Recent content by Ewing75

I've got no probs with the tutors at all. They were top time served guys but if they added big hits into the course it would have helped. I went to college for a couple of reasons, firstly I was 30 when I done it so couldn't go down the normal route. Plus, I was working round the clock in my...

Not blowing my own trumpet (never leave the house if I could) but my finish is spot on, no problem doing a average room a day, ceiling and opposites. I've never done site work, everybody I've spoken to who has have said they hated it. But can't live on thin air so another week and will have no...

To be honest, I qualified in 2005 but had other stuff to do that kept me busy until last year. Speed has always been an issue, but it's something I've always been told by mates that it'll come with time. The tutors were great at Ashford but they honestly don't prepare you for the real world. I...

Not really no, done a small job with a mate using monocouche

Learnt in Ashford mate

Based near Dover. I'd have to cover 40sq m's to make £100, have been told its a mix of board work and float & set. Have only been at it for a year so it'd be a real push for me, I won't have much choice soon though if the phone doesn't start ringing.

Same here Hector, majority of my mates are in same boat, joiners/ brickies etc... everybody I ask say its patchy, I wouldn't mind patchy over sweet FA. Been told local contractor will take me on, but it's site work and only £2.50 a meter!

Hopefully it'll pass and pick up down here then. In 5 weeks I've worked 8 days :-(!!!! If it doesn't pick up soon I'll have to sell my body, but I'm not that greedy wouldn't know what to do with all that money.

Anybody else's dried up? Down in S/E Kent and it's beyond dry, like the sahara down here.

Hi Bob, Thanks for the reply mate. Working nights/ weekends to keep up with it sounds like heaven to me. A mate of mine who I've helped out half dozen times laying on, even labouring, said he drives about looking for sites and just asks foreman if any work is going. It's the one thing I've not...

Alright beddy... I'll do anything, float/setting, floor screeds, drylinning etc etc

Hope I've posted this in the correct section!Started my own plastering company 6-7 weeks ago. I've handed out nearly 500 business cards. Had my van sign written with name/logo/ contact details and website, which I've been parking all over the place.Put flyers up in shops, got myself on yell.com...

I'm being tight I know... I think the sheets are 8 x 4 so should get a couple out of it. Now, just got to get some yacht varnish thrown in with it.

marine ply is so expensive, i'd have to buy a full sheet.

Nobody uses a metal spotboard? I thought the guy was taking the p#ss when it said all Plasterers use them, I've only ever used wooden boards. I purchased the stand ages ago, just wanted to get a board for it, but I'm presuming the ply spotboards break up pretty quickly cause of the water, or is...