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  1. Danny

    Greasy garbage yet again

    if @BritishGypsum or @The Apprentice wants me to do a greasy test i am not far away from needing to board and skim my home office ;-)
  2. Danny

    Rising Damp and Replacing Plaster

    rising damp does not exist.... Get some photos up on here and from there we could probably tell you where teh damp is coming from photos of both sides of the wall would be good at the very least
  3. Danny

    Concrete blinding

    sorry this is for my 15m x 5m garage. Under teh concrete slab... I would normally do as you said but he says not...
  4. Danny

    Concrete blinding

    he wants a dry mix... so I assume its being layed like I would screed a floor?
  5. Danny

    Concrete blinding

    Who here has any idea what my structural engineer is on about. So on top of my 150mm type 1 hardcore he wants 75mm of blinding which is a dry mix. He wants it at a ratio of 1:3:6 1 cement 3 sand 6 aggregate What aggregate do you think he is on about? It's like pulling teeth getting...
  6. Danny

    We have server problems

    Working on a fix now
  7. Danny

    We have server problems

    Working on a fix now
  8. Danny

    Plastered my flat, total newbie and diyer, done decent job of it tbh, pros faster and easy days work but this was my own home and project... thoughts?

    looks better than some of the stuff we see on here thats been done by a pro... Get some paint on it and see how it looks...
  9. Danny

    Home projects

    Nagging... so I assume she is starting to feel better... Looking forward to losing the role of taxi service soon... spend most of my life at the moment running teh kids about to every after school club going!!
  10. Danny

    Home projects

    Yeah parenthood and Jane breaking her ankle and building 2 projects at the same time is a wonderful concoction of joy
  11. Danny

    Home projects

    Building my office and also started building my garages... every day I am doing something :-\
  12. Danny

    DAMP RENDER DIY ADVICE

    I would say that water is hitting the ground and then bouncing up and soaking the wall... I had to put a french drain (dug a trench and filled with pea gravel) around a building that had the same problem... Maybe a gutter is also leaking above in high rainfall...
  13. Danny

    Private Number Plate.

    I actually like a private plate... mine re worthless £150 plates but they move from vehicle to vehicle and I dont forget the reg's anymore... I think I have 3 private plates now... I want another my Landy but would have to be old format I think...
  14. Danny

    WHAT IS SSIP AND IS THE CHEAPEST SSIP ACCREDITATION RECOGNISED ?

    Gaining an SSIP accreditation and certificate like CHAS, Safecontractor or Constructionline can be important for your plastering business. It demonstrates to your commercial clients that H&S is an integral part of your organisation by having had a reputable third party independently review your...
  15. Danny

    £5,000 for 2 small bedrooms ?

    When do i start?
  16. Danny

    £5,000 for 2 small bedrooms ?

    I have the odd job I do for a builder (use that term losely) and I just switch off and plod... no care in the world
  17. Danny

    £5,000 for 2 small bedrooms ?

    £20 an hour all week every week seems ok.... with nothing to worry about just get on with it. no isnurance or anything seems.... I wouldnt do it for that but sometimes just switching off and monging through a job is good for the soul
  18. Danny

    Plasiflex

    I have always been a fan of plastic but there is a time and a place and normally when multi finish is being a challenge is when plastic comes into play :D The NelaMax trowels have always been good :D
  19. Danny

    Extra time retarder

    second coat normally holds back ok
  20. Danny

    Extra time retarder

    use it in first coat
  21. Danny

    Bagged Liquid Screed Options

    But does it not make that horrible sound when walking over it?
  22. Danny

    Bagged Liquid Screed Options

    will be 100mm PIR....
  23. Danny

    Bagged Liquid Screed Options

    concrete is perfect... but I need insulation on top :D
  24. Danny

    Bagged Liquid Screed Options

    i have called a few and nobody is interested.... I was on teh mixer today helping a mate screed a floor and it nearly broke me... I am contemplating just throwing 6x2 accross the room and insulating between and be done with it but not sure if that is a good idea... whether it needs airflow...
  25. Danny

    Bagged Liquid Screed Options

    I have a 30m2 floor I need to screed. I really dont want to do it the the old fashioned way because I also cant be bothered to more 5 tonne of sand from teh front of my house the far end of my back garden.... What options do I have?
  26. Danny

    Plastering finish not amazing, what are my options?

    i would get a mist(miss) coat on and see...
  27. Danny

    Plastering finish not amazing, what are my options?

