Recent content by jacktheladd

West Midlands area mate and cheers mate haha

Bout 3 years ago done it like twice had a few knocks on the head since then:bananahappy:

That's the plan mate I won't be doing it on any customers until I feel confident and has experience from other plasterers who do mainly external work (y)

Cheers mate that's the plan (y)

Yeah mate Only doing it for family / friend no money involved only about 1meter high by 5 meters long. Wouldn't even both attempting it on a customers house would rather get somebody else to do it and i would help to gain some experience

Really helpful I love it !

Nah mate haha struggled to find user name as of how popular the TPF is

Ye Yeah mate I fully agree never do it on somebody's property hence why have avoided it ever since I started really. Really appreciate the comments as well helps me out :)

Cheers mate thank you

Speedy reply mate means a lot ! I'm gonna see what I can do as my first one will only be for family/friend :bailando:

@Rigsby i read that it's best to add a waterproofer in the scratch coat then just as a plastiscer in the top does this sound about right ? Sorry for all the questions haha

Cheers for the reply mate and it sound like a plan I'll have scout through some of the posts :bananahappy:

Cheers for the reply TheWand I done and apprenticeship for about 2 and half years with a plasterer and most work we did was all internally skimming and boarding really, then I went on my own and that's all I have seen to do, I get asked by a fair few people to render but because my lack of...

That's helped me out a bunch that has cheers mate

whats the best mix for rendering? How to prepare the walls? Do you art waterproofed in scratch coat then just plasticiser in top coat? Just like to no which is the best way to do this from start to finish to help let render breath and not let no water come through/cause damp/ crack. I know...