just painting, but to be fair a decent dec will always fill, sand and prep etc.
If he'd said he'd leave walls ready for painting its obviously not good enough...but a decorator wouldnt take long to scrape back and run over with some filler.