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    Which genny for a ritmo l

    How much you talking?
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    Which genny for a ritmo l

    Thanks what sort of price are they, or would it be worth hiring for a week
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    Which genny for a ritmo l

    Hi lads what sort of genny is required to power the ritmo l. I'm spraying some cpi next couple of weeks and there's no 240v power in site.
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    Does anyone want to price up a Mono Render job on a bungalow Shrewsbury?

    Hi mate I can give you a price if your still looking, I'm based in Wrexham so not that far from me. Call Craig 07894312235
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    Some Brick effect Jobs using wallcrete

    A couple of pics from a job last year
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    ewi insulation course

    Hi mate, try Alumasc in St Helens, I did the swisslab/swistherm course couple of months bk and only costs £120 for a 2 day course. Where abouts in north Wales are ya??
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    What are the rules for inspecting and snagging finished plastering works?

    I remember doin a job and the painters where told to scan the wall with a halogen lamp from about an inch away. Luckily everythin was sound
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    part paid/unpaid invoices..... again

    Where are u based mate?? Got a firm that owes £2800, trying to steer clear of the legal route but if I had too then I will, just trying to arrange a meeting with the director and QS
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    lime putty?

    Render systems is up your neck of the woods he should point u in the right direction.
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    Float and set work

    Didn't even get to ask him rates, just said ideally they want local labour, would of been ok for me only 40 mins drive
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    Float and set work

    Any local lads on the Wirral lookin for work, spoke to the chap this mornin but lookin for local lads only Subbyline - Designed for Builders by Builders
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    Faces to names

    Don't take the mickey out me teeth got em sorted now
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    Made me laugh

    I know the brickies put in the expansion joints but how often should you have expansion joints on long runs??
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    Court preceedings

    This company owes me just over £1k in patching where they just cudnt make there minds up over silly little things like moving about 100 down lights over about 10mm and all that shizzle. I have got a couple of pics of some ov the patching done but not all and also wrote every patch down on 4...
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    Website rankings

    My site was on the first page for a couple of months then it started slipping down the rankings, so I contacted my web designer and he suggested search engine optimisation 'SEO'. He's gonna charge me an extra £50 a month to do this, but it doesn't just happen over night it takes time to get up...
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    K-Rend on lightweight blocks

    I've always been spec'ed to fully mesh over lightweights. Then again that's when we were using rendaid for weber pral m, I know the hpx is full of fibres does mean it doesn't need meshing??
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    Court proceedings

    What do ya mean, pass the debt onto someone else
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    Court proceedings

    That's the problem, the company owners house is the house they owe me the money on. All 70 million quids worth ov him.
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    K-Rend on lightweight blocks

    Fully meshed aswell on lightweights
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    Court proceedings

    Right lads, I've had a construction company owe me just under£3000 now for 12 months. I've phoned/ emailed them asking for the money but still no outcome. I'm gonna take to court to try and get me money off em, I've been told to add interest onto the amount they owe me but not sure if there's a...
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    Court preceedings

    Wrong section sorry thought I was in the plastering section
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    Court preceedings

    Right lads, I've had a construction company owe me just under£3000 now for 12 months. I've phoned/ emailed them asking for the money but still no outcome. I'm gonna take to court to try and get me money off em, I've been told to add interest onto the amount they owe me but not sure if there's a...
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    Xbox 360

    I'll add ya In a bit when mrs goes to bed
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    Xbox 360

    £5 a month, what's every1s gamer tags??
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    Anyone used sika systems?

