ᐅ Q2 Interior Plaster – What Are the Options?

Created on: 6 Dec 2019 08:12
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EnnoBecker
Good morning everyone,

for our new build, we are currently exploring options for painting the interior walls and ceilings.

We have agreed on and received a plaster finish of level 2 (Q2) on the interior walls (gypsum). To me, the plaster already looks very smooth—typical of a well-executed Q2 finish.

What options are available—apart from textured wallpaper like "Raufaser"—for this Q2 surface, without extensive and especially costly sanding and filling work? There must be a middle ground between textured wallpaper and smooth fleece wallpaper that is affordable yet still looks good?

Thanks for your answers & best regards

Enno
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ypg
7 Dec 2019 19:41
tomtom79 schrieb:

And does seeing that really help you?

Absolutely! If I have to pay almost 10,000 for retrofitting the foundation slab and other structural elements due to the soil report, then I definitely want to be able to see within the warranty period whether my house is moving internally.
Dr Hix schrieb:

And even if later on some spot catches your eye so much that you feel building-related anxiety just walking past, you can still improve a wall afterward without having to move into a hotel for weeks. The easily five-figure sum you save by skipping sanding, filling, and wallpapering the entire place can be spent on much nicer things that have a far greater impact on living comfort (for example, a hot tub ).
Dr Hix schrieb:

but which nobody cares about later anyway. There are furniture pieces in front of the wall, pictures, photos, posters, paintings, postcards, curtains, blinds (...tapestries) hang on the wall, and overall, a furnished home offers so many more visual highlights than the texture of the wall surface.

Exactly!
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Nordlys
7 Dec 2019 21:01
A picture of a wall structure with Sto base coat plaster.

Beige, textured wall surface with fine plaster texture.