Recent content by gary

hi all......75mm floor screed layed,and the customer switched the underfloor heating on after two weeks of laying, and I'm led to believe he had it on as hot as possible!! it was white , whats going to be the outcome of the floor , my guess its just going to crumble, anybody had any similar cases?

hi, what i do to prevent the scuffing off of the top of floor screeds is to, apply a cement wash over the screed ,usually after a day or two when floor is dry enough to walk on, to do this i mix a shovelful of cement to gorilla tub\setting bucket and a healthy glug of pva, filled with clean...

Henry, also, if there is no need to use joint rules for carving back, try wet and dry paper, use quite a fine grade, as you can be quite precise and not so "heavy handed"with wet and dry as to joint rules, hope this is of help.

we used a product called "Peel-a-way" for stripping cornice a few years back , sounds like the gear you are on about, try "brewers decorating supplies" they might be able to help.

0r £600.00plus vat = £600.00 vat £120.00 sub total £720.00 deduct 20%cis on £600.00 = £120.00 net labour balance £480.00 plus vat £120.00 total £600.00

cis on labour content only, example: £100 labour plus vat 20%£20.00 subtotal £120.00 deduct 20% cis on £100.00 = £80.00 ( £20.00tax) total...

What may be good to remember, is that, when things pick up in the construction industry,i.e after when the banks start lending to small builders,small businesses etc etc....and good plasterers are hard to find, when you price a job, remember, double the price,make the b***tards pay for all the...

good old hampshire.

hi all, just to say hello, and looking forward to joining in the forum and banter, from a plasterer with 25 years exp.many thanks, gary