Commercial and trade plastering
Subcontract plastering for builders, developers, letting agents and decorators across Central Scotland. New build, refurbishment, void turnarounds and contract skimming across multiple plots, priced on the schedule and worked to your programme. Boarding and finishing taken on together, so it is one subcontractor to coordinate rather than two.
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Discuss a contract
Tell us what needs doing and you will get a price back. No charge and no pressure.
The work
What is actually involved
New build plastering and boarding packages, working to your programme rather than ours.
Refurbishment and full strip-out work, where the surfaces underneath are rarely what the drawings said.
Void turnarounds for letting agents and landlords, where the deadline is the whole point and a week late costs a month empty.
Contract skimming across multiple plots or units.
Taping and jointing where a paint-ready finish is enough, and full skim where it is not.
Dry lining and boarding packages taken on alongside the finish, so it is one subcontractor rather than two to coordinate.
Sound familiar?
When you need commercial work
If any of these describe your place, this is the job you are looking for.
Your regular plasterer is booked up and the programme will not wait
A plot or unit needs turning around to a fixed date
You want one subcontractor for boarding and finishing rather than two
A decorator has been booked and the walls are not ready for them
You need someone who will actually turn up on the day agreed
Working to your programme, not ours
Trade work is not domestic work with more square metres. The difference is that the date is the deliverable. A plasterer who slips a week puts every trade behind them out of sequence, and on a void turnaround a week late is a month empty.
So the useful things to know about us are scheduling things. If a date cannot be met you hear it when we quote, not on the week it matters. If the job turns out different from the drawings, which on refurbishment it usually does, you get told while there is still time to do something about it.
What we take on
New build plastering and boarding packages, worked to the programme rather than around it.
Refurbishment and strip-out, where what is behind the existing surface is rarely what the drawings said. Older Central Scotland stock in particular produces surprises, and pricing that honestly up front is better for both sides than a variation every fortnight.
Void turnarounds for letting agents and landlords, where the deadline is the entire point of the job.
Contract skimming across multiple plots or units, priced on the schedule rather than room by room.
Boarding packages taken on alongside the finish, so it is one subcontractor to programme instead of two to coordinate.
One subcontractor for board and finish
This is the arrangement that usually works out best. When the same firm hangs the board and finishes it, the boarding is done knowing what is going over it, and the joint between the two operations stops being somewhere responsibility gets argued about.
It also removes a handover from your programme, which on a tight job is worth more than the small saving from splitting the two.
Decorators and other trades
A fair amount of trade work comes through decorators who take on jobs where the walls turn out not to be paint-ready. That is a straightforward relationship: we make the surfaces right, you do what you were booked to do, and the customer gets one finished room rather than two half-finished trades.
The same goes for builders and joiners running extensions and conversions who would rather not manage a separate plasterer alongside everything else.
For the technical detail on boarding, see plasterboarding and dry lining. For the finish itself, see plastering and skimming. The domestic side of the work is in the gallery, and the reviews include trade clients we work with on contract.
Trade clients
What other trade say
Rated 5 out of 5
Would 100% recommend ELB Plastering. I’ve used them on several projects now and they always deliver a top-quality finish. Great attention to detail from start to finish, reliable throughout and they always keep the site clean and tidy. A pleasure to work with every time.
Our process
How the job actually runs
Trade work runs to your programme, not a domestic timescale. Here is how a job runs.
No competitor publishes this, which tells you how often people are left guessing.
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Survey
We come out and look at the job properly. Measuring up, checking what is behind the existing surface, and asking what you want the finished room to do.
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Written quote
You get the price in writing with the work set out line by line. If anything could change it once we open the surface up, you hear about it before we start rather than after.
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Prep and protection
Floors covered, furniture sheeted or moved out, doorways sealed. Plastering makes dust, and the difference between a tidy job and a mess is decided before any material is mixed.
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The work
Boarding, bonding and finish coats worked in order, each one given the time it needs. You will know which rooms are in use and which are not on any given day.
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Drying time
Fresh plaster has to dry before it can be painted. We tell you roughly how long to leave it, what it should look like as it goes off, and what to do if it dries patchy.
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Clean up
Waste taken away, floors vacuumed, everything put back. The job is not finished when the plastering stops, it is finished when you have got your room back.
FAQs
Questions people ask
Do you work to a programme?
Yes. Dates are the point on trade work, and a plasterer who slips puts every trade behind them out of sequence. If a date cannot be met we will say so when quoting rather than on the week.
Can you take boarding and finishing together?
Yes, and it is usually the better arrangement. One subcontractor for dry lining and skim means the boarding is done knowing what has to go over it, and there is nobody to blame at the join between the two.
Do you work on multiple plots or units?
Yes. Contract skimming across several plots or units is straightforward to price and to programme. Send the drawings or the schedule and you will get a price back on the whole thing rather than a rate per room.
Related work
Plasterboarding & Dry Lining
Dot and dab, stud partitions, boarding out and insulated board, taped and jointed or boarded then skimmed as one job.
Plasterboarding & Dry Lining
Plastering & Skimming
Skimming over existing walls, fresh plaster onto new board, and re-skimming tired surfaces to leave a flat finish ready for paint.
Plastering & Skimming
Rendering & Harling
External render, harling and roughcasting, wet dash, and repairs to failed or cracked sections on older Scottish properties.
Rendering & Harling
Need plastering capacity?
Send over the drawings, the schedule or just the dates you are working to, and you will get a price back on the whole thing.
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