Recent content by jandsplaster

Wow nvq2 in one day?? Who knew ! You're right lads quals obviously mean nothing these days! Pfft JOKE!

I teach plastering in college....shall I teach our future spreads that sometimes it's ok to skim over paper? Seal with pva blue grit, plasprime or thistle bond it,....nah I'd look like a c***, overboard all day! sorry tradition and doing the job right without any comebacks is the only way to go...

No mate, I'm wrapping my business up going back into teaching plastering in college

To answer Jurek " why not skim over wallpaper" if you look at the surface of plasterboard under a microscope you'll see it is like a tea bag full of millions of little holes, these holes are for the microscopic jagged edges in the mixed gypsum plaster to bond to, ( that's why bonding is the only...

Gotta agree with doofer, only sensible post on this thread so far! Is this a wind up??

Jurek is right about some idiots thinking you can skim a room for fifty quid, read the job description carefully and their expected budget before buying the leads, also they charge around 48 quid a quarter just for the privelege of being a member, worked for me as I was new to area and had no...

Hi Marc I'm in Consett in north east and did ok from rated people, think they have a cheek charging for leads but the repeat work you get from some jobs more than compensates, never had any dodgy leads, they were all genuine, if you have an iPad or iPhone the app is a winner, better than...

I have 38 unopened rolls of bg fibre tape, pick up only from Consett in County Durham £50.00 bargain.

Thanks fellas, thought about the tyrollean but the rend aid option sounds good, cheers

Hi all I'm pricing a job for a customer and probably going to use weber monocouche, she already has a single story extension which is plain flat rendered, unpainted, and has asked if I can price to paint this the same colour as the render, does anyone know if webers textured paints give a...

Hi all, new to the site, J & S Plastering of County Durham been a plasterer for 24 years also taught plastering in colleges across north of England