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Re: PLASTIC SKIMMING TROWEL are these just for plasterers who say have knackered up their finishing trowel and need something with rounded edges while the new one bows a bit ? i cant see the reason for buying one unless your finishing trowel isn't well worn down and rounded off a bit at the top...

cheers chris will do a search and look into it prefer rendering to plastering so will do my research. dont know any plasterers in my area who use the stuff so nobody can show me, derbys 30 years behind the rest of the world anyway. will have a go on my nans garden wall or something

alright lads Can someone give me a brief guide to using thin coat render products and explain to me what k-rendering is? this site has made me realize how little i know about rendering. i thought it was just sand cement and lime job done im comfortable doing it the old fashion way but if these...

Wilko!

luckily its old commons between timber just gonna eml it over the timber thanks for the help.

thanks for your help well got to get on it wont know till i get the stuff off hopefully it will rain and i can go home hate these jobs rh

yes

alright lads start a job on a bay window for a mate 2moro hack off and replace with sand cement render. question is am i likely to find lath below an upstairs window after i hack the old stuff off? and if so what should i do? its a 1950s' ish semi 9 inch solid might of dropped a bollock on...

alright lads! march 2010 off to Melbourne Australia on a working holiday visa. plan is to hit the ground running and get plastering as soon as possible can anybody tell me if my cscs card will be valid, or do i need to get one of their site cards also what tools should i take? is it worth...

to give it a bit of extra protection plus it looks like a bag of s**t

alright chaps rendering this little annex i rent of my mum and dad. its a right pig of a job over a hundred years old so nothings level and no dpc. I have injected the mortar with this damp proof stuff. my first question is does this stuff actually work. and will it protect my render from...

thats them cheers mate

no results on ebay mate

I had some nob head folk truck driver ask me how old my hard hat was i told him id had it 2 years he got me a new one as apparently the plastic weakens with the sunlight and they need to be replaced every year. wot a load of b*ll***s

saw a couple of labourers loading out boards when i was on site once. They were using these metal clamp things with rubber on are they worth investing in? can somebody tell me what theyre called and where i can get some from got a few pallets to load out next week cheers rh