ᐅ Third-coat plastering without painter’s fleece?

Hello everyone,

After a long search for a painter, we have finally received a quote from a company that is highly rated, seems competent, and also regularly works on new construction projects.

The painter suggests only applying paintable wallpaper to the ceilings and smoothing the walls to level Q3, including joint tape, then priming and painting.

Is this approach common? We had assumed that paintable wallpaper is usually applied everywhere.

Best regards

Did he give you a reason why he wants to paint without using fleece?
I would also recommend using fleece. I spent a long time considering (and probably annoying the forum here ^^) about what to do with the walls. At the moment, our painter is working on it.
I think visually, a Q3 finish plus painting could work, depending on your expectations. However, my painter said he would always recommend wallpapering, mainly because it creates a warmer living atmosphere and the wallpaper (depending on its texture, to a greater or lesser extent) can bridge cracks, which can be invaluable in new builds.

@kati1337
He says that cracks in the wall surface hardly ever occur, which could save a lot of money. In his experience, it’s different with the ceiling, where he strongly recommends using a fleece.

Kuota88 schrieb:

He says that cracks in the wall surface hardly ever occur, which could save a lot of money. In his experience, it’s different with the ceiling, and there he strongly recommends using a fleece.

Funny, mine just said today (we have several small hairline cracks) in response to my question that this kind of cracking is completely normal and almost unavoidable.
I asked if it might be due to drafts reaching the plaster too quickly. The painter (not from the main contractor, my own) said that’s not the case; cracks can always occur.
I should add that we received Q2 plaster from the main contractor, and hired the painter ourselves, but not explicitly for Q3. We are going with textured fleece. However, he still primes and sands everything to correct minor plaster defects. We’re using the textured fleece anyway because we expect some settlement cracks may still appear during the first few years.

@kati1337
Are you building with solid construction or timber framing? We are using gypsum fiber boards as the base.

Kuota88 schrieb:

@kati1337
He says that cracks in wall surfaces hardly ever occur, which could save quite a bit of money. From his experience, the ceiling is different, and he strongly recommends using fleece there.

If you want, you’re welcome to visit me and see how “hardly ever” it really is. I would never choose walls without fleece or wallpaper again.