Recent content by RHardy

You can't stick it with plasterboard adhesive as it won't stick. You could level it with dab then screw through each dab with screw and washer but that's alot of time and effort to save a small amount of money. The customers paying so what does it matter

Which product you using? 18 days for 1 man or 2 of you?

You need to tape the joints and needs to be done well as only 1mm spray applied

Out of interest how many days labour in total to prep, spray and sand?

Pva it, bonding coat then skim

Decent on internal curves

Its very quick for a full house and not labour intensive. Couple of days to prep it all tape up windows, tape and bead, then a few days to spray it all. It'll never catch on though, expensive machine, and only good for empty houses

We said self employed not a company owner. Self employed overheads are virtually nothing. Van and van insurance just the same as anyone needing a car and car insurance to get to work. Public liability 100 a year and maybe 100 pounds of tools a year on average. What other overheads are there for...

Nursery fees being a business overhead is abit of a push. Spudknit is right overheads for self employed is not much different from anyone else other than 100 public liability what's different?

Someone can't handle their Friday shandy

Have you had a fail with Pva?

Has anyone not had a product fail though. I've had a fail with green Grit to but also had fails with Pva. Every product is always going to go wrong now and then

Your cleaner charges you £17 but they don't earn £17 an hour a self employed plasterer has very little overheads earning 1k a week he'll be around for a while yet

To board and skim that is a days work for a plasterer. You're probably going to pay almost the same labour to get it plastered as you would to get them to board and plaster it

It will to a degree, and will even them out. Old ceilings joists usually 400mm apart maximum so will pull it up