Recent content by Whatsayyou

had a nice bit of luck once, called up to look at a job that the client had been let down on,reskim a small bungalow.. after wandering round and chatting to the guy , he came right out and said ' could you do it for £6500?' fook me!! i was thinking more like £2500.. 'bit tight' i said... ,ok...

yet again it smacks of the customer telling the tradesman hows best to do the job and as a guess,to dictate cost!

what i used to do to defer the timewasters and those who just want to use you as a price tool is say that all quotes are £50.00 and i'll knock that off the final bill if successful with actually getting the job...kinda saved me a lot of aggro of going to price jobs in the evenings and alike

you know what really pi??es me off is when the client dictates what the tradesmen should earn!.. when i started in this trade back in the day my old boss as ignorant and arrogant as he was used to have a saying "always tell never be told".... kinda true sadly!

coz its like the bird of prey,sits on your hand

ok, this is how we have lime rendered over herracliff boards, firstly we used hydraulic lime 3.5.. mixed with coarse sharp sand with fines of no more than 3.5mm ,, mixed at a ratio of 2.5 to 1. apply base coat and press reinforced fibreglass mesh into... lightly keyed,,leave to dry for a...

hi, is the board herracliffe board,basically which is strands of wood mixed with portland cement

or no electrical works at all to get over....ever

not having to wash those effing white footprints from a tarmac drive

i can remember using hessian for scrimming on skeelings,, dubbing out to create radius with board finish, then give it ten minutes the whole fooking lot would hit the floor like a shotgun going off!!...happy days

anyway snajay...we're the plasterers ,we tell you how much its going to cost...we dont tell you how much we want to pay for a curry...price is a price

as a special deal...thousand pound a ceiling,chicken madras,keema naan,boiled rice ,couple of spicey pops, and a crate of cobra..

The correct tool to use is called 'a Frenchman'....have a look on eBay,you may be lucky..

Hi..any advise greatly appreciated, had a guy do some Krend on chimney for me this week, and sadly he's made a right hash of it...I.e, stone ft been scraped back so far in places the hpx base coat is showing thro ....can I apply r7 then stone ft directly on top.or is it best to r7 then to fix...

Plasrite