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Cost to skim a room in South Oxfordshire

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 South Oxfordshire?

The cost to skim a room in South Oxfordshire varies from £440 (Turner Trades based in RG30) to £580 (Adrian Jenkins Building Services based in OX2), but these are just estimates based on our database of rates from plasterers. 

The best way to get an accurate price for skimming a room is to get actual quotes. Post your job on HaMuch and we'll match you with plasterers in South Oxfordshire.

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

    JobEstimate
    Skim a room£513
    Rendering a 4-bed detached home (no scaffolding)£8689
    Rendering an external wall per sqm£60 per sqr metre
    Plastering a medium sized room (walls only)£546
    Cost to fit coving£90
    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 South Oxfordshire trades

    Skim a room cost in South Oxfordshire
    Estimate Skim a room cost in South Oxfordshire based on hourly/daily rate (excluding VAT or callout charges)
    Business name Skim a room cost
    AJC PROJECT SERVICES Ltd, Warborough, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX10 £515
    PME Plastering, Chalgrove, Oxford, OX44 £501
    Inside Out Oxford, Bespoke Garden Rooms, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX £516
    Curtis Carpentry Services, Wallingford, OX10 £510
    O-P-M Building services, Wallingford, OX10 £490
    Countryside Oak, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 £522
    Nicola Scannell Design and Property, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 £521
    Brian Watts Partners Ltd, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 £516
    JR Plastering Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 £490
    DRC Construction, Abingdon, OX14 £513
    BA Knott Oxford Ltd, Oxford, OX4 £535
    Bluestones Garden Design Ltd, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 £513
    Marshalls Plastering & Property Services, Highwycombe, HP14 £540
    Trew Builders, Thame, OX9 £519
    ICC Construction, Oxfordshire, OX9 £513
    Spatial design + build, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 £515
    G Collins Fencing, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 £490
    MG Property Maintenance & Services, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 £516
    Maha Khaliq Design, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, HP27 £518
    Crawford & Co. Construction Ltd., 115 Walton Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 £515
    CHRIS DOWLING BUILDING, High Wycombe , HP14 £530
    Adrian Jenkins Building Services, Oxford, OX2 £580
    Jamie Langlands Garden Design, Oxford, Oxfordshire, ox13 £513
    Jonathan Huey Remedial & Plastering Services, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 £493
    Turner Trades, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 £440