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Eventually, I did manage to kind a old school Leicester local to do this work. It took him about eight full days to do the job in hardwall, he had a labourer for approx four days. 36 bags of hardwall and 18 bags of multifinish. I wont give away the price, but I think it was fair. Could one of...

Ok, I'll speak to you tomorrow then.

My original plan was to use a sand and cement render with some Sika additive in the mix, but that was before I realised how hard it would be the find someone who would be prepared to do something other than dot and dab!

The second coat had sharp sand thrown on it.

I think you are correct about the end of an era. I guess the big house builders have moved to dot and dab now and that is the way the latest generation of plasterers are being trained to do things. My main concern with the day rate is that I occasionally have to spend the odd week or two...

It's Synthaprufe. It went over the concrete floor and up the wall by about 900mm before the insulation and screed went down.

I hear they built themselves a very modest building there.

If you can convince the BBC to make a heavy investment in the move I'd be up for it?

I would have no objection to that at all. I have only mentioned bonding, because I have assumed that asking for sand and cement would scare off even more people than the mention of bonding would!

I have an older property with mainly brickwork walls that I would prefer to be floated (with bonding or hardwall) and then skimmed. However, I am finding it nearly impossible to find a plaster who is willing to do anything other than dot and dab to the walls. So far one plaster has said he will...