Recent content by Dentalblock

I buy pva in bulk when it's on special, last week at B&Q they where doing 6 liters of everbuild for 8 quid inc vat. got 30 liters of it, and mix it 1pva/2water. so I got 90ltrs of pva 'solution' for £45

With any luck he'll do so well in school, he'll never have to touch a trowel.

I've been using a cheap one for four years and its still going, and it doesn't take 20 minutes to mix.

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I don't bother with expensive mixers, they all break eventually.

actually having re-read what you wrote, I see your dilemma. depends how anal you are about it, if you feel like you should have more insulation already you might as well do it now or you'll be ripping the boards down just to add some kingspan, and you don't want that. just do it and then you...

I put kingspan in mine, I think it's worth it. It's like an oven up there in the summer.

I can only work in shorts and t shirt and pair of vans. I see spreads working in steel toe, steel plate boots, 320gsm trousers and hoodys, and they sweat their bollox off

On this forum? Blahahahahaha

I just floated and set four walls, boarded and skimmed the ceiling for 60 quid and 4 cups of tea. I taking the rest of the week off now.

ah right ya from glasgow, where there is no sunlight.

The least you'd expect from a living room... is a couple of windows.

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I take material money once it's all agreed. agree a halfway stage and take 50% of the money when you get there and then other 50% on completion. People will cancel and mess you about, its part of the job. I've done 100s of miles looking at jobs and half of them never call back.

I got my last weeks pay. I phoned the customer directly and explained the situation, although she said she didnt want to get involved she did say that he would be coming round the next day and I could meet him there. so I got there really early and had a cuppa with the customer talked about the...