Recent content by spreaditsam

agreed mac. i dont see it as a job. i see it as a skill. you learn a skill and it stays with you where ever you go. im a time served bricklayer of 10 years. 85% of my work is plastering now. ive learnt a new skill and use this skill day in day out as my bread and butter. But i can still pick up...

love that!! milk them fat cats. f**k**g jobsworths. :)))

Good fun isn't it. Couldn't be skimming all day every day. 5-6 days on the bounce is well enough for me. I'm stitch drilling out a 6 inch block wall and making it into a new door way in a factory today. Acrows strong boys new lintel slate pack tomorrow fit frame and then make good around lintel.

I love walking into a job. Bare first fixed room and transforming it into an actual room. Most customers are over the moon because all they've been staring at is a building site. Then vola instant transformation. They love it. Always seem to get all the appreciation. Plumber could be there all...

Thanks mate!(y)

I'm a level three bricklayer by trade. Straight into apprenticeship from school. Building firm I worked for did everything so eventually I showed interest in the pink side. Boss put me with the plasterer when ever there was a chance and I learnt as much as I could. He was great just let me get...

Agreed. I've seen reskims fall off like sheets of ice revealing walls behind it that never looked like they have even seen a wet bit of skim. No bond atall. Don't trust PVA all that much tbh. Can't just rely on suction alone.

Poor key bad prep. Left backing coat to long before skimmed and not pva properly..... One coat maybe??? Hahahaha

Bags say two coats. End of. You wouldnt like one coat of paint on your walls would you..?? Fill out joints and dub out beads first. Rolf. What won't your shitty one coat work otherwise? Sponges!?! f**k**g car wash cowboys.

There is 4 minutes I'll never see again. :bananas::pcmala:

Amen to planet rock