Recent content by nobbihodge

Listen to this one then..... was due to start a rendering job a couple of weeks ago. Only 1 gable end. Absolutely hammering it down so I rang the customer explaining that wel need to put it off until we get a drier day. All is fine...... 2 hours later she rings me back saying she has arranged...

This seems like a load of drama to me. Dab the nuts out of it and whack it on. Bobs ur uncles lover!!

Obvs depending on your speed. If your doing a wall a day then 30 is about right. I got taught as a guideline when i first started to price for about £40 per bag of multi if that makes sense. So if you do 4 bags a day then charge £160

How do you make any money struggling on a bag and half. Youd have to do a decent ceiling in 3 hits!!!

This sounds decent. Bring some down to swindon please!!

Im the same. Cant finish with them. I just use them for big areas, flattening and 1st trowel. Have tried to finish but cant quite get the grind if that makes sense

Worked with a lady spread before. She was pretty good and loved how physical it was. She was abit of a fitness freak though... i think that may help. But as said... the job is tough, abit dirty and stressful. 17 year old girls may struggle. Good luck to her though

Its a very small area in a sun trap mate... please no oh dears and bla blas. Job is done and dusted looking good!!

Yes mate. Came up nice. Gave it plenty of sbr. On the neighbours next week aswell :)

Yeh scratched it bud. Had the grinder on it for half a shift and scratched it in the afternoon. Topped out next day. Job done

Thanks chaps. All done. Grinded lots of key. Sbr and normal sand and cement. Came up lovely

They painted it themselves with sandtex. I know that because they asked me to paint the new render i have done with it so it matched. Sandtex may help with grip surely. But i will grind the balls out of it

Yeh i was along the same lines. I would forget it if it was anyone else to be honest but i get alot of work through friends of theirs etc. I may stop bead it on the sides then grind a scratch out and whack a top over it. Obvs abit of sbr on first. Will the old paint affect it atall or just give...

Following on from a previous post. I have a customer that wants a nice finish over some old rough rendering. They are real scrooges and hate the mess so hacking it off isnt really an option so have been told to try a one coat finishing system over the top. I have no experience using this so...

Right gents. This job is just dragging on now. Customers have now decided they want a new finish on it so.... as mentioned.. Could I just put a 1 coat system over the old and float finish?