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    Not been paid (anyone had this)

    hello all well finally got paid a couple of weeks ago minus £ 30 cause apparently we did very little there apart from all the rendering on a house front render job, and had a parting shot fired at us (you've lost 20 grands worth of work by insisting on being paid for this :tonto:) my 2nd job...
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    Not been paid (anyone had this)

    thanks for all the replies fellas, hour after I posted this he called and I got a "I've never had anyone call my fu::ing clients" rant my reply was I've never had anyone take 3 months to pay us so your client is who ill be sending the invoice to he's got my work on his house as he's holding...
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    Not been paid (anyone had this)

    Hello all I’m having a bit of an issue with a builder I’ve done some rendering for, we previously worked for him an got paid. Now we’ve rendered the front of a house in gillingham everything’s good clients happy renders painted scaffolds gone builders been paid, now it turns out he gave us a...
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    i know this is not the place but im after some personal experiance

    update I called the planning officer and she said whether it's specified or not all permissions are bound by it, so within reason you can work but if your noisy and get complaints they can stop you, but you DIYers fill ya boots
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    i know this is not the place but im after some personal experiance

    hi all I've been a plasterer for 30+ yrs and I've never been told by a client you're not allowed to work on weekends so I'm after a bit of experience of builders dealing with Planning permissions, I've got my planning application granted and its got a condition in it that says The applicant is...
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    ceiling cracked every joint

    hi all thanks for the responses, I learnt something from the thread that people are still using paper tape, haven't used a roll of that in 20 yrs. fibre tape was such a godsend I've never looked back so still unsure why it cracked probably down to the spark lifting floorboards above and...
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    ceiling cracked every joint

    hello all having a bit of a problem with a newly plastered ceiling, every joint has opened up hairlines down the board's length and some wider ones on the width joints. The ceiling screwed up tight (no popped heads) fibre taped every joint tapered edge boards 2 coats of multi 2 separate mixes...
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    Gritty multi

    Glad to see it's not nationwide only south of the midlands
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    Gritty multi

    hi all Had a load of multi delivered for a job in ashford Kent and its gritty as f::k, There's hard small balls of cement coloured solids in it definatly not plaster or gypsum I've seen the thread from October about this issue so not expecting to much from BG but who knows
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    Parapet walls...hydraulic lime render

    used it on timber with metal mesh with render mesh embedded in 1st coat,but never used it on blocks.bricks might be ok
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    bent refina 16" s*p*r*lex

    no tall stories ere or multiple identities just a 2-month-old bent trowel, in 30yrs its never happened before but I thought I'd mention it cause this is not the 1st time it's ever happened and someone else might know of a fix, but extra care is obviously the way forward.
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    bent refina 16" s*p*r*lex

    love its capabilities but barely 2 months old, knocked it off a window sill (3ft tops) and bent the toe end upwards which put a convex curve in the blade. considering my mt's probably 8yrs old and earnt it's wings, I'm not sure if I'll be persevering with the s*p*r*lex's if there this vulnerable.
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