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Thanks pal, Wouldn’t bother backing them up with a mechanical fixing also?

Morning and happy new year chaps! Customer has decided he now wants insulated plasterboard on the external facing walls over the existing plaster. Never dabbed it directly which I know you can do. Just concerned about trapping moisture. What have you guys done previously? I was thinking of...

I know I’ve asked before, anyone got anything coming up in the new year I can jump on for a day? North west based. Don’t want to go down the course route as I’m sure I’ll learn more with a spread Thanks Dan

I know what your saying mate, my skill set with it would be limited with it for a while till I get more hands on - so doubt I’d be competing with the big boys

Thanks @Rigsby i’ll get in touch nearer the time Dan

Thanks mate, On site? I only work on domestics so don’t have cscs if needed Anyone else local?? Cheers Dan

evening chaps Anyone got any Krend, Weber etc jobs coming up? Laying up base coats - scratching up etc Keen to get some hands on - will obviously help out/get in the way for a day for nowt! I’m based in Wigan if anyone can assist? Cheers Dan

Hi guys Looking at starting a job mid to late April in Morley Anyone local intersted in some days? It's all internal domestic, board work and overskim in a semi Cheers Dan

Thanks a lot mate

Hi yeah, let me know what and when and if I get down that and I've nowt on I'll pop down Cheers

Yeah that would be great if you didn't mind - do me best not to get in the way!!

Shevy mate

Hi mate , Yeah that would be great mate, give me a shout when you have any dates - really appreciate that!! Dan

Wigan based mate, yeah it'll be at mine when it's done, only at early planning stages yet but trying to get some early hands on. Gonna be practising with a mate on his existing single storey extension soon ish, You got much of this on mate?

Limited mate to be honest, sand and lime on nvq a while ago, bits here and there, but most of my work is domestics - bond and skim, skim over existing or onto board - not much internal or external rendering. Don't get asked for krend or s & c much at all, but I'm keen to pick up some of the...

Hi guys Gonna be doing my extension (block work) in krend when its ready, I've no experience in it - has anyone got any jobs coming up north west area I could jump on? Happy to mix up, do what ever maybe get hands on. Obviously wouldn't want paying. I looked into the courses run by krend in...

John, Sorry just another couple of other questions!! Can you recommend a good waterproofer plasticiser?? Is feb any good? Also I presume it's hydrated lime in the top coat, roughly how much lime for a mix? would there be any point with plasticiser in topcoat if I'm adding lime? also is there...

Thanks john

Thanks, john, lime in the top coat as a plasticiser or for breathability? Ive heard of OCR but don't know much about it, what's the cost of a bag? do you use the same gear for base coat as top coat? Thanks!!

Hi guys!! Not been on for ages Just wanted a bit of advice/clarification please Near enough all of my work is internal and I've not had much hands on external rendering s & c or krend etc other than the odd patch up. I'm really keen to get hands on and I've got a single storey bathroom...

Enough said - cheers for the replies

I'm always dubious about asking anything on here because for every helpful advice you get there'll always be someone who bothers to read a post but then posts a comment like that. It doesn't matter how good/long you've been plastering for I'm sure there'll be a point were you come across...

Its just a bog standard terraced house, no stone, would always just skim with multi?

Hi guys, Bit of advice please, Looked at a job for a friend the other night, its an old traditional terraced house. 2 rooms - bedroom and a downstairs lounge. In the lounge there has been some damp work and it looks like maybe s&c the rest of the walls upstairs and downstairs are bare plaster...

yep its on the bottom, ill sort it with an oil stone!

i certainly will!!!

No don't carry one - that'll do it then? I'll get hold of one! ta

Hi guys, made the mistake of following a shite boarder the other day who barely sunk any screws, I caught one laying on 1st coat - didn't think it had done out but on troweling up it now leaves a tiny line from a tiny dent on my 14inch marshalltown, you can barely see the dent. Anyone had this...

Thanks very much for the reply Richard! Let me get this right - if its timber battens, fix the exterior aqua panels, breather membrane underneath this? Mesh on top - bead up, scratch coat with either krend/similar or S & C, then a top coat with the dash on top? cheers

Hi everyone - not posted in a while! I've not done much external stuff but I'm keen to pick it up - only done the odd repair, anyway I've got some jobs I'll be doing on my own house I'd like some advice on. firstly the pebble dashing on the bay between my front and bottom bay windows has shot...

bloody hell thats a good effort!! yeah hopefully I'll drop on with someone - and pick it up that way! cheers

I heard the k rend course wasn't a lot of hands on either?!

my number mate?

Hi guys, A friend wants me to do some K Rend at his house, I am really keen to do it and learn it as I am getting asked to do it quite a bit. Any body offer some advice on it please? A how to guide? I've heard of K Rend running a course - but I have also heard its pretty simple to pick up? I...

No probs - now I know, cheers

Afternoon guys! what do you think is a fair price for skimming over artex on 2 ceilings 10 x 11ft and 14 x 11ft? i didn't get the job as it goes and wondered if somebody is doing it for peanuts? This seems common to me!! cheers dan northwest by the way

Free handed it in the end - come up a treat! 'if you've any left over can you just skim this bit and this bit??!!' Why does everyone seem to say that!!?

I'll let you know how it goes, I'll have the darby either way anyway thanks

Cheers for that, it'll be a fairly tight coat of bonding

There's a couple of patches down to the brick, was gonna patch them then float the lot, float it then straight on it with the Darby then? cheers

just wondered what you guys thought/do? got a large artexed wall to cover, needs patching in places first, bonding coat then skimmed. i've always put bonding on free hand without using a darby or feathered edge - and ive always been really happy with the end result once skimmed. just wondered...

Thanks for the responses guys! i think for me it's getting past that awkward point of saying to someone you know 'right this is how much it'll be'! its crap working for less just coz you know em, but your still knackered at the end of the day!!

Hi guys, advice please - I've been asked by a friend to board out and skim out his extension, quite a lot of work. I know he'll of budgeted for the works but with it being a friend I'm unsure of what day rate to say as he wants a day rate. I don't want to kill myself for next to nowt but I also...

Thanks guys!!

Hi guys, signed up today - saying hello before I start posting!!! cheers dan