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    Tolerances

    Re:  Tolerances plastering is a wet trade so by nature you work with a tolerance and tell the architect or whoever that its bullshit for one trade to have a tolerance and not the other .experience tells me to walk away from a job like that because you will never please them . ive bin on...
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    average earnings

    doing a house up to rent at the moment so only done payed work for 3 days but not telling till end of month lol. secrets another day another dollar
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    conservatory

    tell the builder that in future he must use plant on strips st end of conservatory to allow for dot and dab obviosly the builder will have to tell the manufacturer this before hthey make conservatory. but on this occasion tell him you will have to float & set that wall your the plasterer danny...
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    Rendering

    mur speak to les at lord and downing he is the king of machines he can tell you everything you need to know about machines . he is a sound guy i wanted to buy a ritmo off him but he told me to forget it you can put it on faster by hand (ritmos a machine that sprays finish on ) he done himself...
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    Rendering

    go to sas-europe.com this web site has contact number for k rend and i know your from manchester mur i was on about danny but no probs .by the way are you a city fan or do you sit next to a cockney when you watch football
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    Rendering

    hi timlad am from north east
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    Rendering

    danny where are you at if not to far away i will show you .you could always ring rep up he will come out and show you got his number if you need him
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    Rendering

    that bonding for webber is rendaid you normally use it on poor brickwork or engineering bricks then scratch it with a comb its to stop ghosting on the joints .
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    Pricing

    thats right danny you got to play it cagey you have to go with your own gut instincts but just trying to show the newer lads the way of the world mate . how was paris anyway
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    Rendering

    krend is a specialist prebagged render comes in many differant colours and its guaranteed for 30 yrs .ive always had bother putting it through my machine thats why i prefer webber . another day another dollar
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    Pricing

    40m square is a good sized ceiling. i would charge double the 400 for insurance work tell the punter youl give him 100 quid pay his excess yull still prob get the job cos punter will make sure you do and you get proximatly 600 quid . pricing insurance work is totally diferant to pricing for...
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    Rendering

    sorry mate just realised you where doing job on fri how did it go
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    Rendering

    give manufacturer a ring there tech department will sort you out . i have reps number if need be .another good lad is les from lord and downing they do nowt but scratch render and hes very helpfull
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    Stilts

    6 footer danny but still no good for 3 meter ceilings another day another dollar
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    location

    another day another dollar
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    location

    yeah thats right mate i prefer weber to krend the latter seams to be as dead as a dodo no life init just personnel preference really give it a go and keep me posted. doing a private job in 2 weeks its a bungallow we,ll have it sprayed in 4 hrs go back next day scratch it off job done good earner
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    average earnings

    anyone like to join in . its now the beginning of the month keep a record on all your jobs for this month tot it all up see whos got the most and they win a trip to florida with the motherinlaw. only kidding .just curios to see if where all earning about the same up and down the country .give me...
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    location

    used to be a course at manchester tec i went on one about ten years ago but dont waste your money best guy to talk to is les lord from lord and downing he is a mine field of information what he doesnt know about machines isnt worth knowing. they are mainly used for external scratch render and...
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    location

    just wondering if any you lads from the north east i have my own spray machine and from time to time i could do with another pair of hands to give me a hand dont worry if you never used machines before
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    What a Bloody day today

    its all swings and roundabouts danny i had a shite day yesterday nothing went right water board turned up 5 mins before me .turned off water had me waiting round for 2 hrs before it got turned back on .didnt leave job till 8.30pm all for £120.but im doing job on monday im getting £600quid for...
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    Plaster mix

    i like to twirl my middle leg round in the gorrila tub and if it leaves trails in the plaster you no its stiff enough lol
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    knauf finish plaster

    no danny its not 1coat its same as multi but a bit fattier white in colour no need to sponge. once youve got trowel lines out just leave it till its nearly set then give it final trowel .like i say you get loads on.. try it on your next small job buy it from wickes .
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