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Been doing more looking into this. If I'm understanding things right it's not enough just to do the health and safety test, you must also either have an on site assessment or complete an NVQ. I live in North Wales and the OSAT isn't offered locally and I do not want to do an NVQ. It seems the...

Thanks for this, useful info in there and it answers my question on OSAT. Cheers.

Are you sure about this (OSAT) - just contact CSCS and they'll send someone out to assess your work? Sounds too simple.

Hello, I've done a quick search on here but threads talking about CSCS cards didn't really answer my question. Basically I want to get a CSCS card but don't want to do any qualifications. I've looked at the CSCS website and emailed them stating my situation i.e. no qualifications except for a...

So, seems that most think my idea is a waste of time, fair enough. I am certain it would however be useful. If anyone needs an extra pair of hands some time soon give me a shout. Would be much appreciated...

Ha! Funny one. Thanks for your help.

I think that's probably it. I guess it's easy to read about something and understand it but a picture paints a thousand words as they say so I reckon it will be time well spent.

Will do tomorrow.

On and off about 6 years including about 2 years where it was pretty much all I did work wise.

Right, don't all laugh but I'm offering a day's free labour in return for someone showing me how to skim a room in a day. I do occasional private work but think I work too slow. So, to see what I could be doing faster I'd like to spend a day working alongside someone who's fast. It doesn't have...

Pure genius, very funny :)

Cheers for reply. Thing is I don't think I need to go to town on this - it's my house and the noise isn't a major problem so I guess I'd prefer cheap and cheerful if possible i.e. double board using acoustic board. Anyone know if this is a waste of time or will it actually have some sound...

Also, is cheap and cheerful worth doing i.e. just add (fix with screws) an additional layer of standard board or an additional layer of acoustic board?

Had a brief look on here / internet and sounds like resilient bar and acoustic board is the way to go. Just a few questions: - Is the board fixed / stable? Reason I ask is that the fixing instructions seem to apply that there might be some movement / flex, if so how can you skim properly? - My...

Cheers all for replies, maybe its 'trowelitis' more than anything as suggested above. It definitely does drag/mark ever so slightly but I still like using it. Maybe worth getting a wet stone to see if this helps and another trowel to start wearing that in. I assume when people say "bend the...