Recent content by jaspla

I advertised with yell online about 2 weeks ago and I must say its probably worth you doing it. I paid around £340 for the year and I've had about 5 calls so far. Its already brought in one job that has paid for the advert. you can choose for a cheaper line advert also instead of the box advert...

yeh, spotboard everytime other than in small areas

I use bonding agent all the time. Still use pva as a sealer when needed, but bonding agent works really well

Hello again guys Just got a job in from a builder mate of mine. I've got a load of float and set work to do over yellow stock brick work. Just wondered what the going rate is for float and set work now for labour only not including the plaster. Normally I price by the day but this job is a bit...

No not at all. I spend a lot of time sitting down and pricing jobs. I always break things down and work out how long things are going to take me then I add materials and the labourers money to the price. Once you worked a price out and your satisfied that its reasonable then stick to it. I've...

thanks for that. Not looking forward to it at all, i never like to get involved with screeding. I suppose it breaks my week I suppose doing something different

Just got my first floor screeding job to price and have no idea on what people charge per cubic meter? What do you guys normally charge? :-/

I had to skim round by a saniflow today, they always smell like s@*t! I hate plastering in bathrooms and toilets that have already been fitted out!

£180 for that ceiling is the right price. If thats all you had to do for the day then you still have to charge a days money plus materials. Its a touch though that she's asked to quote for the rest of the ceilings at £28 per square m! Ha! Nice one

try brooming the bricks down to get rid of any loose particles, then wet the wall down and then seal with a diluted pva solution. This is what i do and everything seems to stick like dogs poo to a blankett. Gyprime is good but quite expensive. If your using sand and cement, put some rendamix in...

board finish is beautiful gear, I love it! Of course you can use it on a normal wall but it will hang around a bit longer than multi. Beautiful on boards but will say try to use multifinsh on anything other than board as it does suit better.

Re: Perfect skimmin achievable without plastic tro I think it all comes down to preference and what trowels you work best with. I've never used a plastic trowel but have tried both stainless steel and carbon steel. I prefer stainless steel for all my work but i know a few plasterers that work...

yeh £8.50 per square m for skim sounds about right, especially working domestically. How much do you guys charge for labour on float & set work? for both sand and cement and for modern plaster backgrounds. I normally charge around £16 per square metre

or albanian?

I climbed out of a sky light the other day onto the roof of the house i was working in. I took up there with me all my wastage plaster which i rolled up into balls for amunition. Like a sniper I waited for all the lads on site to go in and out of the house and pelted them with plaster from...