    I've used sika1 before for a builder, it's used for tanking I think and it makes the s+c go like chewing gum. It also firms up pretty quickly so giv it a scratch with the sika additive then giv it a top coat as normal. That's my experience with the stuff anyhow, only used it the once
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    Small wallcrete job

    All I did was scrunch up the bag the wallcrete comes in and pushed it in lightly in some areas and deeper in other areas. As for colour it was basecoated with a terracotta, then blushed with a terracotta/red mixture then obviously the black is just black with tints of grey bands running through em
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    St astier

    Anybody used the intercromex basecoat and thermocromex topcoat??
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    Small wallcrete job

    You can rake back to leave a mortar joint with wallcrete, but because the original brick which was used to build the house are that random ie chunks taken off corners, different sizes etc it was just easier to take out enough to be pointed then when it does get pointed up they'll get filled in...
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    Small wallcrete job

    Just looks a bit too new, once he gets the pointing done I'm hoping it ages it a bit
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    Small wallcrete job

    Yea mate, eml then scratched to float beads then topped off to straight edge to form a hard angle and roughed up with a wallcrete bag to give the pitted rustic look
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    Small wallcrete job

    Only a little un creatin a reclaim brick effect which is gonna be pointed up with sand and cement
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    what mixers

    I've got the mega mixer and the alfra and there both the same mixers just different handles, I picked up the alfra for £300 should of been £450. As said their both good drills, I gotta hav the downward spin whisk though can't stand the upward thrust whisks.
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    masking tape

    I had this problem on Friday, it took me hours to get one window clean, so I googled "how to remove masking tape adhesive" and got a few good solutions. Goo gone, hg sticker remover and sticky stuff remover I bought the latter from halfords for a fiver, sprayed it over the area, let it soak in...
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    Rock bottom prices!

    I used to sub to a firm a couple ov years ago, I got talkin to a lad who still works fir em now and their only payin £1.80 on the skim and their travellin for 2 hrs a day. Fcuk that I'd rather stick pins in me cock.
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    Fixing edging beads

    If beading over existing I either use left over skim from the first mix or recently I started using panel pins straight through the bead rather than the holes.
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    Eating on the job

    Brekkie before work, 2 cans of monster and that's it till t time. I think I've got some sort of addiction to monster at the mo, makes ya piss like a horse too.
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    mtec 100 for sale

    I'm based in Wrexham so les lords nearest to me, still 2 hrs away though is it the same finance package with all ov ya.
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    mtec 100 for sale

    Right ok i may be in touch soon could you pm your contact number
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    mtec 100 for sale

    Blones, how much is the ritmo to buy outright and how many monthly payments if on finance. I'm lookin for a machine that'll spray mono, hardwall etc. Thanks
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    Hop up

    I use one ov them plastic soakaway chambers there 1mx0.5m and lite enough to pick up with one hand so ur not puttin ur handboard n trowel down all the time, they do take up space in ur van though.
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    Cantillana

    Don't know anythin about the product really just had a quick look through the brochure. Have you seen any work finished with it?
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    Cantillana

    Any 1 ever heard or used this product before, a mate ov mine has just had the reP drop off a sample brochure n it doesn't look a bad product, the rep said it costs about £12m2 to supply basecoat and topcoat( scraped texture), not sure whether to give it a go on a little job I've got coming up...
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    lime plaster

    had a phone call today off a customer whos been let down by another plasterer. She said the plasterer has already backed the walls out with lime mortar it just needs the finish. Sooo, first things first ive never even used lime mortars and finishes, secondly is it a lime finish im gonna be...
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    Which brand of monocouche

    Hi Tony, where do you live mate, I'm based in Wrexham only 45 mins to Manchester and half hour to Liverpool if your interested in getting a price. Just finished a full house this week using k rend can provide picks if need be.
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    debating

    Never even heard of them, I'm gonna try a refina s*p*r*lex next, just had the catalogue through the post. The plastic ones look good as well I might get the 24" for polishing.
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    cob cottage and best way forward

    bread in it, must hav no end of damp problems
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    going over rough plasterers work

    Alright mate try warren insulations from Crewe, they always have loads of weber gear in
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    coving

    Can any1 explain how to do a scribe on cove, I coves out a full house a couple of months back and tried on a couple of occasions to scribe them but no luck. I cut the angle on a 45 then cut out the chalk with a coping saw but it just wasn't happenin for me.
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    liability cover

    £82.67 for 5 million cover through Allianz, there somethin to do with lloyds tsb who I bank with. Works out at £6.89 a month.
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