    The snots are snots but not that much of an issue... the corner is not that bad... certainly not the best I have seen but not bad
  28. Danny

    Krend For First Time - Score It Please

    the finish is not the worse I have seen... but the mess is pretty impressive
  29. Danny

    War

    great for economic growth....
  30. Danny

    Log burner

    I have a local company that I plan on using
  31. Danny

    Log burner

    Do you have a link about the not a planning issue? I am stretching the limits on Building control at the moment, my internal floor area is currently 31.4m2 so I need to add some internal walls and more insulation to lose 1.4m2 of internal floor area.
  32. Danny

    Log burner

    Yeah I have read that 4.5 is the ideal height... on a house teh PD height of a chimney does not matter... but for a outbuilding... I am not sure..
  33. Danny

    Log burner

    @Brimstone @Tinytom I want to install a log burner in my garden office. I am right at eth limit on teh height for my overall height of the building... does the flue height count on permitted development? My roof tiles are concrete marley tiles so they should be ok :D
  34. Danny

    I’ve had enough

    I hate plastering now... I have a mate booked in to skim my office... I am not doing it. Rather dig holes than plaster
  35. Danny

    New toy.

    upload to youtube and share to turnip xxx
  36. Danny

    Electric winch

    I sunk my landy in the woods on monday and I really could have done with a winch!!! Instead some jap crap toyota had to drag me out... ffs
  37. Danny

    Step Ladders... Yep I fell

    recovering well now... started boarding the roof on the office now... will be watertight in a few days
  38. Danny

    Step Ladders... Yep I fell

    thats a photo about 5 minutes after i fell off.... I think you would call it swollen
  39. Danny

    Step Ladders... Yep I fell

    not very
  40. Danny

    Step Ladders... Yep I fell

    So building my garden office I have been using a tower and all is well but I was too lazy to move the tower and instead used a set of steps... After a few minutes on them I am thrown off them and land on my back on to of them... I have hurt my back my wrist is not broken but severe soft...
  41. Danny

    Safety trainers

    always a boot and always steel toe capped... no exceptions
  42. Danny

    Skimming over asbestos artex ceiling

    I would pull the ceiling down or overboard... In my opinion you could eat that ceiling and still be fine... but thats me... The more you hang off the underneath of that ceiling the more chance it has to fail... overboard at least...
  43. Danny

    Red lumps on my palms

    that looks angry
  44. Danny

    The Garden Building build :D

    Got the ridge board in and the flitch.... Plumb bob says the ridge needs to knock over 20mm... 3.8m tall from the ground....i am allowed 4 meters
  45. Danny

    The Garden Building build :D

    excuse all the shite in the garden... but the build is back on! 2 meters away from all boundaries and so I can go 4 meters tall to the ridge :D :D :D
  46. Danny

    @TRADING SERVICES

    been doing this for years
  47. Danny

    RIP Robbo?

    I thought robbo vanished a year or more ago? Rest in peace Lee
  48. Danny

    Getting out of the trade

    I do that.... machines are cheap now which makes competition feirce
  49. Danny

    Plaster or Tape and Joint Career?

    I would avoid both like the plague
  50. Danny

    Have I doomed myself with asbestos removal

    TO be honest we don't know..... very much like @essexandy as plasterers we have eaten that much asbestos over the years that we cant worry about it. It is what it is....
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