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    plastering job at Derby council

    the whole adverts just random job agency nonesense tbh, the job in all seriousness entails patching up here and there after leaks, tenants drunk partner punching holes in the wall so lots of fist hole repairs. odd bit of dashing and patching up round door frames etc, it's a retirement job for an...
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    plastering job at Derby council

    not entirely sure what the issue is with everone? i work for derby homes myself and thought i was doing a good deed basically handing out a job as i know first hand the agency don't have anyone on the books to take up the position. i know full well the agency role pays more than i earn myself on...
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    plastering job at Derby council

    hope this is ok to post... job through an agency with Derby city council/derby homes. says 4 week contract but the last bloke was there over a year until he found work closer to home. http://www.barkerross.co.uk/job/plasterer-10/ Derby £11.31-14.09 per hour Company You will have the...
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    b=q dont want me

    stick at it, aslong as your in the van you can always drive off when if ever requested to do so by the authorities, i doubt they have a leg to stand on really otherwise they would have gone down that route or clamped you by now surely!? id pop down one night and slash the bottom of all the tonne...
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    breaking in

    im still the "apprentice" now at my local council, which is ironic seeing as im qualified, easy work for a couple of years tho haha and i get moaned at left right n centre for being on my mobile, yet i use it while in the van or on dinner breaks never during physical work??
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    mouldy ceiling

    she rescued them from a friend who was gonna drown them blah blah and i got lumbered with the feckers! all had to be seperated as they all just fought and was mix of males and females, im never having pets again.
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    mouldy ceiling

    i would have been intouch with the landlady but... my ex girflriend was living here with me (i was the only one meant to be here and the letting agent (IMS) we're right coonts when they suspected there "there is a lady living at the property" "breech of contract" etc) she had all her possessions...
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    mouldy ceiling

    i had this problem with my rented flat, no window in the bathroom and crap extractor fan so alot of the time i'd just shower and leave the door open letting the moisture into the rest of the flat, which ofcourse all the moisture condesated on the external bedroom wall! my solution was to go to...
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    b=q dont want me

    might be worth while dishing out flyers through letterboxes
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    Van Insurance....

    what vans this for?
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    Van Insurance....

    is it an escort van danny? i was quoted £265 tpft protected no claims etc. but ended up payin £310 cos that other company wouldnt accept my card details for some reason? and i was in a rush so paid more! was for an escort van by the way, 5 years ncb
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    got offered a job today

    this is exactly why id prefer to play it safe and stick with working for the local council, decent pension, not much work, lots of tea :RpS_thumbup:
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    Sound proofing

    i've only ever done this on on project, brick/pot walls were knocked down between flats and then 2 metal stud walls erected 60mm (i think) apart. 50mm strips of acoustic board stuck onto the walls with acoustic sealant (just seemed like decorators caulk) with the upright sections drilled and...
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    why 6mm thin coat angle beads everywhere????????

    ask for mini mesh angle bead, thats what its down as in my local buildbase
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    Self Employed Mortgage?

    luton van with a tail lift :RpS_thumbup: just drive carefully or the water will spill outta the hottub and the inflatable palm trees might fall over which could pop them if they land on the edge of a skim bead
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