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Just out of curiosity if you were render and skimming the inside of say a bungalow how would you render over the wallplate. I've always Emled over it and every plasterer I've worked with for the last 30 years has done it that way with no issues. With the plate strapped and the wait of the roof...

Get a 6 or 8 inch roll of stainless steel EML. Then nail the EML to the wallplate. Make sure the EML is wide enough to cover the join between the wallplate and block work to prevent cracking. Nail it well with galve clout nails. Stretch the EML as you nail it so it sits nice and flat and get a...

No chance can you learn from YouTube. I've had agency spreads on site with me. Trowelling across beads, bells on the bottoms of walls, trowel marks everywhere, corners like they finished them with a spoon. I am like pal trowel up the beads, you got hollows everywhere and watch the bottoms of...

Seriously though I'd be f**ked if I just layed that on let alone tried to flatten it [emoji3][emoji3] Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

Maybe little economical with the truth [emoji3][emoji3] Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

Once did a 300 m2 ceiling nice 30 bagger, had to split it in 2. Good afternoons work that ceiling. Thank God it was only 5 mtrs up. Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

A friend of mine rang me to tell me the newly plastered landing ceiling was cracking everywhere. I get down there sharp and what the f**k. They only got some guy in who said he did loft conversions to put a loft hatch in. The Muppet had cut through all the joists. Then put up the 10 mm ply frame...

Just done 120 rooms in student block in Bristol £4 m2. Then next job in Bristol was £2.75, told them to keep it at that price. , £3.50 m2 is the going rate at the moment around Bath, Bristol and South Wales Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

No not at all you could be very experienced and skilled in all aspects of plastering to a high level. That's what I am trying to say in the post. A customer can ask to see there skilled workers CSCS card. It means they are qualified but sadly doesn't mean they are any good. Some of the best...

Had one they are crap get the Stanley Fatmax Heavyduty Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

This is the one...

Don't get me wrong you can get a nice finish with Dura. Bit of a learning curve. On price I just found you gotta work harder to get a nice finish and price work is hard enough as it is. Pure genuinely is in my opinion the nicest finishs I've used from BG. Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

100 percent agree. Super and plazi ride over everything. No feedback., Bumps everywhere. Plus I like to cut the ceiling lines and corners in with the toe of my marshy. Get them knife edge sharp Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

Just done a big job using Dura and Pure finish. The pure is the best finish I've used from BG. Dura is the worst. When you walked in the rooms skimmed with pure the air was lovely fresh and clean like an evening stroll through a summer meadow full of wild flowers. Wow us all I can say well done...

Garage fined down. As you go round the bend into the village you'll see a blue water but and orange bell mixer by the sand on your left easy as f**k job he tells me. Gets there just finished scratch coating it and the builder turns up. Who the f**k are you and why have you scratch coated my...

Was on a big site in Swansea 3.50 m2. End of job gets a call of a Manchester firm doing a big site down the road. Tells me hes got ten flats ready to go 2.20 m2. Yes I am not surprised at that price give me a call when it's nearer 3.50 m2. His reply they jump out of bed in Manchester for 2.20...

I do site work all the time. I am on site 7 till 5 Monday to Thursday finish about 1 on Friday. Hourly rates are 18 to 20 quid. Prices for skimming are 3 to 4 quid a metre. Just walked if a site last week. Got inducted, went to see the QS for prices. 2.75 a metre and the walls were 4.5 metres...

For filling cracks I bet Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

I am so fin good I lay on with a shovel and can trowel up with a spoon beat that [emoji3][emoji3] Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

Agree hundred percent. Was on a big job a while back. 16 spreads on site. 450 rooms All plasterboard apart from the 5 stairwells which had to be hardwalled and skimmed. Because it happened a few times before I new the score, none of them could do it. Good thing is I can name my price then...

Worked on a big site in Bristol. Student accommodation. Most of the fixers, all of the labourers, all the furniture fixers, all the people doing the external rendering were Eastern European. Sparkies, chippies and the spreads inside were British. Some days thousands of pounds worth of tools...

Another good option John, I like 6 to 1 for top coating to. Closed in lovely under the float. I chuck half a shovel if lime in to but that's me Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

Good option Dan, done that in the past with a soft brick. Keeps it all nice and tied together. Webber is a cracking product. Maybe finish with Webber OCR. Would make a nice top coat and finishes lovely under the float Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

This is how I would do it on my house. Roll of 4 inch or 6 inch stainless steel mesh (EML) over the joint and nail it in place with 20 mm galvanized clout nails. When rendering do not use a stronger mix than 5 to 1 sand and cement. I would use.6 to 1. Modern Portland cement.is really strong...

Or is it more like a squealing pig [emoji3][emoji3] Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

If the suns not on it (what's the sun) and you haven't got a strong breeze on it should be fine but you know KRend does its own thing. We've all had that sound when you turn up on the job and your mates already scraping away when you get out the van and it sounds like he's grinding steel, sore...

I see s**t work on site and on private jobs all the time. I've found on site if they spend 5 mins telling you how good they are then I know what finish to expect. I was on a big job outside of a rugby ground all fined down, floated sand and cement . Needed help to finish before first game of...

Don't say the K word.round here [emoji3] Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

Bad job. I would say it's a reskim. You can ask to see the plasterers CSCS card and make sure it's. Blue skilled workers card. It proves that.he is a qualified plaster. Sadly it doesn't guarantee they are any good but it's a starting point. So options are remove loose plaster and fill yourself...

Just done 130 room student block in Bristol with Purefinish and Durafinish. The Purefinish is the best finish I've used from BG. Finishesd lovely really impressed. Now Dura hmmm. Reminds me of board adhesive for dabbing. Gotta mix it wet or it's like laying on chewing gum. Get it flat quick or...

Fill joints in boards. One good thick coat. No need for the second (closing) coat. Speed skim while still nice and wet which closed it in all nice and flat. Speed skim works like a h section feather edge used in machine plastering. So keep the speed skim nice and flat to the wall like a Darby...

I work on site and I have worked with spreads using every make of stapler you can think off. The best I have come across by miles is the Stanley Fstmax Heavy Duty. £20 quid including delivery Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

Hi Phil you still looking for spreads in swansea Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

I've had one for 2 years love it on the big areas. Lay on with a 16inch Nela stealy and trowel to a finish with the ox. Sometimes dry trowel with a Nela super flex

Reminds me of the time I went to skim a ceiling, guy said he had just finished boarding it and had a couple bags multifinish there. He makes a coffee while I mix up. Two minute chat goes to load up my hawk and can't get my bucket trowel out of the mix, set like stone . Turns out he'd had the...

Hi my two pence worth. Information given 2 coats of S & C with skim coat. First coat over mesh with waterproofer added. This is the red flag to me. To much waterproofer causes S and C to go powdery. Can you scratch the first coat with your fingernail if you can you've got problems. S and C...