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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...

what do u guys say is the right depth of backing plaster (hardwall or bonding) i hear different things 6mm 8mm 10mm 12mm 2 x 6mm etc etc also do u go one coat or on in two layers cheers :)

seems like a common thing im hearing, do old skool 20/30 yrs in trade look down at young spreads generally seems like they dispise anyone looking to get in the game, dont like people standing on there toes what u think ? share ya experiences

what do u guys pay ya labourers? by the hour or a day rate? what do u feel is a fair rate? on average? does it vary from domestic to commercial ?

ive tried wickes, b n q, homebase, focus, none no luck :'( anyone know any highstreet shops that u can buy these ? cheers

rendering 2 walls each wall 2 ft x 6 ft 3 walls in kitchen work is mainly above kitchen cupboards and a few bigger areas, and loads of obsticles, not a lot in sq meters but time consuming and awkward, 2 reveals what in labour do u think these r worth or with materials :-/

hi guys aint been on for AGES due to laptop dying, finally got a new one this week  :) so im bk in da game  :o like many of u im feeling the pinch of the credit crunch, building game going up the creek, work is non existant at the mo and im gonna have a moan about being self employed, your...

hi i just done my first skim job alone (at home) came out well, but on the wall (one in particular) after drying out there is white marks on the wall not above or below the surface but just there :-/ what should a skimmed wall look like after the wall is dryed out i know it goes light...

is there an official tool design for this or can u use any sort of snippers ? what do u all use?

how u get a start in it, what route did u take and y did u wanna get into it, how did it happen i'll started off doing a two week full time course and then got taken on as a labourer/improver with a pro which i plan to do for a good while b4 breaking out on my own 8-) and making the money...

are these only used when your skim both walls into a corner and they both walls r wet? or as well as just one wall? r they any good? or is it better with a trowel and just work out each way from the corner i only used it once on a course :-/ whats your opinions on these ?

r u a hawk/trowel/bucket/ladder man or got every gadget/gizmo for plastering under the sun in ya van is it best to get the full kit up front or buy as u need? also do u carry few bags of plaster and boards or do u buy per job ? cheers

average size room one window bloke who taught me said it would be a £350-£400 job, not sure if that was with mats? what do u guys think a average room is worth ? just a skim and would it be 1 or 2 day job? cheers :)

is it some sort of written rule from the bible that plasters must start top left all the time? few weeks bk i started a wall not in the top left corner but about 3 quarters up the wall on the left and the gaffer had a fit when he saw it! it was like i had insulted his family ;D whats the big...

the way i was taught, is applying ya plaster with small trowel, then pull out the massive bugger just to reduce lines and move about what u all ready put on the wall while its still quite wet, then leave and do few trowel down with small trowel again but yesterday i was talking to a plasterer...

hi all i just scored my first job after completing plastering course working as a labourer/improver with a local plasterer. i have to get my first trowel, i was thinking of getting a tyzack ready to use pre worn, cause thats what they recommeded on my course, there selling tyzack 14inch for...