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I forgot about this thread lol . The customer isn't gonna have ingress ( that's why I'm skimming over the ocr ) , it's overkill I know but that's what he wants so that's what he gets , his money not mine ‍♂️ and with regards as to why its easier using ocr and a whisk it's because I'll be...

Didn't want gypsum backing coat bud . Incase of water ingress .

It's only 2 walls m8 , plus the money I would've had to give the labourer will cover it and make my life a million times easier lol thanks for the reply

Afternoon chaps , im supposed to be starting an internal s/c job tomorrow ( upstairs bedroom ) . But my labourer has kindly text me 2 hours ago saying he won't be in all week . So I was wondering if I could use weber ocr instead ( I'll build out with 2 coats ) then skim over it a few days/week...

same thing happened to me last week m8 , i was only skimming out a box room . put 2 walls on flattened and trowelled em up lovely . went had a bite to eat in the van came back laid on the other 2 walls when something caught my eye on the walls id done the set before , small cracks in the plaster...

customer phoned me today wanting a quote for a bedroom to be skimmed out , job was about 30 miles away , so i was gonna drive down straight from work , but i thought coz the drive is quite long ill test the water first with a quick text :RpS_wink: so i gave her a little text just explaining...

skimmed a ceiling in the week ( over artex love it :RpS_angry: ) when in the middle of spreading the labourer distracts me , as i turn my head back up to the ceiling , i get a nice blob of multi right in the eye lol:rolleyes) so skimmed the ceiling with one eye , and when i woke up the...

board ceilings first , then float up the walls then skim it out .

i honestly don't think she was making it up either lads , i told her point blank that any clowns that can give you a crazy price like that have got to be dodgy , she just said ' well their doing the front garden fence for me first , so ill see how their work is then lol ' they're charging 300...

I know bobspread , the worse thing is that customers like this are getting more and more common , I normally meet at least 1 every week lol :rolleyes) im just fortunate that I can afford to tell them to f*** o** lol

you gotta watch us scott's john :RpS_lol:

afternoon all , went to price a job last week and just had to come on here and share it . woman rang me up asking for a quote on ripping out all old plaster board covered in artex in her attic , then cellotexing the attic , boarding it , dot and dab a wall up there then skim it out . so worked...

Thanks for the input men . Well some of u ( people like church the keyboard warrior can get f***ed ) . All sorted now , ill hardwall the rest Monday and job done .now I'm off out for a beer or 10 have a GD day men

F**k knows m8 , he must've bn chucking the stuff on with a shovel lol

It is hardening up m8 , its just me fretting lol but I'm on my 3rd beer now so I'm unwinding and realising it'll b just fine lol:RpS_thumbsup:

That's wat is going on next m8 lol that's how much it needs to b dubbed out . The guy who's work I'm correcting only came half way down the stairwell wall to the stairs , now the old stairs bn taken away ready for the new ones to go in i got half the wall back to bear brick and the top half of...

Nothing to do with advice pal , bn in this game just over 10 years , just never seen compo hold off that long

It was on by half 2 m8, I think with retarder in the freeflo plus wet sand and it being quite cold in The house have all held it back a bit , but have never come across it before , and John you've lost me altogether m8 lol

Bonjour everyone , gotta bit of a problem so thought I ask a few old heads some advice lol:RpS_biggrin: I'm doing a bit of internal rendering , going over someone else's work ( i know cardinal sin ) but he's a m8 so couldn't leave him hanging . Basically some odd jober whacked a scratch coat on...

yeah tell me about it m8 , to b fair the existing stuff is rock solid , the builder im doing it for wanted to just go straight over it in s and c again , scratch coat then dash coat , imagine the weight then lol :RpS_scared: i politely told **** off with that plan tho :RpS_lol:

hello to everyone , ain't posted for a long time , hope everyone is keeping busy . quick question for everyone , a builder im working for wants me to go over existing s and c spa finish with parex then re dash it . :RpS_unsure: just wondering if this is ok to do , i was thinking of putting a...

evening all , hope everyone is well and busy .:RpS_cool: me and another fella have been doing a house re furb , he's a labourer who's kind of picked the trade up over the years ( so he says lol) , anyway been working with him 4 a few weeks now , and his skimming is pretty decent to be fair ...

got plenty of work , but thanks 4 the concern .

