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Cheers Lads, its a big site with good access, all gear will be on site as needed, we have deliveries almost every day going out there at the minute, payment is weekly, one week in hand. Straight forward.

renderers wanted for k-rend job in crewe, 4 full detached houses to do before Christmas £17 p/m . New build work, straight on to block. call 07909163434.

Busy North west based firm Looking for experienced new build site plasterers and renderers for sites in Manchester, Cheshire and crewe areas. Immediate starts available, Call 07909163434. James.

has it been sold this machine?

Gangs wanted for k rend job In Crewe. All new build work, 2 full houses ready for immediate start with a further 3 to follow behind .it's a big site in Crewe with a lot of render to come . Price is £14 p/m straight on to block. Call 07909163434. Cheers, James.

Dabbers and skimmers urgently required for work on new build sites around the north west area 07909163434

Board and dab gangs wanted for immediate start In crewe and Sandbach areas and throughout the northwest. New build work must have cscs card. Pm me for details.

Don't get me wrong, its good money overall, but plot for plot its s**t, that's what I mean by its high volume low margin, which means that no matter what people may think there isn't the margin on the houses to pay £3 p/m2 for tacking up here in the northwest....people on here don't...

I am a contractor myself and to think that contractors control the prices paid is a sign of naivety, think Tesco and the farmers who are always on the news complaining that they are being forced to supply their products at marginally above cost price while the supermarkets make all the profit...

A lot of people on here don't understand the industry and the difference in rates up and down the country and the fact that the further north you go generally the lower the rates paid are but the fact is a decent boarder should be doing 35 boards a day at 1.90 that's 950 quid a week on 3 quid...

I work for persimmon and one very large plastering contractor has convinced them to tape and joint . It's not going well from what I can gather I can't see it taking off. Not the right finish for domestic houses in my opinion.

still looking for more lads, couple of houses to start Monday in Sandbach plenty of work to follow on to, looking for boarders and dabbers or gangs who want to do full hits. call 07909163434

Maybe someone should post one of them sticky thingy ma bobs explaining that rates are not discussed on the forum but giving this very simple pricing formula for newbs .... Take the best educated guess you can as to what you think you should charge for boarding, dabbing, skimming , floating etc...

Around the north west area the average price for new build is about £2.40 skimming similar for dabbing and boarding is about £1.80 - £2.00 per square meter. of course, you Southerners get your £3-£4 a meter for skimming but then you go and pay £5 for a pint and £1million for a terraced house...

Well, I reckon its a brick layer you'd need, but listen, i'm not having a go at those who would do all the other associated jobs but I don't or didn't do them as I don't really do domestic renders anymore. if you are capable and willing then great crack on.

In a word, yes, that's exactly what I do. I inform the customer and get them to get a professional to replace the lintel or fix/replace soffits Etc I will help put them in touch with someone If they can't find their own trades but I'm not going to bodge it myself. In my opinion that is leaving...

Nice to see a fellow pie eater on the forum.. a mate of mine did this a few years ago his brother and dad kept telling him to get me in but he ploughed on by himself . To cut a long story short it took him months to board and dab it and he paid more in mortgage payments that the labour would...

I don't replace copings, mainly because i'm a plasterer/renderer not a jack of all trades, if the drip isn't substantial enough I inform the customer that they will need replacing and what the consequence will be if they don't, if they tell me to proceed without replacing them then its not my...

I feel for you pal, I got burgled first week of jan, they took some stuff out the house and took the keys and nicked my new tranny custom and my car, luckily I found the vehicles dumped not far from where I live but all of my tools had gone. Scum bags mate. hopefully because of the small market...

Experienced site Board & Dab Gangs wanted for work in the northwest area. Good Rates and ongoing work. Must be experienced in site work and be able to work to a high standard. Send your contact details and a brief overview of experience, who you have worked for previously etc to...

Gonna use this stuff tomorrow for the first time, i'm hand balling so going to ad it to each mix as I go, does anyone know how much to add to a mix per bag of render? Or how much to say 20-25 litres of water as I usually mix in tubs that can hold 4 or 5 bags at a time when handballing. Cheers.

machine now sold

no I might give him a bell though, I didn't think to try him to be honest

no its a belter just got a lot of plastering booked in and won't be using it as much through the winter and could do with releasing some cash. i'll probably end up buying another machine at some point. i'd definitely get another Quattro though they are a doddle to use.

