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    how do yous keep the work coming in

    i agree malc nothing but agro from yello pages normally want the job done for less than the plaster costs
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    Plaster color consistency.

    i know a plasterer in colchester who leaves it perfect no marks and he first coats flattens in perfect fills all misses with extra gear then lets it dry a bit then top coats and then trowels it till it rock hard looks stunning
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    thought i had seen it all

    Here is a picture of the hardboard in situ
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    Curved ceiling

    i used the contour board on a egg shaped building [only walls] and double boarded it to get thickness one coat portrait one coat landscape
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    Pricing Work..

    ring a plastering firm tell them the truth how long you been doing it etc work on site for a couple of years and you will no about how much a meter you will learn a lot
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    thought i had seen it all

    the job was in parkstone near harwich very close to colchester kevrm :RpS_lol:
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    thought i had seen it all

    i did not take none. ill take some in the morn and post them
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    thought i had seen it all

    started a refurb job today and was unibonding a ceiling it was very flexable when i pulled a bit down to see what was going on. someone had put hardboard over lath and plaster and skimmed the rough side then it had been reskimmed ? the weight of the plaster was making the hardboard sag has...
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    refina s*p*r*lex

    i use one and love it
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    Lathe and plaster ceiling

    i did one years ago opened windows sealed room went in loft kicked it down next thing i new fire brigade turned up someone rang them thought the house was on fire avoid them at all costs now i over board or try to talk them in to it at all costs
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    Insulated Board: Dot n Dab-able?

    done it loads on site never had a problem always put secondary fixings in the edges
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    skimming buckets

    iv seen plasterers use the large flexible tubs. and get 3 bags in there and scoop it out with a saucepan never seen anyone knock up 4 bags at once
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    collated screws

    i tried lots types but for my makita now. i always use british gypsum best iv used in a makita.
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    Braces or trousers!

    i wear braces coz a belt and a tool belt is not good. no belt and a tool belt take the tool belt off trousers on the floor. not good ether braces best buy ever
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    summer or winter ??

    i do a few conservatories a year summer is not good for them
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    board ceiling?

    i always board much better job
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    hello

    sorry to those who dont think im talkative im a plasterer and dryliner tacker studder done it all in the last 20 + years site and domestic work :-)
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    hello

    hello all
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