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Hello again. Since my last post I have seen the floor for my self... Its definately a rough surface full of cement and small stone. Its been chucked in any old way and is not flat by any means. It also has 2 suspicious looking crevises running across the floor. They seem like they may have...

ok guys. I think a couple more photos are now in order. Ill try and get them today or tommorow. Ive only seen that patch of the photo i took, and my in-experienced eye tells me it just rough concrete with a definate aggregate in there. The indentations in the surface of it are where I was...

thanks guys - some helpfull stuff there. ive enclosed 3 photos. 1- of the old screed coming 2- a bit more - 3- a picture of the concrete subfloor that im on about.. @mark ive pm you - thanks... when you say prime before the slurry, do you mean with sbr aswell? you also say...

thanks yes ive been reading up... and it seems theres no chance of it being 20mm. Ive had another look and the old screed is only about 35mm. So theres no chance of it being higher than this. Any thoughts#

Hey up, I was at a house today, the floor screed has totally delaminated from the concrete slab. Its a kitchen floor in an 1900`s house. Its about 45mm thick and is coming up no question about it. There is a concrete slab underneath that has not cracked and therefore leads me to believe...

thanks, will the wba definately hold the dabs plus boards... and also is not a case of how strong the silk paint is. I know ive said i cant remove it but what about when its had boards dabs and skim hanging off it for a few years? thanks

Hello guys Im drylining a kitchen on wednesday, but the walls painted old more than one layer of thick silk magnolia paint, - Ive gone at it with old screwdrivers and tried to score it - no chance..... I think theres green paint under some of it... So I need help as im stuck and dont...

::) ::) ::)i did ask the same question in my first post and it wasnt answered then either ?... anyway i would send you but i heard your rough :D :D :D

how thick should the laths be? ta

Hey up as the title says. basically im going to use 25mm celotex sheets which are foil backed. Then plasterboard and skim. So i was thinking of fixing 25mm deep laths onto the external wall and then putting/cutting the celotex between them and then screwing the plasterboards to the laths...

nice 1 - ive got some 8 by 100mm screws somewhere. the ones similar to that link where you pop the rawplug in and just tap the screw in after...

Hey up going to be sticking some of these on a stair wall at this customers house, just wondered how many screws per board you guys would put in and where abouts? also would you put the screws in whilst the dabs are still wet or later on when they have set.? What length screws are we...

anybody tried this stuff. bout £7 a bag. does it stand up to the job? ta

yeah thanks its a good point and ive been and checked. the staircase is in as its an old house and the stringers will allow for the 40mm. ta

Hey up Ive gota do a stairwall at someones house with some 30mm thick thermal boards and wondered if normal board adhesive is ok, ill also be putting as couple of long screws in aswell. thanks

I couldnt it was already brick external wall of house inside conny. As Chris said 9mm board fitted tight but just right. Sound job in the end, I turned round and skimmed it in the afternoon. thanks for the replies

Hey up As the title says. 1) How high off the ground should i finish the boards,. I was planning on using 2peice packers of plasterboard. The reason I ask is because after Ive board and skimmed it, there will be illaminted flooring going down which is 5mm-10mm thick. (then 2inch skirting)...

whats the diff between west ham n jacko west hame will still be blowin bubbles next seasonjavascript:void(0);

hey up. just wanted to start a bit if discussion with regards to peoples different outgoings for their work. For example how much money from each job or each weeks work people like to put aside for everything, such as tools, insurances, overheads, transport etc etc,. ta

which of them overheads as a subcontractor do you cut out ???

300 for less than a days work, tut. 120 will do me.

@mat01 ive just pissed my self laughing hahahaha

xmas decorations ???

rich i gota say i only ever used multi on wba and definately found it wasnt coming out perfect. it was from information from this forum that i tried board finish with wba, and hey presto the finish was bang on. segs said its to do with board finish NOT needing as much suction from the...

yes its a weird thread, but spunk you just had to get involved didnt you :-* :-*.

nobody has ever said board for artex, they have said board for wba.....

all rich ever talks is porkies, (french word) ;D

billy some peeps really hate it when others like urself get what they want and cant get, . fair play if you get the tips. ;D :D

u were right to 2 charge what u did 150 a day, very good, had u of said 500 then u probably wud not of got the job ;) ;) nice work kid

hahaha :D dont tell him

hey chriss what are slacks?

1pm ??? wimp

i dont understand the reason he is being a c unt.. why? obviously 2mm will never be seen by the naked eye and will look good when painted. but mainly wont it cost more unesserecary money to have it patched and re-skimmed??? so is he just on a power trip or does he have valid reasons???? fair...

:D haha i got beaten by 2 people. >:(

as rock hard solid said you should never have a four way joint, the same as ceilings. stagger the joints however much over one full board it is. thing is Lucius instead of putting the cut at the top and then at the bottom of the next board, - its easier just to move the cut over half a board...

but in the upper hand iv priced £1450 for 80m2 of skimmin and got the job ??? thats nearly £20 a sqaure metre, how did you manage to get that? :P am i missing something here?

20% plus class 2 £2 per week and then at the end of the year the NI man takes out a pointles class 4 aswell, another 7% or 8% of your gross earnings.... >:(

is that a yes or no? what about class 2 and 4

do you take your 30% deductions from that day rate as well ???

i enjoy a reach around of the missus :o :o :o

the tip over my way allowed my 8 black bags of plasster hacked of MY house walls, - (lie) just this once. but said in future only 4 black bags are allowed. i had to empty each bag in to a seperate skip away from the other skips, under the supervision of one of the tip workers, who was there to...

Just interested in the different types of security systems people have on their vans. more so with regards to stopping the little b..........s getting the doors open for the tools, rather than alarms to stop them being nicked. Ive seen some vans with monster padlocks on all doors. Any info...

scum of the earth >:( >:( sorry to hear that..

hes gona be angry now!

thanks folks

didnt say anything about wholes block walls m8. Yes i truly belive i need it. ::) the blocks i was refering to are above some doorways where some of the dabs would be on the lintels them selves and the blocks are proper dusty, so i was worried about the dabs sticking to the lintels and...

@richard brown - ta ;D

@ kebab king - good advice m8 ;D - your learning how these forums work. yeah ill do it proper like. ta as for work wish i had it everyday. :-[

u say u have wba`d it. have you put scrim all over it aswell over the cracks?

@Pug - was gona use the wba stuff as an adhesive not primer. as for the blocks im just a bit worried about how dusty they am. but like you say wetting them will probably be ok. probably use the stuff on bricks though. @TonyM - thought bond it came in 10litre tubs. i just know bond-it needs...