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    Shikkui training

    Wanna come and learn shikkui for free?
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    wobbly rustic walls

    gents ive just done a 15th century gaff-oak beams etc-customer wanted to retain rustic charm between beams but as we all know trowels aint that flexible and you get lines-pavan(venetian plaster trowels) do a super flexy plastic trowel that solves this-bit of pressure and it closes everything in...
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    b*****d councils

    job im due to start next week has had a non compliance order slapped on it-farkin great! best start looking for some work then
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    cheap cordless

    went to b + q today and picked up a hitachi 18v with 2 batteries down from 200 to 90-dunno if theyve all got the same deal going but thought it was a snip-if not my local branch is evesham worcs if anyones nearby
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    gonna be on telly

    had a film crew follow me round this morning-**** me its tedious-you gotta do everything 3 times!theyre doing a documentry about the bathroom fitter-he runs gospel choirs at night and obviously think theres a story in it-had to take my heavily branded www.thevenetianplasterer t shirt off...
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    rest of staircase

    the big wall was hard work-did it off a ladder-thank **** it werent a classic finish-just looked at pics and have duplicated a few-i,ll get my s**t together and get proper pics uploaded
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    white marmarino staircase start to finish

    its all my own work! but im gonna have to stick the rest on another post
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    i love this job!!

    4 hardwall 1 1/2 multi £490-happy days!!!(the adress was the manor house though)
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    dri coat prices

    alrite chaps-been getting £8.50 for hardwall/skim but now the builder wants a price off me for dri coat-theres about 1000m and they want a labour only price-any ideas?cheers for any help
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    thistle renovating plaster?

    got paperwork for a job today-it specs thistle renovating plaster/finish for a lot of it.i havent seen renovating plaster for yonks-it was red/green/white bags i think-contained some sort of fungicide?has this been replaced by dri coat or did i over do things in the early 90s and am imagining this?
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    dodgy so and so,s

    started a job today-chopping off some knackered render/beads.bell bead had been stuck to face of existing render with gripfill and the rusty galv angle beads had been stuck with skim-this is all external on a £1mill house-absolutely awful what some people will do!
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    patcher wanted

    the job im on wants a patcher-£100 a shift-dunno if its any good to anyone-its in cowley,oxford also theres a 560m2 ceiling they want taped-its a s**t rate-£2m2 but if youre sat at home its better than nuthin-its high so need scissor lift ticket-nobby is the man to ring-his number is07917...
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    the mystical first drop

    anyone ever had one of these mystical first drops that merchants are always promising?my first drop arrived at 4.50 this afternoon!!would of been good to have known in advance-could of stayed in bed
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    dearest plaster in britain???

    just came back from a week in scotland-while i was there i patched a wall up for my aunt-1 bag of bonding and 1 multi=£17 -is this the dearest gear in the country? this was from a well known merchant by the way(starts with key and ends in line)
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    finished my website

    hello gents-well after much headscratching i finally managed to do my website-thought my head was gonna explode!!any feedback would be helpful and appreciated-cheers guys
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    venetian

    after 21 years my back aint wot it used to be so ive booked a 10 day venetian course-reckon it could be a goer-any of you guys get much call for it?
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    rendering cotswold stone

    alrite lads-looked at a job last night-render over cotswold stone.the stonework is probably 20 yrs old and sticks out like a sore thumb next to the older part of the building(listed)having only ever rendered brick/block b4 is there anything i need to know-bonding agents etc.cheers for any advice...
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    anybody off to oz?

    hello gents ive just completed my aqf3(aussie qualification)and now i have to have a TRA skills assesment.apparently the wording on this form has to be spot on but there are no actual guidelines as to how it should beso its a bit of a catch 22.anybody out there able to help?
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    anyone got any work?

    signed on today. not good anything/anywhere considered.20 yrs experience
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