I would highly recommend the Alfra Eibenstock mixer, I had the 1200 watt one I think for nearly 10 years before it died on me it worked hard mixing finish undercoat and dri wall daily! Tried replacing brushes but still had loads of meat on them not sure what the problem was but only had 1...
Weber had some sort of all singing and calculating app wouldn't graft on my phone tho and don't know if still exists tried to update several times but no joy.
I have the payleven one if you get it through jewson the fee is 2.5% which stated in my quotation that customers who want to take advantage of it the charge of 2.75% will be passed on. You get paid weekly from them once you registered and bought the terminal for around £60 there is no set up...
No but have had it tested in the past and it has been so minimal it's not worth worrying about it. Also been advised that it's a waste of £60 by someone who tests for it regularly
Went to work today on Saturday! scraped some artex back on an old tyneside flat done the large lounge ceiling and in between trowels started scraping the artex with textured paint over it off the bedroom to find distemper the painted artex was coming off easily down to dusty white surface did...
Oh the good old days of being an apprentice and feeding 2 spreads then putting on a wall yourself! Still like to remind myself of them if I have a small ceiling or wall on get the plunger out nowt better NOT!
I think but not 100% sure that the British Gypsum equivalent is the dry coat might even be produced by them. But follow spec if required, or you could use a thermal board
Normally solid dabs are for fire precautions and pressure testing on the energy efficiency of the building if you have logged it wouldn't worry about it!
I got some trays from the garden centre a few years back work great approx 4ft long by about 1and half ft in width and roughly 2inch deep great for moving around the scaffolding to
Never want to offend any one! Generally busy plasterer have more than a shed loads of work in! helping a mate out as damp survey on property came back with ridiculous spec
You can get full 30 yr product guarantee or a percentage of quote guarantee all work is checked by rep and full guarantee is issued after inspection. After 4 jobs of rising damp, tanking, and timber treatments your accredited.
I have in past used a £50 pound new meter off Stanley tools and randomly tested walls when required and given customers what I thought would be best procedure for cure no come backs. But for quick rental and sale of certain property needed accreditation 30 year guarantee to satisfy banks. And...
Hi I have me first job in the bag and have done various jobs off me own back previously. Just ordered and waiting on the arrival of the 595+VAT moisture meter and some materials to get me going from Sovereign as they where a lot more helpful to get me started than biokil crown and no course...
Same here they jusy got reduced to 50 weight when I started old man thought it was a rip off and used to carry 2 as they used to be 100 weight and kept complaining as price never came down he was well pissed off when the EU said they where still to heavy and moved them down to I think 39kg then 25gg
I only do a few domestic one coat colour render jobs a year, how messy would one be spraying finish in a domestic house could 1 man use and clean it for every day use
It's all exactly the same principle and methods some slight variations I done the course about 7yr ago when it was free but had used sto and weber products prior with a different company been self employed 10yr now and have only used weber and parex since only for ease of access for supplying a...
A home improvement company I fo eork for had 1 set up he had a leasure battery setup in back of van obviously charged when engine running separate to normal battery he had an inverter running with a small microwave and 240v socket never tried mixer and transformer off it but sds drill worked no...
Hack off all day long either the customer pays for a good job or you do later! Taking a big chance on the paint having a good bond to the wall, you could also fix rib lath or mesh to the wall to save hacking off if applicable still can be costly tho.
It takes time to get full nvq's a year each one 1,2and3 they learn all methods of fibrous plastering as well as picking a trowel up and simply skimming a wall. Let's be proud of our trade and stop these silly courses preventing us from making a decent living
I use the serif web plus programme easy to use update whenever you're by s pc just copy paste delete add photos and text great programme used it for st least 7yrs with upgrades just buy web hosting and domain from midland computers or serif.
Hi all would appreciate some feed back queries with this. I have done various damp proofing jos with dry zone and forced silicone injection but never went out my depth with it, a mate of mine is currently buying a flat with serious damp problems and part of the survey involved a damp company...
Before the 3.5-5% increase jewson offered it to me for £3.84. Ex vat so opened an monthly account and travis perkins who I used for 9yr they matched there price now paying £3.98. Ex vat @ both merchants need to play them off against each other
Wouldn't entertain for every day plastering wonder how many drills you would burn out with professional daily use, however when very small mix required have used a paint stirrer and cordless drill instead of old fashioned stick and plunging bike cog happy days
Most new buildings are dot and dabbed now so boxes normally surface mounted if there not to deep capping can be a bit of a problem for the boards around the box sometimes obviously use the plastic capping as the metal needs earthing. Float and set chase boxes and leave half inch 15mm proud and...
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