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Evening all, I have asingle story building with celcon blocks that I need to render. I’m thinking my options are either making a brush on slurry of sbr, sand, cement, water, wait to dry then scratch coat as normal. Or would galvanised steel mesh be a better option? or am I well out and...

Some guy on Facebook advertising. What a skilled tradesman

I’ve just seen a job in the midlands. £120 a day sub contacting. Are they having a laugh or is this the rate these days.

Our house has pvc cladding under the 2 front windows. (Upstairs and downstairs) I had a look underneath and it’s a timber frame with insulation in-between. I am a plasterer but haven’t ever done a job like this before. my idea is to remove pvc cladding, replace insulation for new, board the...

Selco near me are selling out of date multi finish. should they be doing this? surely they are encouraging the wrong sort of “tradesman” by doing this.

Whenever I skim on plasterboard that’s been erected a long time ago by not yet skimmed....it always pulls in harshly. Is this because the plaster between the paper has gone out of date? Or because the boards have perhaps picked up dust over time. I’ve always assumed it’s out of date but never...

Getting a new van so will need my sign writing done again. I’m thinking about putting “rooms from £xxx” I haven’t ever seen this before and I’m wondering if this would be frowned upon in our trade. What are your thoughts?

On this site I see so many people bragging at every opportunity they get about how much they can lay on. Doing this brings the price of plastering down because there is too much expectation on what a plasterer can lay on. It’s an art and not a race, it’s meant to be a way of earning a living.

Plastering walls tomorrow in a kitchen... block council house. Walls seem to have a been concreted over. Been plastering 4 years but have never seen Walls finished this way. I'm assuming it's pure concrete as it seems very grey like in colour. Pva and skim? Or shall I give it a tight coat of...

I boarded a room ceiling then skimmed the whole room. The house is 1920's semi detached. The customer called me once it had dried and said there were some marks. I went over an yes there were a few marks....about 3. I rubbed them out and that was that. He's messaged me again today saying...

i went to look at a job the other day...a whole house to be skimmed. Problem I have is that the house was boarded out then easi filled all over by some polish guys. I'm just wondering what to expect if I multifinish over this stuff? Bubbling, shrinking, cracking? Will it pull in like mad...

Hopefully someone will know.... Will 6x3 plasterboard fit in the new shape fiat doblo. 2010-2015 model. As in...slide in on their side. Thanks

heres a question! You know in older houses, terraced...semis upto about 1960 The top 2 foot of the wall always seems to be different texture....sometimes a grey/light blue colour...why is this? Did they use a special paint? I would post a photo but I see this on all older houses so you must...

Just been absolutely rammed with work for the past 3 months non stop....all of a sudden it's dropped off and haven't got anything booked in now for 2 weeks!!! This time last year it happened funnily enough..... Any ideas? Is anyone else the same early June? I'm domestic only Thanks

Hi.... Got a dot and Dab to do of a new porch and I'm wondering how to close this cavity off. I don't know why the builders haven't done it :s Can someone advise please...thanks. Please see photo

Just had a call about boarding out a 5 bedroom house... said I would price it up no problem. Then he started asking how long I'd been plastering and what was my profession before I became a plasterer. then saying he is looking for a PERFECT finish. Made me feel a bit uneasy really like...

Why do we have quiet periods? im having one at the moment....is it weather related? Bad timing after the Christmas blow out? I mention weather as do people really want a tradesman walking in and out the house when it's freezing cold, windy rainy etc please no comments like "Im always busy"...

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Anybody tell me where they find the cheapest multi finish? I was paying 3.85 but prices have just gone up to £4.70 thats a big difference and it will hit me hard. anybody help please? thanks

Doing an old terraced house at the moment and one room has the old style coving. Customer wants to keep it but the ceiling needs overboarding. is it going to be ok to overboard inside the coving with 9mm boards and just lose a bit of the lip on the coving? is this the usual way thanks

Anybody use stabiliser and find it much better than pva? also...what scenarios do you find it best to use stabiliser rather than pva... thanks

Quoted for a job 2 weeks ago which we agreed would start on 16th of june. just bond out and skim a bathroom after old sink, toilet and bath ripped out. anyway,,,today i have had a text saying sorry we no longer need you to plaster our bathroom bla bla bla. this is the first time ive had this...

Right... i have a spot board and stand but I feel it just gets in the way. Anyway the question is....working out the bucket whilst skimming, does multi go off quicker than if I was using a spot and stand. i only used the spot and stand once then have worked out the bucket since so have now at...

Finished a job today....a loft conversion. Had been boarded a while ago. Was first time plastering in a loft. I used multi on the ceiling...clean water and brand new multi. I just seemed to think it went off quite quick really. I'm not the fastest plasterer granted but I know about setting...

Just want to know what you think is best. Skimmed walls, sparks been in and left the chases...wondering if it's best to do..... hardwall flush to the existing skim...take it back 2-3mm let it go off a bit then 2 coats of multi. is this method too long winded? There's not much to do and I...

I have just come across a plasterer advertising on that site that sounds like a sticky tree. My gripe is that he is listing prices. Example: small room £xxx medium room £xxx Do you think this is really bad practice? As I use the site to advertise myself I feel his ridiculously low price...

Hello all. If I board the ceiling...tape the joints which I'm fine with...I just need to know about the ceiling edge? Do I tape the internal corner then cut the excess tape on the wall once its set? Or do I use no tape and just fill the gap around the ceiling edge then sand down...

Hello all. If I board the ceiling...tape the joints which I'm fine with...I just need to know about the ceiling edge? Do I tape the internal corner then cut the excess tape on the wall once its set? Or do I use no tape and just fill the gap around the ceiling edge then sand down...

Hello. I'm new to this site...norally do indoor work but I have a quesion regarding rendering. When rendering the reveals around a window or door...once you have rendered up to the window/door frame...how would the home owner remove the windows or doors at a later date? Thanks