--- title: "Skimming and re-skimming in Fareham | 4.9 Star · From £450" description: "Skimming and re-skimming in Fareham, Portchester, Titchfield and Stubbington. Walls and ceilings get a smooth finishing coat that is ready for paint." canonical: "https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/plasterer-fareham/skimming-and-re-skimming" --- # Skimming and re-skimming in Fareham > Skimming and re-skimming in Fareham, Portchester, Titchfield and Stubbington. Walls and ceilings get a smooth finishing coat that is ready for paint. Heath plastering and rendering flattens walls and ceilings with Skimming and re-skimming across Fareham, so a room in Portchester, Titchfield or Stubbington gets one smooth face ready for paint. ## What does skimming cost in Fareham? Fareham skimming and re-skimming is quoted from the room before the day is chosen. The quote pays for a grip coat on shiny paint, both finishing layers, and window sides squared off. Floor size changes the figure. Ceiling height changes it. A wall of old ridges changes it. New board, already fixed, needs fewer steps than gloss. - Skimming and re-skimming: from £450 - Gloss paint or a ridged wall in Portchester means more preparation, and that preparation is counted in the Fareham quote. - Walls and the ceiling named together for one Titchfield room share a single Fareham quote. - Fixing the sheets is Plasterboard and dry lining, quoted on its own. Colour and paper wait until the Fareham coat has turned pale. - We reach the Stubbington address at the time already set. Once the quote is set, the skim stays at that sum. ## Skimming and re-skimming across Fareham We serve Fareham from our base in Winchester. - Portchester - Titchfield - Stubbington - PO14 - PO15 - PO16 ## What happens on the day On the day, Fareham skimming and re-skimming puts a thin finishing coat over a whole wall or a whole ceiling. We cover the floor first. We make the face ready next. We then lay two finishing coats. We close them with the trowel. The fresh coat looks dark at first. It then turns pale. Paint waits for that pale shade. ### Floor sheets on a Fareham skim day We lay sheets across the floor before plaster is mixed for a Fareham skim. The sheets stay down while the ceiling is done and while the walls are done. Splashes then miss the carpet and the boards. A ceiling carrying two pendant lights was skimmed while that room was still being decorated. The floor stayed covered for that work. A ceiling was also skimmed above a chimney breast that still showed brick. ### Gloss paint and new board in Fareham Gloss on a Fareham wall receives a bonding coat before finishing plaster goes on. A bonding coat is a brushed grip layer for a shiny face or a dry face. We take loose flakes off first. We then wipe the face. Plasterboard, the sheet already fixed on the wall or the ceiling, takes the finishing coat on its paper face. Dusty old plaster in that Fareham room gets the same grip layer. ### Finishing coats in a Fareham room We spread the first finishing coat over each Fareham wall and over the ceiling. We spread the second coat while the first can still be moved. The trowel flattens the face until it shuts. A reveal, meaning the side of a window opening, is worked to a crisp line. We do the walls and the ceiling on the same visit so those corners dry together. ### Paint on a pale Fareham skim The Fareham coat is ready for colour only when every part has lightened. Thickness changes the wait. So does the time of year. So does a house with the heating left off. A mist coat is paint thinned with water. It seals the face before wallpaper or a full colour. Decorating itself is a separate job. ## Skimming and re-skimming questions for Fareham ### Is Fareham skimming and re-skimming something you take on? Yes, Heath plastering and rendering skims full walls and full ceilings in Portchester, Titchfield and Stubbington, and across Fareham in PO14, PO15 and PO16. The business is based in Winchester. A skim is a thin finishing coat on new board or on plaster already on the wall. ### How soon can a Fareham skim be booked? Book Now and give the days you can be at the Fareham address. We set the visit for one of those days. The phone is answered in the daytime and through the night. ### What happens at the Fareham house after the skim is booked? After Book Now, we skim at the Fareham address. We cover the floors, make the face ready, and trowel two finishing coats flat. We leave the room tidy when the tools go. ### Have you skimmed ceilings, lofts and chimney breasts? Yes, a lounge ceiling was made smooth over a finished sitting room, two pendant lights stayed up while a ceiling was closed during decoration, and a loft wall was finished beside a rooflight, a window set in the roof, while its timber side stayed open. Gary Heath says: "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 do I find the number for a Fareham skim? The Heath plastering and rendering number sits with Book Now for a Fareham skim. Calls on it are answered by day and overnight. It covers Portchester, Titchfield, Stubbington, PO14, PO15 and PO16. ## Other services in Fareham - [Plasterer in Fareham](https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/plasterer-fareham): Plastering and rendering in Fareham, Hampshire, for Portchester, Titchfield and Stubbington, with flat plaster for paint and outside walls in sand and cement. - [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. 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