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    Been ripped off by agency

    i was due to start to start a job for trade force a few weeks back, glad i didn't now.
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    Basic guide to external rendering

    its not just a rumour,but a fact.if you use any washing up liquids it will kill the cement,and can turn the s/c render to dust,in some cases in about 5 years after application.
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    Ace rendering video

    see he uses the moniker "traditional plastering" to cover the fact that he's just a useless,lazy,rough c**t!! [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDYeSx-ufDY&feature=[/url]
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    Curved ceilings

    had a job a few years back where the client wanted quite a big curve to his ceilings,so we bonded them out and formed the shape using cove trowels.used the trowel skimming too,but was finished with skimming trowel.. if you just want a smaller curve,you can use a bit of 4in waste pipe or even a...
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    Job cancelled by text

    just wondering on what time scale you were going to take on this job??
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    New website feedback required.

    nice looking website you have there,nice layout too.maybe you should think about putting more pictures of your work on the website as people generally like to see some examplesof the work you do.
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    avatars

    look along the green menu bar at top of the page,click on profile,then click on modify profile in left side and then click Forum Profile Information. then you can upload a pic from your comp there.....simples. ;D
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    Ello! NVQ Required Before 2010?

    i've been involed in plastering for over twenty years and am now getting back to it after a 3 year break.. i have no qualifacations concerning plastering at all, and so does that make me more unqualified then someone who has done a plastering course and probably got his cscs card thru the gov...
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    MY APPRENTICE

    i think if you start picking him up ,you'll soon get fed up with the extra journey everyday..you got to remember,it was him who fecked up and if he wants the work ,he will have to find transport to yours. a firm i worked for a few years ago,had a spread with no transport and relied on me and...
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    pain killers

    try acupuncture, really sorted my elbow out a few years back.
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    mp75

    never had the opportunity to do any machine plastering even when having worked for the bigger firms in my area. even when doing k-rend/monocoche is was hand applied. do you guys work away alot or just travel everyday when spray plastering.
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    Fixing external angle beads

    it makes cringe, when out and about,you tend to notice others ppl's rendering jobs and how many of them still stick there beads up with multi finish. :o
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    Things that make you go hmmmmm

    did alot of bond and set ceilings about 1yr back,due mainly to there being alot of old fart architects about,and some of made you use hessian/jute scrim too.
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    scrim

    yeah its good stuff,just have to makensure its pushed right in on internal angles.
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    Vacancy Machine Rendering

    catchy name for a plastering company, Plaster Blaster. lol. :D
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