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Cost to skim a room in Southend-on-sea

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 Southend-on-sea?

The cost to skim a room in Southend-on-sea varies from £440 (Royal Roofing & building contractors based in SS12) to £590 (Solution building contractors LTD based in SS4), 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 Southend-on-sea.

Estimates for skim a room near Southend-on-sea
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  • Estimates for common plasterer jobs in Southend-on-sea;

    JobEstimate
    Skim a room£501
    Rendering a 4-bed detached home (no scaffolding)£8331
    Rendering an external wall per sqm£61 per sqr metre
    Plastering a medium sized room (walls only)£522
    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 Southend-on-sea trades

    Skim a room cost in Southend-on-sea
    Estimate Skim a room cost in Southend-on-sea based on hourly/daily rate (excluding VAT or callout charges)
    Business name Skim a room cost
    A Dead Short Ltd, Southend on sea, SS2 £465
    JLS Building Services, Southend On Sea, SS1 £495
    Fine Build Homes Ltd, Southend, Essex, ss1 £500
    Karl Dorn Plastering, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 £540
    J K Plastering and Maintenance Services , Southend-on-Sea , SS3 £520
    V S Contractors UK Ltd, 3 Ewan Way, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 £479
    Heating & Mechanical Services, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 £540
    Pickrell Interiors Limited, Benfleet, SS7 £490
    One Sterling Carpentry & Building Services, Suite 6, Websters Court, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 £508
    Solution building contractors LTD, Rotchford, SS4 £590
    DRS Plastering, Rayleigh, SS6 £486
    Fox Conversions Limited, 9 Dorethy Gardens, Thundersleigh, ESSEX, SS7 £510
    Hudson Garden Rooms, Unit 4D Hudson Garden Rooms, Bonville Farm, Essex, Essex, SS12 £509
    DF Clark Design, Althorne, Essex, CM3 £499
    Steve Chapman Decorators, Chelmsford , CM0 £450
    Westbury Garden Rooms, 46-52 Cutlers Rd, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 £504
    Royal Roofing & building contractors , North Benfleet, Wick, SS12 £440
    J PALMER BUILDING LTD, , SS13 £513
    TNS Plastering Limited, Chelmsford, CM3 £481
    Parker James Builds Ltd, Chelmsford, CM3 £520
    DWL Windows, Doors & Conservatories, Unit 8 Queenborough Business Park, Queenborough, Kent, ME11 £509
    L S Plastering, Basildon, SS13 £484
    MALDON BUILDING SERVICES, , CM9 £502
    MALDON BUILDING SERVICES LTD, , CM9 £502
    ANGLIA BUILDERS AND LOFT CONVERSIONS, Chelmsford, CM3 £490