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gotta learn the art of saying no, its not as easy as people think :'(

sounds like hes taking advantage of you cause u work for him, an old boss of mine would get me to all sort of little jobs on the side not plastering related and rip me off all. i felt i couldnt say no cause i worked for him and didnt have the balls to ask for what was fair, cause i didnt wanna...

a bloke i new said he would never do a job for pakastani customers anymore cause they always pretend they got no money, and when u count ya money its always short, and they always hassle hassle hassle for a discount, he wont even quote for them.

will site firms give u a shot if u got no quals?

i have known that too ;D

its voluntary i thought

as long as its flat dont worry if its not all one perfect colour

just follow the curve wit ya trowel

i aint done no qual's. if u need them to get on site then guess i aint going on site then :'( less u can earn them whilst working on site

i was laid off 6 weeks ago :'(,

i know people who wrap them in an old towell or sumthing to protect them and stopped them getting knocked

i have seen float and skim on same day

Re: plastering above kitchen cupboards! would u do taking the cupboards off is no biggie though is it?

if it inside and is a cavity wall then just use hardwall or bonding :) and skim on top use the big beads not skim beads

Re: plastering above kitchen cupboards! would u do i think i could do it but i know its gonna be a marathon pain in the a$$ and i dont wanna be judged on a crap job like that,! i got a 8inch midget trowel already :)

Re: plastering above kitchen cupboards! would u do the person who asked me seems to think its easy! if u can plaster u can plaster! i explained that the job was not straight forward :'(

Re: plastering above kitchen cupboards! would u do yeah i know and they gonna be around at the time so thats extra pressure too!

Re: plastering above kitchen cupboards! would u do its a mates rate job so wouldnt be much, its for experience but it a c**t of a job in my view ?

Re: 18''mt  permashaped trowel they r used for flattening off when the plaster is still wet not for finishing because u cant get enough pressure along the larger trowels

been asked to plaster above existing kitchen cupboards and round the cupboards on 3 walls everything is working up to coving, skirting, architrave and cupboards, seems like a b!tch job climbing over kitchen cabinets and working over the cupboards onto a small area of wall, having to climb up...

a tight coat of bonding is really easy to flatten with just a trowel over it

Re: pricing a job  £££  ??? all in or plus mats ?

actually it was the SOUTH i meant not south east/ not mush difference really anyway it was £3.75 i wa told ueah for skim only

i still dont know wat u mean :'( :'( :'( lol

i was told £3.75 in the south east

what do u mean tommy i dont understand ? :-/

if u overboarding an old ceiling and it has sagged, when u overboard and put loads of fixings in usually it will pull the warped ceiling up straighter and ya new board then sits flatter too

Re: pricing a job  £££  ??? £450, u get people quoting al different prices, thats what i think its worth other people would say less other might say more

ive seen this b4, seen it cut out and rw filled with a bit of gear

sorry dude i not up with the float set prices. :'(

Re: pricing a job  £££  ??? no more than a day. just the walls 12x12ft 9ft high id say about £350 all in

i asked my old teacher about stilts and he slagged them right off saying there are only good for having accidents :'( im guessing he stacked it on them and landed face first in a bucket of artex ;D ;D ;D

i think plasteres labourer is more needed on domestic to keep the place clean etc etc get the gear in when ya on site i guess it different

i suppose a clean £130 aint the end of the world and u aint gotta worry about materials etc

what were u thinking of pricing it at big mart?

never thought bout buying tbh just i use a small step ladder 8-)

do all 3 ;D

fvcking hell thats a mission spose u would have to charge it at a meter rate, trying to estimate the length of time could be a mistake

all one ceiling or seperate areas ?

yeah we overboarded wavy celings before and the new fixings pull it all up again

1000 sqm? do u mean 100sqm :-/

u should just price him per room then u know where u stand, a room is do-able in 3 sets and u should be doing 3 sets a day when u think an avearge room is worth £400 ish then yeah your getting ripped off!

overboarding is a b@tch, the more u do though the easier they become, u cant mark accurate stringlines thats the problems

i can remember y but on the occaions we overboard a reskim is not possible?

when i bought mine they had no 13 in stock so went for 14 i dont think it makes much difference an inch (although girls would argue otherwise) ;D

i only used one once but seen others using them and they do a goos job

i been on job centre web site evryday and there not a sniff of nothin :'( :'( gonna have to do sumthing else for a while >:(

there was sum bloke few weeks bk who got lairy and danny kicked him off the site, or i think it was segs who booted him off ;D all the guys on here are helpfull, i think everyone is on here for the same reason - to learn and to share there knowledge

we have never pulled a ceiling down always overboard, if i was in charge i would rather pull it down cause over boarding is a b!tch but the gaffer cant deal with the mess

yeah mate well i guess theres different way that work so pick one and slap it on :D