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ta very much for the replies,looks like bonding it is.Will let you know how it went,cheers again

Cheers guys,not been on the site nearly 2 years or so,not really since my back went(x2)prolapsed disc and some big problems with my legs which left me almost crippled for a awhile but fingers crossed,a few spinal cortisone injections and some new meds,i now have a trowel back in my...

cheers for the replies guys def makes sense what you say,i think the lintels have shifted a bit.bit late in replying as the missus finally dropped on thursday 2.30am,got a little girl!!!got the nursery finished just in time.just got to put new skirts n architrave on now,shes got the best room in...

went to look at a mates house who had it rendered bout 2 years ago.the renders got long skinny cracks coming off diagonally from the windows,even joins up to the nextwindow above(from ground floor windows to 1st floor windows).theres also one running horizontally bout 6.5 ft all around.i thought...

cheers for the advice guys,had the tapered ones as i let my mate with the big van pickem up for me and didnt realise until id got half of them upstairs,didnt have the heart,soul or effort to lug em all the back to wickes,or tell him they were the wrong ones for that matter.lol he was chuffed coz...

can you use board adhesive for filling out where 2 tapered edge boards meet ,making the joint flat before skimming,or should i use a bit of bonding??advice always appreciated :-/

to right they do...good idea to get the level 2 tho mate,like to go that way meself but not got the time right now.the missus is due to drop in 3 weeks n i decided to rip down the ceiling and go back to brick in the babys room last weekend!managed to board the ceilin out same weekend tho n gonna...

hi scot,just wonderin if you got your city n guilds cert yet.?I gotta find time to go n sign bit paperwork before it even gets sent off so it looks like im gonna have a bit of a wait meself! :(

great,cheers for that mate.il give it a go.

got some really ugly upvc window reveals in a room im d&d ing,just wondering if anyone else had tried to screw board onto these prior to skimming,i know its not the norm but no reason why it shouldnt work..or is there???

sorry to hear of your loss,i hope with time,the grieving gets better...

sorry justone mentioned 7 quid,do draper or trago make one.......or maybe pooondstretcher??

nothin wrong with a cheapy workmate,clamped in by a baton counterscrewed into your board.when the board starts lookin like a mushroom,screw the baton on the other side.dont even need the baton really.....just nothin wrong with cheapy workmates!!someone mentioned £7.99,which i know i have seen...

no way,thats interestin mate.not even signed any of the paperwork for mine yet,but all done on the practical.was hopin to go full time with the spreading either with a firm or somebod timeserved but the mrs is on maternaty leave as from monday and im gonna take her job on for a few months.as you...

finally finished the city n guilds today,was supposed to take 8 weeks but was more like 12!did an exterior render with bellcast beads then finished it with a tyrolean finish this mornin for me extras.good to have it finished!!

ta for that ducky,just have to try n fit me fat ar** through the tiny hatch to get up into the loft now :) let you know how it went when finished.In that same room ,theres a large 'cubbyhole' with a 45 degree sloping roof which someone has stuck foil back insulation all over,and the walls..right...

hi guys,am i right in thinking that i can just board over an existing ceiling,screwing through it,then into the joists?whats the best thickness of board to do this 95 or 125mm?current ceilings slightly off and was gonna level new boards with a bit of bonding where needed.its too "off" for just a...

thanks mate that helps a lot,makes a lot of sense.just about to register as self employed so can work on site as a sub if i need to and of course to show that lovely taxman something for(some)of those other private jobs.are you self employed n if so was it easy to sort out?

hi guys.nearly comin to the end of me 8 week c&g,done a few private jobs in last couplo years and am hopin to join a firm or such as soon as ive finished.As well as this tho,ive had some cards made up which im gonna leave round some convenient places to attract jobs that i can do meself in spare...

certainly does,cheers for that.think im gonna d&d that room, like you said you would, as i can board the ceiling out at the same time come to think of it.when i start hitting the other rooms,im gonna try hardwall n skim tho, as theres gonna be more fixtures(shelves,heavy mirrors etc) going...

ive just moved into a 3 bed housing asc property and what a bloody mess!most of the rooms you can see outlines of very uneven boards on the ceiling thru some interesting artex patterns,and nearly all the walls need taking back to brick.gonna look into buyin it before i start chucking time and...

ha,yeah will do.was weird coz he was an instructor on the 1st course i did somewhere else!small world.....

Its at the southwestschoolofplastering,they have their own website.Yeah,im enjoying it,learnt new things n pickin up tips.there are 8 mandatory units including floating and rubbing up,skimming walls ,ceilings etc then you can choose another 2 if you have time,they include tiling and floor...

Enjoying your site Danny,good stuff.Been doing odd plaster jobs in spare time since doin a weeks intro course 2 years back and am now 3 weeks into a c&g.Am looking forward to goin full time,either on my jack jones or with a firm.What are your guys views on this?Those of you that are out working...