Recent content by tiger33

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    Crack in wall

    please don,t tell me your husband put the electric cables behind the plasterboard when he had a go at rewiring your house,because if you can,t get to them because your husband put a nail through one of the wires,whos fault would that be,same as if there was a water leak,the buck stops with your...
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    Covering Poor Render

    If after 20 mins it looks ok then don,t worry,I,ve seen brick work that looks as through you could climb up it at certain times of the day.
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    Pebbledashing

    Work up to the corner,go 2 to 3 inch onto the other elovation,use your Darby to form a neat edge with your mortar all the way down your corner,then when you come to dash put your Darby back on the angle as you go down it.
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    BT phone cables

    we used to do that or if it had enough slack move it to the facesha but no they,ed seen it now and apparantly have just won a high court case against a council in the north east against tresspass on BT equipment so its BT who have to do the work
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    BT phone cables

    BT are wanting £120 per house for extending the metal eye that attachers the phone cable to the house,before we insulate,as anyone else had to pay this to BT as its expence i never priced in.
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    Curved insulation board and fixing to render too

    permarock from loughbrough used to do a rockwool board for curved walls,give them a ring
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    Movement bead Help

    if its standard colours like(white,cream,grey,brown)i just go to the local builders merchants,but theres sites on the internet that you could get other colours off,to be honest your better off going with what the builder wants,cos last year i did a job (white weathby texture)and put white...
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    Movement bead Help

    good thing about stop beads and mastic,you can more or less get the mastic the same colour as your render or texture at no extra cost
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    Get ready

    anyone whose any good should be working already,its all the guys who,ve been on these wonder courses that are waiting for all this funded work,
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    wetherby silicone finish

    1 what colour is the texture 2 where on the panel is it 3 how big and how many areas are sub standard let me know these and i,ll tell you the best way forward
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    Help identifiying render

    if it was done some time ago it could be wet dash,but put a photo up and i,am sure you,ll get your answer
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    Opinions welcolme...

    stay away he,ll find fault no matter how you do it,
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    Phenolic boards- opinions please !

    avoid if you can,i know of a job with 110 houses that all the edges have gone like toast and its showing threw the texture
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    EWI VS Cavity

    the market for cavity insulation companiesas as all but dryed up,as all the homes with a cavity have been done, so they are having to go into ewi,they can train as many lads up as they want in a tiny booth in a inside warehouse doing a square metre of each,but theres no way they will go on site...
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    ewi insulation course

    gangs tend to what to do the boarding themselfs,then they can split the metreage price into a third,third for boarding, third for scriming and a third for dashing then theres no arguements about someone doing all the light easy work and someone having to toll their nuts off and also the site...
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