![]() Skim coating plaster is one of the ways you can maintain your plaster walls. The cost to skim coat an entire home can range from around $7,000 to $40,000. The cost of skim coating plaster will vary depending on the amount of damage, cracks, flaking, and other issues. Budget an additional $1,190 to $4,390 for the ceiling. Plastering a 10-by-10-foot room with 10-foot high walls will cost anywhere from $800 to $4,000, not including the ceiling. Note that the cost to repair a plaster ceiling is around $70 to $80 per square foot. If your wall is also an unconventional shape-such as vaulted or slanted-it'll cost more. For example, your prices will be much higher if you plan on adding ornamental designs. Rates will dramatically increase in a few different scenarios. Depending on the height of the ceiling, the price can be as much as $800 or more. Plastering a ceiling costs at least $390. For a 10-by-10-foot room with 8-foot ceilings, expect to pay $640 to $3,200. If you have high walls, it’ll run you an additional $0.40 to $2 per square foot for scaffolding. Plastering walls costs between $2 and $10 per square foot. Before diving into these numbers, use our square footage calculator to help you determine the approximate square footage of your walls and ceilings. If you're planning a plaster project, here are the typical prices you can expect. If you want a seamless and highly durable finish that won’t chip and you don’t need to worry about stringent maintenance (and if you want to apply it to your floor), our Mercadier Decoration microcement is the right choice.Find hiring guides, material costs, expert advice, how-to's and more. If you’re looking for that unmistakable, soft undulated look and/or want a natural material in your wet area and are willing to maintain it (and you have an experienced applicator), then tadelakt is the right choice. When choosing between tadelakt and microcement, I advise clients to get clear on their priorities. It can be prone to chipping and staining, and if it’s an original tadelakt, needs to be maintained with regular soaping and/or waxing to retain it’s water-resistent properties. Whilst it is strong, tadelakt is a lime plaster and doesn’t have the same strength as cement. While microcement relies on a skilled hand to achieve a beautiful finish, it’s a very strong material that can be applied by novices without compromising the performance of the finish.ĥ. Traditional tadelakt requires skill to apply correctly and ensure performance and longevity. ![]() Microcement has resins added to make it flexible.Ĥ. Original tadelakt (not premixed versions that have acrylics added) is a natural material. Microcement is applied in multiple thin layers, making difficult to achieve the soft, round lines of traditional tadelakt without a basecoat underneath.ģ. Traditional tadelakt has an unmistakable aesthetic that is, thick, soft and undulating to the eye with a slight sheen. ![]() Tadelakt is a lime plaster and microcement is a cement-based material.Ģ. The primary differences between the two materials (assuming we are comparing traditional tadelakt and our Mercadier Decoration microcement) is:ġ. So it’s important to know what ‘tadelakt’ you’re getting.īoth traditional tadelakt and microcement are suitable for wet areas when applied correctly. However, many modern brands of tadelakt plasters are modifications of original material and often come premixed in a bucket to increase ease of application. The traditional material has a very specific and time-consuming application process that involves soaking the material before applying it in a thick layer, compressing it, and then polishing it by hand with a flat stone and finally soaping it to create a chemical reaction that creates a highly water resistant/waterproof finish. The name applies as much to the material as it does to its unique application process. Traditional tadelakt is a lime plaster originating from Morocco. To begin with, it’s important to note that microcement is a blanket category of which there are many different variations with different ingredients, application methods and aesthetics (see our post here for more). ![]() We’re sometimes asked about Tadelakt and how it’s different to microcement.
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