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Has any one used the above renovating plasters Are they just the same as Dri-Coat and are they any good to use

Any one in the Hull area done alot of work with external rendering have to price a job up and not done much rendering and could do with a hand if anyone wants a few days work PM me if your interested Chris

Was thinking of getting one of these and was wondering if any one had any recomendations Currently using a Makita 18v drill and thought maybe one of these might make life abit easier Cheers

Here's a few pics of a ceiling me and Timmo72 did yesterday it measured 12.8x6.4m and went from 2.5 to 3.7m in height with a curve on it, turned out really good in the end

I'm going to be using it for the first time next week and was wondering if theres any hints and tips anyone has

This may seem like a stupid question but do you always have to do a scratch coat then float coat before you skim it Or can you do just one coat and rule it off with a feather edge then skim Cheers

What do you think to this price? A builder asked my price a 4 room flat yesterday Half to be backed off with browning then skimed the other half is onto board He give my all the s**t about how he wanted it doing properly and that he has had plasterers before that only lasted a morning because...

What do you think to my new labourer?

Does anyone need a hand in the Hull area Have all my own gear and van Mainly do domestic work but things are abit quiet at the minute Let us know Cheers

I was thinking of starting to offer tiling as work is slow but don't know what to charge Can any one help!

Just been undercut on a job and was wondering what people thought of the price l put in? Bedroom about 12'x12' 1930's with a bay window with columns inbetween the windows Hack off old plaster back to brick on 3 walls then dot and dab with 12mm board and re-skim room including ceiling, l thought...

Has any one heard of this? Apparently the govenment is paying for people to do there NVQ 2 and CSCS card as long as your over 19 working and don't already have a stack of qualifactions you are suitable a company rang me today to see if l was interested my assessor is coming to see me on...

Are these any good was having a look at one online and get head my head around how they work? :o Screwfix have a mitre block designed for coving and was wondering if this would be better

Just got myself a 14" stainless steel Ragni trowel and have noticed it has some sort of plastic coating on the blade, is this normal for these trowels none of my Marshalltown trowels had it on :o

Does anyone do coving? Just wondering if it is worth doing a course in it Just thinking it would be useful if l turned up to do a quote and could talk them into having some coving fitted What do you think?

How are people finding work at the minute? Round here it's been pretty quite over the last few month but it's suddenly gone mad got a good 4 weeks worth booked in and the calls keep coming.

Did my first job today on my new stilts! These things are great can't believe l didn't get some sooner I have always hated doing ceilings but with these things it was so much easier and quicker can't wait till my next one ;D

Can anyone help? Been asked to do a job which has a serious damp problem the customer has tried allsorts to get rid but apparently there is nothing that can be done, they have asked be to try and tidy it up l was wonder if there is any sort of damp retardant that can be put onto the bricks to...

Help I'm looking for a rack to carry 8x4 plaster board for my escort van, do you have to buy a special rack or would set of roof bars do the same sort of job?

has anyone come across this went round to a house to quote for a job kitchen walls covered in artex some of which had started to bouble and come away from the walls, he said the council had been round and told him the artex was leaking asbestos and he should get it sorted straight away (its a...

Any one had much experience with this stuff, looks straight forward enough, just heard it can be bit of a bugger to rule off

Has anyone had much experiance with arches? Just had a potention customer ask me to take an old door frame out and put an arch in Was thinking of putting some wood frame triangles in the corners and then plaster boarding over, has anyone tried this and does it work I thought it might make the...

I've a flood damage job coming up and was after abit of advice. The walls have been striped back to the bare brick to dry out, the builder is after a sand and cement backing coat and was wonder if this is the best option or to use something like Hardwall, not had much luck the last time l used...

Hi I'm in the humberside area and just wanted to know if any one wanted a hand with any jobs, l'm just starting out so would be happy to take on any work Thanks

Has any one had problems getting work without the CSCS card or an NVQ 2, l'm just starting out and trying to get as much info as poss.

Hi What do people know about CSCS cards are they something worth getting or are they not worth the paper there wrote on.

Hi everyone New to the site and plastering. Have done a couple of courses and abit of weekend work for a local builder, and have decided to self employed at the end of the month. I am bit nervous so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Chris :)