Recent content by hargun

I agree about responsibilities and maybe i should not have started the job, but i had done all this contractors work for the previous 6 years money was no problem and work was plentiful with him. it was just when he and the client both said this was the only water supply that i felt obliged to...

I would be pretty sure this problem has'nt occurred before as all my work is within a 20 mile radius, word would soon have spread and i would have bumped into practically everyone i have done work for at some stage down thru time and have never had any complaints. We done the outside first as...

Agree mabe for a couple of walls hardwall would suffice, but a small extension say a utility or bathroom most contractors or firms prefer a more robust background like sand and cement. But listen that's besides the point, was just wondering had anybody ever suffered problems with skim through...

As i stated earlier, the water was grey, murky with an odour from it, the well was only newly sunk it was going to be the only source of water for the new house when the house was finished, the well would be connected to the house as the main water supply. They told us to use away at it as that...

Don't think so jr, as i say i have used this method from i started plastering at 16 yrs and i am now 49 and this is the only time it has ever happened. I still think it was the well water. I mean not trying to be smart or anything, but if you do a small extension or a couple of walls for...

He has'nt said in so many words but probably reskim at my cost whatever has to be reskimmed, thinking he will have a chance of then getting his money from the client. My problem is that it is a small area that we are all from, and i have just started plastering a new build on monday past, and...

we would have floated with mortar for maybe 2-3 days, then dropped back after this time skimmed what rooms we had floated, then started the process again

I think you hit the nail in the head on the head i think he has over spent, the contractor has been chasing him for this length of time. As i say i went in and done a few bits a couple of months after the job was completed just for my own piece of mind and have heard nothing until now. And just...

Hi all hope someone can help My mate and me have each been plastering about thirty years, about 5 years ago we done a new build in the country, complete plastering job inside and out. About 3-4 mths after we finished the contractor contacted me to say that the skim had started going boast here...

thanks all, was on holidays so just geting round to checking out the replies. all very helpful thanks again

Hi folks Sorry about posting this here as well as on another section, first time poster and not sure where best to go for the info. Just wondering what everyones favorite or most trustworthy mix is for wet dash, does everyone still use lime ?. I havent had to do a job for years that has a wet...