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Cost to skim a room in Oxford

If you're looking to paint or wallpaper the rooms in your home, you might be thinking about having the walls skimmed. Skimming involves a plasterer adding a thin layer of finishing plaster to your walls to give them a perfect smooth finish ready for painting or papering. But how much does it cost in Oxford?

The cost to skim a room in Oxford varies from £440 (Revs Property Maintenance based in OX26) to £580 (Adrian Jenkins Building Services based in OX2), but these are just estimates based on our database of rates from plasterers. 

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Estimates for skim a room near Oxford
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  • Estimates for common plasterer jobs in Oxford;

    JobEstimate
    Skim a room£511
    Rendering a 4-bed detached home (no scaffolding)£8620
    Rendering an external wall per sqm£60 per sqr metre
    Plastering a medium sized room (walls only)£541
    Cost to fit coving£91
    New wall plastering and skimming£30
    Plastering over an exposed chimney breast£30
    Plastering and skimming a medium sized room (walls only)£30
    Skimming a medium sized room (walls only)£30
    New ceiling plastering and skimming a medium sized room£30
    Rendering a 2-bed bungalow (no scaffolding)£30
    Rendering a 3-bed semi-detached house (no scaffolding)£30


    Rates for other Oxford trades

    Skim a room cost in Oxford
    Estimate Skim a room cost in Oxford based on hourly/daily rate (excluding VAT or callout charges)
    Business name Skim a room cost
    MG Property Maintenance & Services, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 £516
    Crawford & Co. Construction Ltd., 115 Walton Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 £515
    Spatial design + build, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 £515
    Adrian Jenkins Building Services, Oxford, OX2 £580
    BA Knott Oxford Ltd, Oxford, OX4 £535
    Brian Watts Partners Ltd, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 £516
    DRC Construction, Abingdon, OX14 £513
    Yarnton Leisure Buildings, Yarnton, Oxfordshire, OX5 £515
    JR Plastering Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 £490
    Macfarlane Property Maintenance, oxford, Oxfordshire, ox5 £515
    Jamie Langlands Garden Design, Oxford, Oxfordshire, ox13 £513
    ABEL BUILDING LTD, Abingdon, OX13 £540
    Bluestones Garden Design Ltd, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 £513
    Leon Construction OC Ltd, Unit 11, Grange Farm Industrial Estate, Little Chesterton, Oxfordshire, OX25 £512
    AJC PROJECT SERVICES Ltd, Warborough, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX10 £515
    Reece Berry Building Contractor, Witney, OX28 £470
    PME Plastering, Chalgrove, Oxford, OX44 £501
    COMPLETE BATHROOMS LIMITED, , HP18 £514
    Opalco, Witney , OX28 £565
    Revs Property Maintenance, Bicester, OX26 £440
    Options Home Extensions, Bicester, OX26 £508
    1994, BICESTER, OX26 £470
    O-P-M Building services, Wallingford, OX10 £490
    Inside Out Oxford, Bespoke Garden Rooms, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX £516
    DGP Carpentry & Construction, Wantage, OX12 £490