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lol worth a go i guess, ha. i hate every other trade. they never think about us, chippys leave screws sticking out causing us to have to mess about with sanding our trowels again, then theres there door linings being so thick you need bonding first!!! i could go on all day lol.

if you find you get lots of bubbles in the first coat when its ready for 2nd coat keep your trowel as flat as you can when you go over it the last time beffore putting the 2nd coat on. this should flatten the bubbles and preventing them from coming through to the 2nd coat, works for me anyway. aj.

wish i read this sat on sun i stood of it wrong and crack crack.... :'( bloody hurt!! i dont think its broke its just sprained, big bruses mind, should have went up hospital really but cant be arsed with the wait. i did this about 2 years ago to and about the same, it wasnt broke then when i...

my dad was told from a couple of plasterers on site they recon 2 of them plastered a 5 bed house in one day between them :o ;D i dont think that is even possible if they did one coat all over... so there either very very rough or just total bullshiters. i guess the 2nd lol. what you said is...

im the same as danny on this. obviously the only thing is it will need longer to dry before painting. aj.

Re: whats the big deal bout starting top left corn i always start from the top right corner, im left handed though. reason i start from top is purely because thats how i was taught. aj.

welcome along mate. wow long time im hoping i wont be doing it that long lol. gonna try get into houses but we will see. aj

lol i did a celing not long after i started doing private jobs and it was to big :s killed my arms was a splash it and scrap it job, looked ok once i finished. i did say to the bloke (my mums friend) ill do it again if hes not happy with it. but he was happy. see if not long ago!! it is rough...

i have bought dust sheets that have rubber on the reverse this prevents the dirty water going through onto the carpet and you only have to put dust sheets down and not mess about with other stuff. put left over plaster into the empy plaster bags and any other rubbish. any dirty water left over...

wood expands and retracts with heat so it doesnt matter how much pva you put on them it will always crack. ive had this problem with old door frames left in etc...lots of pva, ponding, scrim....still cracks. id say to take wooden beading of and bond it up then once dry put new beads on.

to be honest a job like that i just wouldnt bother ringing her back. if she calls you back then give her a stupidly high price. some people just dont understand >:(

i used to work that much lol but at the mo just joined a gym so got to go there :( nice one though, certainly makes you look forward to the fri night hey ;)

hey mate not sure on the corses sorry but im in swindon so not far from you 8-) sorry not looking for labourer either as i still do alot of work with my dad. good luck. aj

as far as im aware theres no special way, done a few with just the normal materials, bonding for backing coat and multi finish for front coat, obviously if theres sign of dampt etc sand and cement with water proffer etc. as long as its left to dry for a good month before the fire put in it...

damm dont you just hate jobs like that!! know how you feeling with the kitchen we had one like this while ago, center island makes you need 4 times the dust sheets as normal a right pain in the backside. lucky there was no clutter there though, thats very annoying also. still if your busy now...