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Any you guys use the pointmaster pointing gun .

Can you dot and dab thermal taper edge boards or should they be screwed to a framework. I just think it's only the 22mm foam holding the board.

I often think when folk telephone for a price what they think is the price they thought that it would be. They may get prices of friends on what they have had done and use it as a yardstick and so on. But sometimes I think they seem to think that plastering is no big skill and just a stepping to...

I get this a lot on houses built in the 1970.s on re skims when the wall paper has been taking off it lifts the skim coat off. The render is so dry it's hard to find anything which will control the suction on the render , pva a waste of time at present am giving it a coat of sbr leave over night...

What is the correct way for fixing plastboard to a catnic box section. Cheers H

Plastering course 36wks mon-tue 9am -8pm fee £2,583.00 exam £78.00 diploma in plastering. No bricklaying ,joinery, roofing also a few plumbing courses, Why fecking plastering I wonder 72 days to be a plasterer= £35.87 a day.

Which plasterers think they live in the poorest town or city to work in,

Just knocked this out on my vinyl cutter for my van or tool box:RpS_thumbup:

Who is taking the slack up on all this extra work, is this all taking up by the insurer,s teams of workers.

Danny invite Nigel Farage for a 1 hour blow out on here so those who have concerns about the way our trade is been swamped with F@@@@ F@@@@

What been your high point of 2013 work wise or other. Myself getting paid £250 for spreading 1 bag of multi , having my mega mixer nicked and taking a tumble week before christmas still unable to go back to work, other then that same old same old re skims.

Working on this house this week, anyway went through for a bucket of water and feck me in the living room was about 10 plastic containers stacked on a paste board. So I ask the guy what in them about 20,000 cockroaches He says fecking hell I thought you have 2 young kids and breeding them dirty...

should plasterers over 40 have to have an performance appraisal evry 2 yrs and if your over 50 every year. This is what a cheeky little 20 yrs old spread tried telling me, He went on to say a bit like old folks and driving. Hmm I thought some young spreads need a appraisal every 6 months more...

What is the ruleing on mobile phones on a monthly contract what reliefs can you claim tax back on.

I need a bag or half a bag of wallcrete if anyone can help am in grimsby area.

What is a real living wage for a plasterer in 2013 that's take home pay. Myself no less £500 a week

When we look at the bigger picture on what we all pay for a persons skill , I often wonder were plastering ranks. Hairdresser calls round will cut and colour 2 persons and give the old man a trim £50 plus £5 tip 3 hours gone. Carpet fitter 1 bedroom carpet £40 two hours gone Plaster skim...

Out shopping today and the caught my eye "Rendagrio from everbuild" £35 for a 10l tub. Everbuild 507 Rendagrip is an extra grip render bonding agent that contains a fine aggregate to provide an improved key before applying render on external surfaces e.g. concrete, lightweight blockwork...

Been reading that great Scottish Plasterer W. Millar book or should we say plasterers bible. Plasterers use to make the blackboards in schools and also plaster railway carriages which foods goods were to be transported in, And what we are facing at present so did they on prices . I will try and...

Look at a job today and the down stairs ceings the skim was boxed and in patches shelled off. I have seen a few like this and seems only on houses built in the 60s for what ever reason. Another X file .

Come on Casper tell us all about uni finish:RpS_thumbsup:

I just had to laugh at it/

I thinking of getting ryobi paint sprayer 200w are they any good for spraying emulsion paints

Been thinking today just how much of a difference there is with a spread who is a plasterer useing lime and a boxed standard plasterer, Just how much do you need to know about limes etc to feel competent at it

Your home and you was going to render it what would be your choice of render,and bear in mind money dont come into it.

A while back I taking my chimney breast out and so now I need to put up a new length of coving. My problem is the old coving is imperial so if I fix 127 mm it will not line up with the profiles on existing coving . Am nearly thinking of running a peice in situ.

Gets the call can you give a price for 125m2 of mf ceilings and 500 m2 of dab and dot skim yer I can I says can I have a have a look at the job err just need a price mate. err feck off.

will easifill 45 be ok to wall paper over the next day ? I am papering at my mams on sunday and just need to get the ceiling and wall angle something like for papering.

just how good was that lad well done :RpS_thumbup::RpS_thumbup::RpS_thumbup::RpS_thumbup::RpS_thumbup:

priceing up small back elevation of a property today. There is three windows and each window nearly sits flush with the brickwork at most is about half inch reveal to fix a bead. I suppose a stop bead would do the job but I dont like the idea of the profile of the bead showing like it would...

Just taking out an old brick fireplace and when I started lifting the tile hearth this marley tile lifted up and as you will see there is a fair amount of salt. I have checked other parts of the floor and I can see salt in different areas of the floor. C unts not putting a membrane in me...

Farmers to fight a £6bn asbestos scam - Telegraph

G4S failed to hire 3400 recruites for the Olympics more like paying peanuts feck me I would have thought the poles would have done it,

When dry the surfaces is grey in colour with a slight texture surface. I did think the render was just going to slump on it, but it never . I gave it a scratch coat only for the fact I was not sure on what suction to expect on this back ground . Had I not had plasprime X on this brickwork I...

Well I bought a tub of plasprime X and coated a small gable in it ready to be sand + cement render. Now it says on the tub it can replace the coat of water resistant render coat before applying the receiver coat and reduce suction. So I can just put on a 12-15mm coat of render rule and float...

so spurs have chelsea reject hmm

whas all done rubbed up up for 3 got home and it's pissed it down, there is me thinking got a good result there and I thought you silly twit you did not put the downspout back on.:RpS_cursing::RpS_cursing::RpS_cursing::RpS_cursing:

whats new it's raining again another lost day.:RpS_cursing:

Been ask to price 10 stairway landings each 2 flights in concrete with pea gravel size 30" x 90" depth 4" labour only .and will be putting it through a mixer so will need help just getting it up the stairs,

come on england you can do it keep the faith.:RpS_thumbsup::RpS_thumbsup::RpS_thumbsup:

I think we was ok, again we nearly fecked up, spain will be our last game. Done it again and bought a new england top am a sucker I know and it looks daft on silly old buggers like me.

what is all this about harry leaving spurs dont understand it.

Greece 2-1 to win.

Have been told today that plasprime have one for exterior use at about £38 a tub.

Very best of luck for the Irish hope you win.

can you apply wallcrete over rendaid or even a sand/cement base base coat .

8th June still fecking raining Total piss off:RpS_cursing:

Day five on site and I have only one thing to say about it Death by a thousand regulations How you lads stand it week in week out I will never know.

Working on a office stair case and is been done dot and dab. Were the steps of the stairs are I will have to cut the board to the profile of each tread of the stairs. It's going to be a fecker to do any tips if you have done this sort of thing.

Couple of pics of a wall is it damp or not if it's not riseing damp what cause it .