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    K4 and generator for sale

    Story of a few fellas I speak to, the works there but can’t get manpower in.
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    Womens football.

    I’ve no interest in woman’s football, but I’ve nothing against folk watching it and if it gets kids exercising. It’s just the way sky and bbc are trying to ram it down everyone’s throats, if so far off the Mens game in quality, all the stadiums full etc … that will be tickets at a fiver and kids...
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    Anyone seen this before? Weird.

    ive seen it before on occasions, it’s the composition of the 7n blocks, nothing to do with the render. If you look they put all sorts of stuff particularly recycled items, glass, plastic etc in certain blocks. the elevation gets warm particularly on a south facing, certain items on the face of...
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    New mtec 200 machine pro set

    If it’s any consolation we’ve all been there, could be a number of issues.
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    2 people on a machine

    we do both, depending on what we are using material wise, same day or overnights etc. if you apply a wet pass first it will hang a lot better overnight, for a next morning scrape.
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    2 people on a machine

    It’s one coat ie one application. if you doing 2 passes ie wet on wet it’s still one application on say new blockwork. It’s from the days of not having to put a backing coat as you would sand/cement.
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    Apprenticeship

    Health and safety as well everything has to be above board. I’d never take on an apprentice again after the hastle of it.
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    New Rendering Tender

    It’s a daft way of looking at it, it’s not necessary the render that’s more or less than the others, each renderer will have there own different overheads. I’d opt for vpi given the choice In any case. You can give as long a warranty as you want but it’s down to applicators good practice, go and...
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    2 people on a machine

    Yes frequently, or the scaffolders don’t turn up, or pallets of powder don’t turn up etc etc….
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    2 people on a machine

    Not just money at the end of the day, you’ve only got one body if you start abusing it with hard graft you’ll pay in later life.
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    2 people on a machine

    It’s Finding a system that works for you. you can have 3 men on a wall but if 2 are useless, it means nothing.
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    Weber pral

    There on the stress points where your lintels are above openings. it’s movement of some kind, at I guess I’d say there’s no mesh around the openings. id guess it’s a steel rsj above the bi folds possibly poor practice rendering over it.
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    Patchy/drippy KRend, what went wrong?

    Good luck with that one,they don’t want to know.
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    2 people on a machine

    3 of us, especially in summer on mono with same day scrapes.
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    £650 a cut

    This forum gets dafter by the day.
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