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    Cheque!

    I got mine from maplin was £40 at the time but think there £50-60 now takes 3 days to clear but saves the hassle going to bank.
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    Cheque!

    I refuse cheques now. It's either cash, bank transfer or I whip out my chip and pin machine it's great when customers say they not been to the bank and only have a card :)
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    Labourer sacked

    I had a lad I caught smoking weed at work I sacked him he didn't tell his dad who was a health and safety and risk assessment officer for the NHS then his dad tried to take me to court which I let go so far (costing him money)then asked him if smoking drugs was a instant sackable offence? He...
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    Looking for work Watford area

    It's a hour away lol
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    Hi all on T.P.F..

    Valley of shadows ?
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    Hi all on T.P.F..

    Hello there and welcome
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    Hi lads

    Hello and welcome
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    Artex ceiling question??

    Screw driver and hammer finds the joists. If I had a ceiling where they were 720 apart I would have ripped the lot down and put noggins in then counter crossed it with batten.
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    Plasterer looking to learn ewi

    Book a training course and ask them to pay you to learn there product or system (you know the answer). Asking another spread show you how to do something and then have the cheek to say you want paying is shocking IMO. I'm sure your original post should have said your 13 and live in a new...
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    Artex ceiling question??

    I've had customers who have moved into houses and had all ceilings replaced scared that there kids are being exposed to asbestos because survey reports when they bought house have said artex has a trace and that's all. Rule of thumb is that you can cover but not expose/disturb
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    Artex ceiling question??

    Anyone that knows or works with asbestos or been on a course says that!!! there is a tiny amount of asbestos in artex and it's not the bad bad type (even though it all is in reality) they always say for insurance reasons not to tamper but just to cover. Asbestos was still used very widely in a...
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    Experience

    What have you worked as up to the point where you decided to get into plastering ?
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    Experience

    Me and my mate was gonna go to gold trowel and pretend we knew nothing then last day smash it out like we're on price :)
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    Experience

    Welcome bud
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