--- title: "Skimming and re-skimming in Basingstoke | 4.9 Star · From £450" description: "Skimming and re-skimming in Basingstoke covers walls and ceilings in Brighton Hill, Chineham, Hatch Warren and Kempshott with a flat finishing coat." canonical: "https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/plasterer-basingstoke/skimming-and-re-skimming" --- # Skimming and re-skimming in Basingstoke > Skimming and re-skimming in Basingstoke covers walls and ceilings in Brighton Hill, Chineham, Hatch Warren and Kempshott with a flat finishing coat. Heath plastering and rendering lays two thin coats for Skimming and re-skimming in Basingstoke on walls and ceilings in Brighton Hill, Chineham, Hatch Warren and Kempshott, leaving a smooth face ready to paint. ## Cost of skimming a room in Basingstoke We price a skim in Basingstoke for that room before we come out. The price takes in a bonding coat where paint needs one, the finishing plaster, and corners worked true. More wall to cover, extra height in the room, or ridges in the old plaster all move the price. Bare boards take less time to get ready than a glossy or bumpy wall. - Skimming and re-skimming: from £450 - Ridges and glossy paint add steps before the coats, and those steps sit inside the Basingstoke skim price. - Name every wall plus the ceiling when you Book Now, and that Basingstoke room is priced as one skim. - Fixing new boards is Plasterboard and dry lining, with its own price. You paint or paper the room once the plaster has dried, and that decorating is not in this price. - We arrive on time for the Basingstoke skim, and we keep to the figure given before the visit. ## Skimming and re-skimming across Basingstoke We serve Basingstoke from our base in Winchester. - Brighton Hill - Chineham - Hatch Warren - Kempshott - RG21 - RG22 - RG23 - RG24 ## What happens on the day On a Basingstoke skim day we cover the floors. We scrape loose flakes off. We brush a bonding coat on next, the coat that helps plaster stick to glossy paint. We then trowel two thin coats flat. The new coat starts dark and turns pale before any paint. ### Sheets down before a skim in Basingstoke We spread sheets over the floor in the Basingstoke room before we mix the plaster. The sheets stay down for the whole skim so the flooring stays clean. We have skimmed a ceiling while sheets covered the floor. ### Painted walls and bare boards in Basingstoke We scrape flaking paint off a Basingstoke wall. We wipe the face clean. We brush a bonding coat on that paint so the new plaster can stick. New plasterboard, the board fixed to a frame or against a wall, takes the finishing plaster on its bare face. ### Two coats and true corners in Basingstoke We lay the first thin coat on each wall and the ceiling in the Basingstoke room. We lay a second thin coat while that first coat can still be moved. The trowel smooths the face. We square the window return, the side wall inside the opening. We skim walls and ceiling together on that visit so the corners set together. ### When a Basingstoke skim can be painted You can paint a Basingstoke skim once the plaster is pale from one side of the room to the other. A thicker coat lengthens the wait. A cold part of the year lengthens the wait. A room with the heating off lengthens the wait. We seal the plaster with a mist coat, which is paint with water added. You can put colour or wallpaper on after that seal. We stop before that decorating. ## Skimming walls and ceilings in Basingstoke ### Do you do Skimming and re-skimming in Basingstoke? Yes, Heath plastering and rendering skims whole walls and whole ceilings in Brighton Hill, Chineham, Hatch Warren and Kempshott, and in RG21, RG22, RG23 and RG24. Skimming means a thin coat of finishing plaster laid over new plasterboard or over the plaster already on the wall. Winchester is our base, and Basingstoke is one of the places we do this work. ### How soon can I book Skimming and re-skimming in Basingstoke? We book the Basingstoke skim for a day you can be at the address. Tell us those days when you Book Now. We answer the phone at any hour, day or night. ### What happens after I book a skim in Basingstoke? You see a quote for the Basingstoke room before the visit is fixed. The skim is quoted before that visit, and it then goes ahead on a day you can be there. We cover the floors that day, lay the finishing coats, and leave the room tidy. ### Have you skimmed ceilings, lofts and old walls? We have skimmed a ceiling with two pendant lights while a room was being decorated, a ceiling above an exposed brick chimney breast, and a loft wall beside a rooflight, a window in a sloping roof. Gary Heath, plasterer, said: "We have been plastering and rendering since 1988. Every job, big or small, gets the same care, and we leave the place tidy when we go." ### Where is the phone number for a skim in Basingstoke? The number for Heath plastering and rendering is answered at any hour, day or night. Call it about a skim in Brighton Hill, Chineham, Hatch Warren or Kempshott, and in RG21, RG22, RG23 or RG24. Book Now fixes the day at your Basingstoke address. ## Other services in Basingstoke - [Plasterer in Basingstoke](https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/plasterer-basingstoke): Plastering and rendering in Basingstoke for skimming, ceiling patches, plasterboard, Artex, coving, lime, Venetian plaster and sand and cement render. - [Skimming and re-skimming (all areas)](https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/services/skimming-and-re-skimming): Skimming and re-skimming in Winchester by Heath plastering and rendering. Smooth walls and ceilings over new boards or old plaster. Book Now. - [Wall and ceiling repairs in Basingstoke](https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/plasterer-basingstoke/wall-and-ceiling-repairs) - [Plasterboard and dry lining in Basingstoke](https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/plasterer-basingstoke/plasterboard-and-dry-lining) - [Artex removal and smoothing in Basingstoke](https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/plasterer-basingstoke/artex-removal-and-smoothing) - [External wall rendering in Basingstoke](https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/plasterer-basingstoke/external-wall-rendering) - [External rendering repair in Basingstoke](https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/plasterer-basingstoke/external-rendering-repair) - [Coving and cornice in Basingstoke](https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/plasterer-basingstoke/coving-and-cornice) ## Business facts - Service area: Winchester, Andover, Basingstoke, Southampton, Newbury, Alton, Fareham, Chandler's Ford, Kingsclere, Bishop's Waltham - Calls: Calls answered 24/7 - Phone: +447868284623 - Email: team@heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk ## Book Now - [Book Now](https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/#chat): Send the job details and request a quote from Heath plastering and rendering. ## Sitemap - [Full sitemap](https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/sitemap.md): Complete machine-readable page directory.