Recent content by Marko1960

No, your man, and he has to be just one man, no labourer, can put as much as he likes on but if he doesn't finish it and I do that proves that the machine is no better

One Man with a Ritmo, me with my whisk and spot board, 20" and 1m skimming spat. We both have to finish what we put on, your Ritmo man has to keep going back to flatten in whereas I flatten as I apply. And don't forget, the job has to be FINISHED, so if the Ritmo man puts 160m on he has to...

Is the original plaster loose, is there gloss paint on the original. If you plaster over loose plaster you will end up with new loose plaster, there needs to be an even area of the right amount of suction, have you thought of calling in a plasterer? Some diy projects end up costing twice as much...

Was it ten square metres or ten metres by ten metres, the former is small and the latter is fkn huge!

Knauf MP finish is ten times better than anything British Gypsum turns out, it goes further than multi, you can put more on in a gauging than multi and the finish is better than multi and if the Germany had won the war we wouldn't be having this discussion (or Poles/Rumanians/Bulgarians...

Oh yeah, don't ever use sand and cement on lime mortar, use sand and hydraulic lime or get the genuine article

Try using an angle grinder to give it a deep key and as you build it out remember to start with a strong mix and get progressively weaker. Not sure about the shuttering idea, you will just end up with one heavy lump. And finally, a lot of people use S B R as an adhesive/sealer but in fact it's a...

Yup, me and my trusty 20" Marshalltown

Sorry Grump, got you and your mate beat, I've got 34 years experience on me todd

What was the damage to the walls underneath

Dave Turnbull

Fat arms right Lordy, I've been plastering for 34 years, probably longer than you've been breathing, I've forgot more than you'll ever know, the company I work for, Brick Magic from Sunderland did exactly the same thing on a £400,000 house in Tynemouth, if its good enough for them then it's...

I recently did a Brickrend finish on a timber framed building with plywood sheets, I used fibreglass mesh bedded into Parex Maite then grey K-Mix and Golden Buff Brickrend, it hasn't budged a mm, as long as the cement boards are meshed he'be fine

Evening class in Gloucester

I was thinking that too Danny! Two men on one wall!!! These young uns don't know they're born. Steveohim, give the wall a good thick coat of PVA, let it dry then give it another, start throwing the finish on at the top fairly thick, don't piss about just get it on. Once the whole wall is on go...