well if he does call back m8 the price won't b changing lol . but theres always some numpty out there who will work 4 money like that :RpS_angry: i don't understand it 2 b honest all that work 4 just that :RpS_cursing: they'd b better off working in a coffee shop or something and stop fcuking...

yeah your spot on m8 . especially about the getting worse bit :RpS_cursing:

lol yeah we can all live in hope m8 :-)

lol who knows m8 , with some of the numptys out there these days it wouldn't surprise me :RpS_lol:

they still expect that around our way now gooner m8 lol :RpS_wink: you think with all the money they earn in the steelworks they'd give us a bit more eh ? lol:RpS_laugh:

yeah m8 the guy actually said people are willing 2 do it 4 that price :RpS_lol: more fool them tho , it's clowns like them that are messing the trade up 4 everyone else :RpS_cursing:

Afternoon everyone , just thought i'd share a little phonecall of a customer today :RpS_lol: this guy phones me up asking to give him a price on a bit of skimming , 3 bedrooms , a landing , and 2 reception areas . so i explained i couldn't give proper a quote without seeing it but i could give a...

yeah i normally just use lime in the top coat myself m8 , might give the fibres a try on this job . cheers 4 the reply anyways

this reply was 4 jrplastering by the way lol :RpS_lol:

thanks malc . i'll look into it and let the customer know . theres none of the ewi work around this particular valley now they've moved on elsewhere . it was a kind of regeneration scheme i think . but thanks 4 bringing it up

the house is in south wales m8 , up in the valleys about 20 mile from swansea :RpS_laugh:, and the customer wants s/c, so thats wat he'll have , hes a big bsatard so i ain't gonna argue lol . it'll b fine tho m8 , sbr is good stuff lol ,and i won't chuck it on 2 thick :rolleyes) i was just...

yeah i know mayti m8 , but all the houses i know around this area r all sand and cement render or dash , no lime render .they're all fine and still up and solid 20 years down the line .:-) but i know wat u mean m8 . ideally lime render would be the way forward , i hate putting s/c on stone...

just wear and tear diesel m8 , its old pebble dash render , gotta be nigh on 20 year old . a lot of the houses around the area have had the ewi work done on em so are looking brand new . i think he was feeling left out with the old dash look lol

i forgot to say i;ll be using an sbr slurry for adhesion to gents :RpS_thumbup:

Afternoon everyone , hope everyone is busy . just wondering what you more experienced guys think really . i picked up a job last week to re render a front of a house , customer hacked it off ( which suited me just fine lol :RpS_wink:). Now its being done in sand and cement ( the house is built...

yeah i've bn over to oz working m8 ! but i never did any s+c internally, it was all tape and join or " gyprocking " as they called it lol :RpS_lol: i did quite a bit of external work 2 m8 , it was render in a bag , mix it up with a whisk , smash it on and float it up( swirling they called it )...

To be honest lads i should've known better , i've been doing this for 7 years , nearly 8 now so theres no excuse really lol . as soon as i started looking at the job the old alarm bells were going off ! :-0 if she phones she'll just have the old 'sorry im fully booked routine lol ' anyways hope...

no sorry m8 , never heard of him , do you do much work around pt ? :-)

hello m8 , im a few miles from maesteg up in the valleys :-) thanks for the welcome

yeah i know boys working for 40 odd pound a day lol :RpS_mad: baffling ! and that was for a firm . a guy phoned me up the other week and wanted me to sub for 80 a day !! so i told him to f*** right off !! :RpS_mad:

to be honest m8 if someone does it cheaper than that then good luck 2 em i say ! they can have the bloody job , you get wat u pay for :-)

cheers guys i knew i should've charged more , i was a bit worse for wear after the bank holiday sunday !!:RpS_cursing: hopefully a tax dodger will come along and do it 4 less ! lol shes pi***d on her chips now anyways after thinking that was expensive ! lol

Been a member 4 a few weeks now and it's my first post guys so take it easy on me ha ha :RpS_wink: i priced a job yesterday , not a big room but a decent size ( 5m x4m x2.5m high) she wanted a ceiling re boarded and skimmed and 3 walls rendered , floated then set( plus little potchy bits like an...

im good thanks m8 , thanks 4 the welcome,:RpS_thumbup:

thanks 4 the warning m8 lol :rolleyes)

Thats supposed to be a smiley face on my post not rolling eyes gents lol :-) sorry

Just a quick hello to everyone :rolleyes)