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anybody glasgow based doing mp75 and cornice work get in touch please i`ve chucked the plastering game but got someone who needs work done all walls and ceilings are *&%£*^ cornice as well cheers

just got back to glasgow from tunisia went in to jewson in helen street they made a right b of the price of thistle bond it 8 quid for ten litres plus vat took 14 tubs all they had

anybody got an idea prices for taping and jointing tried to talk him in to skimming but the f wants this crap cheers lads

i would look at 5 bags a day on my own if everything there and ready to go

i use d and d doesn`t get much cheaper

loads of this in glasgow just treat as normal will dry a bit fast so big ceilings two coats pva

normally charge 2 a meter labour only

very surprised that the people that done the damp proof aren`t doing the plaster work something smells fishy i would leave well enough alone

i norm doing a repair first hit 3 to 1 or less depending on size dont put a pissy first coat on a repair

always better to try and put your first coat on tidy as if you were one coating second coat flys on i one coat any walls or ceilings under 10 sq most of the old boys i worked with when i started all done that

my misses is trying to get me to sell my gixxer no way had it since new from 1991 longer than her bad news is can`t put petrol in her and go out for the day while this sh t is going on to old to fill up with dirty plates and f ck off

can anyone tell me if you need nvqs in scotland to get you cscs card after 20 odd years plastering round the world and teaching people to plaster been told i now need a plasterers cscs card cheers

where you based

i worked in saudi and libya for years first thing i learnt there was stick your papers you can either do it or you cant loads of blokes got sent home with their c&gs work with some plasterers for a while learn the trade that way then worry about papers

lot cheapear than limelite was getting dri coat at 6 a bag on bulk then your multi for 3.60 s&c cheaper still but pain mixing up on your own and if in a hurry

you could eat the stuff and no harm done apart from the piles

they charge 5% but you pay them straight off if the jobs agreed if you then loose the job through no fault of your own i.e. they cancel or don`t have money to go ahead you get no refund

was offered 1.65 today having to do a hundred mile round trip on top just to sweeten the deal lowest ive ever had was 1.75 walls and 2.25 ceilings that was 16 years ago in cyprus

if you`re supplying the gear go dri coat (cheaper) if they`re supplying should make no differance to putting it on

all this talk of asbestos in artex was brought out by asbestos removal firms cos work went slack offshore i went to one job and the bloke had taken the stuff off with an electric plane

loads of mates of mine drive the black flashes and put my cards on the dividing window getting more from that at moment anything else

one coat it 6 sq is hee haw my 12 year daughter does that

if it`s totally bricked up drill holes when dry stick vent over top of them

know a lot of old timers used to say put a load of salt in s&c mix never tried personally

lots of places have underfloor heating not realised myself in past thought i had a bad batch of gear

not seen things this bad for a long time pretty bad when plasterers are sitting on the net and expected to get by on jobseekers doesn`t cover an afternoon in pub never mind the bookies

domestic has dried up totally here in i`m hoping to hear about some site stuff tonight will keep you all posted rates etc incase anybody intrested

been doing private work last 15 years in scotland worst i`ve seen it had to lay a couple of lads off not enough for reduced rates even

sounds right unless the patch is in the corner then do as above but pva the whole ceiling stick in the patch put some skim in it and start skiming opp corner and follow as above price sounds about right unless a lot of stuff to cover

mind and leave a vent somewhere for damp takes a while to come through but if your doing private work remember they all have family and friends and in a small place your name can be sh*t in no time

i prefer 2 coats but worked with a few old boys years ago in beguim they all only one coated got used to it quicker per metre but you need to go like to get it spot on

thistle dri-coat is pretty good for that about 7 quid a bag

shouldn`t have any probs there pretty straight forward just do as norm forget its foam

great granda ,granda and da were plasterers

mostly private i do need the transit if on site i use my gisxer

me and my granda did it when plasterers were plasterers no such thing as looking s..t im fourth gen plasterer

use a dead man when boarding or a bit of nine mm ply

check for under floor heating made that school boy error myself

seen a five bed done in a day inside and out in donegal 14 spreads five labourers 18,000 euros l&m

no such thing as to big an area we done a 197 sq m ceiling two spreads and a labourer stop beads are for stopping

take them off same as ceiling roses you wont learn to be a plasterer online go work for nothing with a plasterer for a few months invaluable i was lucky my granddad was a plasterer started when i was ten with him at weeekends set me for life

put a bit of cement in your water then mix your bonding in it goes off pretty fast then when your skim goes on you won`t get air bubbles other tip is put a bit of newspaper on it causes suction gets rid of the bubbles main thing dont panic comes to it just skim it again not like it`s a big gable end

keep it pretty flat keep your leading edge clean and don`t use to much water a couple of months with a plasterer you can pick this stuff up best thing you`ll ever do

i`m a bit stupid when it comes to computers will try but sounds complicated

i`ve had the horrible stuff peel off on me doing a ceiling beware!!!!

anybody seen a permashape with a wooden handle can`t go those rubber ones

only use applicator for corners useless on the flat

worked for bbc got to keep chasing them nicely lose the rag they make you wait 60 days

go free hand then when almost set run your finger down it inside a plastic bag old grandfather showed me that

throw a handfull of cement in your water then mix your bonding in dont pva the walls get the bonding on smartish will go off pretty fast ready to skim in half an hour or so