Recent content by john simpson

Cheers, it's a light coat so might get away with it.... New to all the new materials! Would of been scudded, scratched and rubbed up in my day!

Maybe a stupid question but can I just use ordinary sand and cement over a maite scratch coat? It's only a small area 10m and with this virus I can't get the ehi stuff. Client painting it all anyways so if I can get it out of the way..... Tyia

https://nelatrowels.co.uk/prods/334213/14andquot---nela-carbon-steel-premium-trowel.html Good job? Stiff enough? I'll go with that as I like the handle on the mediflex.. Doesn't need broke in with sand and cement? And not bent like the machine ready ones? Cheers

Howya! As title, need to replace my very trusty Mt xtra lite. Would get another one but don't use s and c much to get it broke in. Anyone recommend me a proper trowel that is similar and doesn't need broke in. Tyia

I know how you feel! jobs hard enough but it's the easy bit. fecking getting the good work, dealing with customers and builders and getting paid can do your head in all right! Plus feast or a famine all the time, lot to be said for a handy job that you just turn up 9 to 5 each day, pension paid...

Aye seen it all myself, took a lad with me, he had skimmed a few rooms for friends and family, in fairness he wasnt totally useless but by heck did he think he knew it all! Called himself a plasterer and slagging other lads work but you knew he had never set foot on a site in his life as soon as...

Always had a good labourer up until the "crash" either part of a day rate or the prices covered him, 1+1never an issue but since then you can't afford them so I work alone on domestics and small sites. 80 a day for a decent one so 400+ on a weeks work and with so many undercutters I had to let...

Plasterer who can't stick a few 6x3 boards up on their own..... Don't make em like they used to. load of slabbing nails in the mouth, head on the board and fire them up, knew a fella had a sponge hat for ease

On the materials thing now..... A lot of clients now are very smart and look up the price online and question why I'm more expensive so I exclaim that's fantastic and go load a load of the shitty bags into their nice clean car and haul them upstairs into the room for me. Once they think of the...

To be fair I'm already gone at hall stairs landing tune out, very busy, double price. He had the double effect of mentioning he didn't have much money so im only being polite before hanging up. He was moments away from saying he could help mix the stuff if it was any cheaper

Some good advice above, see what citizens advice say in the meantime. some odd comments about these lifestyles on the dole. It's about 70 quid a week? dunno how you get 2 holidays a year on that! nor would it pay your shopping! Anyways.... You pay into the system with your stamps so its an...

Take her handy mate, gonna be a slow burner to get back. listen to the doctors and enjoy the rest as best you can. You'll be back skimming hot walls in 40c heat for feck all money in no time

Hope you get well soon dude

Only reason I do this sh1t is for the money, so yes. You'll never see a rich plasterer all the same. Weekend millionaires

Is SBR a waterproofer? Worked with a guy was using a dash of it on an old brick gable in the scratch coat.I walked as I said he couldn't rub it with that. Maybe it would of been OK, what do I know. Anyways medusa was the only gig in town in my day