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    Done 86 metres today

    And i didn't use speed skim what's that all about my son could flatten a wall but its all about the internals and the skirting line etc
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    euan

    Apply your second coat straight away
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    Speedskim

    Got any vids of that bloke doing a 40m2 ceiling of steps or is it just 4 walls !
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    euan

    Do u lay it straight in
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    Hi to every one I'm new hear. But need to get back to plastering every day

    At the moment it's all retch and no vomit can not seem to get there the blokes who taught me are in there 60's can not go back to them
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    has anyone used goldtrowel in essex?

    The only trouble with courses u r only learning in a room with the same temperatures and conditions and no pressure and at the end of it the teacher isn't going to say that u shouldn't bother in the plastering trade I still have problems now sometimes but I get around them they don't teach that
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    troweling accident

    Fcuk the hawk it was full of magnesium
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    troweling accident

    I caught my hawk on a door lining once and the hawk pushed into my chest I thought I broke a rib bloody hurt
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    Hi to every one I'm new hear. But need to get back to plastering every day

    Cheers mate there is always some one out there who is better i accept that . By the way Tom cruise didn't really fly them planes lol
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    Hi to every one I'm new hear. But need to get back to plastering every day

    Plastering is all I no really can not retrain when paying a mortgage . The last company I worked 4 in the south east was rob e lee and I enjoyed it do your 35 m float and set go home feel like u have done a days work
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    Hi to every one I'm new hear. But need to get back to plastering every day

    Hi my name is Paul I'm been in the plastering trade since I was17 and laboured for 4 years then got on the trowel when I was 21 learned the old hard way . For the last 3 years I have been working for a building company doing insurance work patching etc and I fooking hate it only intended to stay...
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    Skim going boast

    Hello mate bit of an unfortunate 1 what sand did u use and was it hot weather the only time i have known it to she'll on s&c is when it's not floated up properly or done in warm weather and has pulled in to quick but I'm sure u would no that as u seem experienced enough
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    Floating over thermalite blockwork

    Gyp prime use 4 hard wall I tend to not uses it unless it is supplied . I pulls tight coat over the wall first then apply another coat which will then hold of a bit gives u time to rule
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    Parex or k rend

    Cheers goody and Alexandra u have just backed up the way I was going to do it feel confident now as I have only ever used these materials a hand full of times on new block work which was 3 inch concrete blocks
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    traditional render / modern render

    6 1'1 can not go wrong sand a cement renders r harder but that's where u learn your skill . But I do like the monocouche s thinking of putting it on my gaff got stone dash on it a the moment
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    Parex or k rend

    Don't no much about thin coat system . I'm more of a traditional plasterer sand cement lime etc . But the reason y I don't want to hack it of is because the spar is solid this is my own house and done work to it already and it's old soft reds behind the spa hacking it of will shake the brick...
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    Parex or k rend

    Is there a Penlaws in Peterborough they stock parex
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    Skimming this wall (piccies attached)

    Don't use bonding in a bathroom acts like a sponge to water and breaks down just scrape it uni bond it and pull a coat of multi over it flatten that coat down then let it pick up then lay it down with another coat the trowel that up and that will be fine to tile on .have u got a cavity if no...
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    Parex or k rend

    The spa is sound it's grade 8 Canterbury spa the plinths are shagged going to take them of they are large plinths which stand a metre high then step out .would e.m.l help fixed into brick work
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    Parex or k rend

    Thanks mate going over a stoned dash house is it worth me giving it a tight one of sand and cement to straighten it up around the windows etc then base coat over that
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    Parex or k rend

    I have been plastering 12 years normally use sand , cement renders lime etc . Only done to new builds using weber pral got on with it well. But I have a job come up and they want monocouche which is fine but the problem is its a 1930's house and its stoned dashed any advise would be...
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