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Looking on line for good prices on 18inch stainless Finnish trowels. Where's best place buy. Cheers

Hi ladies. I'm looking for a new coving/cornice mitre. Must be able to cut a all sizes of coving. Any ideas or trusted products out there. I've seen this, looks practical buy cheap. www.magicmitre.co.uk Cheers ;)

Have just got back from 3 week holiday in South Africa and was miffed to be back in Wickes buying plaster this morning. Then saw that multi has come down to £3.90 and bonding has come down to £5.06. I was pretty chuffed and well pleased.

Hey lads, I've got 2 monster ceilings on a domestic job to do in the middle of the month. Is there anyone who wants to come to the Rugby area and give me a hand. Probably 2 days work in all.

Got to put up board then aqua panels to new stud work in a bathroom. The panels are getting tiled, should I plaster these or not. As far as I'm aware there is no need to plaster over the panels but don't want to piss the tiler off. Cheers

How long till we can paint or when will it dry. If I had a pound for everytime that question was asked.

Anyone ever use dobuildirect. Ordered some thermaline super 40mm and thermaline basic 22mm and adhesive last week to arrive on site today to start a job tomorrow. Called them 3 times end of last week to make sure order was all good and materials in stock.... yes yes yes was the answer. great...

Got this lady in a big ol house and in one of her 7 on sweet bathrooms she wants coving. Problem is that the tiles go to the ceiling and she doesn't want to remove any. The tiles are old school 80's style, black, highly glazed with gold patterns. Iesh, really terrible. Does anyone know if...

Got a blob in my left eye putting 2nd coat on a ceiling, washed in out under the tap and carried on. Ceiling looks like marble, my eye looks like a fricking road map and feels like i have a needle in my eye ball. I'm wearing my glasses tomorrow.

Hey chaps, got to board out a room with 40mm gyproc thermaline super board (phenolic) and 22mm thermaline basic(poystyrene). They say to use normal board adhesive and the customer does not want boards to be fixed mechanically. Just want to know if using board adhesive on these insulated boards...

God'dam, on my last mix this arvo my bloody mixer packs-up, sparks and smoke. Anyone got tips on who's got deals at the moment. Need one by 10am tomorrow. Wanna spend about £150. Thanks.

I see websites have been a hot topic of conversation last few posts. I've had my site live for about 4 weeks and have not had many hits, if any. Not even google knows about my site. Does anyone know how to get more hits. I advertise on all the major free directories and a few smaller ones but...

Hey fellas, any recomendations on personal accident insurance companies who provide a quality package for pasterers. Thanks

ANYONE A MEMBER OF THE GUILD OF MASTER CRAFTSMEN. IS THE £400 MEMBERSHIP PER YEAR BENEFICIAL. i KNOW IT GIVE CUSTOMERS THE PIECE OF MIND AND ALL. BUT... AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU ARE PARTING WITH MONEY AND I'M EXPECTING THAT MONEY TO WORK FOR ME. IS IT WORTH THE COST OR IS THE GUILD JUST...

That polycel is easy to use hey, just like it says on tv ad's.... Yeh right. Well it's that time of year again when I get calls from customers(3 so far) saying they tried this polycel easy smooth stuff and got to look at what they've done, and it's a dogs breakfast, jees. I think we should...

Hi all, been plastering for pretty long now and I find that multi finnish goes through crappy stages throughout the year, like going off supa quick and big lumps of hard plaster(like stones), I then start using board finnish for a few months which I think gives a better and smoother finnish and...

Hi fellow plasterers, am about to start building an outdoor bbq using medium density blocks and I don't have a block cutter. I'm planning to use a lump hammer and masonary chissle to deliver swift accurate blows to cut to size, would this be the best option to cut to size without power tools...