Reluctantly selling my Utiform Quattro 3 phase machine. 2007 model , Good machine, it works well and comes with a new gun, new 10m material hose plus another 5m length of material hose (15m in total), new mixing paddle/shaft, pressure tester for R/S , new test pipe, water barrel with ball cock...

cheers for clearing that up lads.

I recently switched from a 240v ritmo to a 3 phase machine and I've bee using a d-63 R/S. I have a few jobs which are quite bitty but big enough to want to spray them still and i'm missing the speed function of the ritmo. the question I have is can I use a different R/S to slow down the...

yea, I don't go mad with the gear I've seen people spraying with the gear a lot stiffer than i do but I could go wetter so i'm going to try that on the next spray with k rend, I've no issues with webber I've put the gun down for 40 minutes and picked it up half expecting a blockage but no...

i'm using the utiform D6_3 (Not a twister) but the gear didn't block the R/S it was just in that one pipe. as for the setting up (point number 3) that is exactly how I set it up. I don't have a pressure gage on it at the minute, which I realise is flying blind i'll have to get one. I've been...

Is anyone spraying e-grade regularly ? I don't use it much I prefer weber or parex for spraying but I've got a few jobs on where the customer is adamant they want k-rend. I've used it twice last week and I have had a blockage in the pipe both times after stopping spraying for five to ten minutes...

if anything changes and you can get over sooner Lee let me know i'm not using my genny Monday or Tuesday. I've bought that genny you put me on to but I've been too busy to go and get it with it being so far away, i'm going to try and go some time this week.

Do many of your clients take up the offer to pay by card? I have been thinking about offering it for a couple of years but not sure if it is really something many people would want to use.

I didn't think this morning but you could have borrowed mine I was hand balling today. Probably a good thing you didn't though coz it pissed down all day. I got caught out had to rub up in the rain under tarps ....mingin

when I was younger I smashed the house bashing on site and earned a lot of money, I was young so blew a lot of money too but invested enough to take care of my future, I know I won't have to be on the tools when i'm 50-60 years old so now i'm happy ticking over. I enjoy rendering and I even if I...

i'm 33 and i really can't be arsed with plastering these days if i take on plastering i subby it straight back out, i don't make much on it but my hearts not in it to do it myself, i don't mind rendering but the hand balling is hard work hence why i bought a machine.

id say about half hour on average

and its supposed to say 14kva in the title not 1kva:oops:

been told the genny i might be buying needs a new battery but is otherwise running fine, where can i get a battery for this genny? anyone know?

i can never get my i-bar to do anything, the lazy f**k*r always makes me do all the pushing and pulling...:llorando:

yea don't fancy that funnily enough...

I've got a client I subby work off and hes pecking my head to spray some webber on tomorrow afternoon and rub it the next day because there a are a fair few beds still to go on in the morning but he needs the job doing, its only about 25-30 sq/m but it sounds like my idea of hell, I mean it has...

Tarter works fine I used to keep a tub in my bag when I was house bashing In case I got some bad bags or the water on site was a bit dirty and making the gear go off. About a lid or a palm full per bag mixed does the trick.

yes hes selling a g4 separately looks like hes selling everything off separately probably in the hope of getting more money overall

how does thee labourer put bags in if he has stand at back with his finger on't trigger?

Found what could be a bargain on ebay in the form of a Genset Genplus 14kva Genny for 700 notes. Its a fair way from me so if i'm gonna treck all that way I want to test it, but i'm not the most mechanically knowledgeable fella (I know fook all about engines of any sort) so thought i'd ask the...

never felt any effects from using mono or any other plasterers etc but I have thought to myself on a few occasions that we may well find out that this new (ish) render we are using has serious long term effects on our lungs, everyone thought asbestos was safe back in the day, only found out too...

Did a bit of mono yesterday and it was a bit windy in the alleyway where the gable was so I had quite a bit of rub off and spilt render etc blowing around me all day getting in my eyes and obviously being breathed in, as many of us do I just got on with it. Finished the job, had no feelings of...

rigsby I think I've got your mans twin brother working for me pal I was laughing reading your post because it could be the same lad, god knows why I keep having him back, he comes in handy to spray the gear on but iv'e been trying to teach him to rub up for over a year and I might as well be...

its not that simple, you can't just set up your own firm and dictate "your rates" your rates will be dictated to you by competition from other firms during tendering. if all firms held out at a reasonable minimum price threshold the house builders would have no choice but to pay a higher price...