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Thanks people, some good advice here, not just for me, but food for thought for others that might be needing to change things up

Arturitus bad in shoulders and lower back, took 30 years to do it though, I had a good run but can't do it forever

Some good comments here, I've got to be honest, I didn't even think of snagging, I like the sound of that but I might be a b*****d as I can't stand sloppy work. I'm not sure I'm up for lying about work history, you always get caught out in the end, look like a right knob then

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I was gobsmacked, yes let someone else do all the worrying.

After 30 years on the trowel and declining health I made a decision to look for employment in something a bit easier, I went for an interview for a job banging picture frames together this morning, dead easy job. Well fook me if in the interview I was told because I had worked for myself all my...

Brilliant (y)

On reskim! None, it's only as good as the surface it's going on.

Seen this today, there's 2 people plastering in the house, god knows what it's like in there

A handful of spit usually makes it slid a bit better

Trowels are sold Thanks for looking

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£150 plus postage, unless of course you would like to pick it up! If you want to pick it up you can have all the 110 gear for free.

£35 plus postage sounds sensible

Opps I'm in somerset

Alright Boys and girls, it's been a while since I was last on here so I'm not up to date with what's going on. As the title says I am getting rid of some of my tools as I no longer need them, ie rifina mixing drill 110v mm30 with trany and leads, and 2 x14inch nela trowels, 1 is a nela flex...

Any trade that brings tools in the room I’m plastering

Don’t know the answer but I do know that the last time I used stilts I slipped and done the splits, that must have been 18 years ago, haven’t touched a set since

My local council are c**ts They charge you £4 per rubble sack and £8 for a rubble sack of plasterboard off cuts. It takes the piss. It’s in the quote as an option, ie, x amount for the disposal of rubbish unless the customer would like to get rid of it themselves

That’s just it, it was a bad Artex fan job, deep as fook, it took three bags to cover it, first coat had bonding in it to, it came good in the end, just had to leave it alone, but I was pissed off it had to be hard work, done hundreds in my nearly 30 years now so either I’ve lost my ability to...

Everbuild pva, prime 4ish to 1, dried in really fast, then next pva coat was neat as directed on the tub, took a while to go tacky but I pissed about doing other bits so it was completely dry by the time I came back to it, that one poxy ceiling took 5 and a half hours, gear was tearing in the...

Yeah I know, pva was well gone before I put any finish on, same thing I tell other spreads about the pva

Tell me about it

Driving me off my f**k**g head this finish is, I’ve not had a single decent bag since before Xmas 17 mtr ceiling, fan Artex, 3 f**k**g bags of finish, each coat pulled in well I’m a 40 minute drive from the nearest merchant and I haven’t even got a half bag knocking about in the van to sort this...

I’ve got one I find it more of a pain in the ass remembering I’ve got it, makes a great floor scraper though

Batten, board and set if your that concerned (y)

I’m on Monday and Tuesday but that’s it for a bit, it’s always 200 mph before Christmas to get everything done and then spend most of January scratching my ass

I can’t work out if he is being genuine or if he really does need help

How long you been a plasterer Andy? I honestly can’t be assed to explain a rolling set, I thought you would of known what I was on about in your other thread, my mistake. I’m sure there are probably other threads on here somewhere that you can read through that cover the rolling set technique...

Try some extra time additive. 4 bags in one mix is flipping hard work mind you. You might find you can do more mixing up smaller amounts and rolling your sets. You said before you was only putting on 3-4 bags a day, you said 30-40 mtrs. You could easy double that by rolling your sets and not do...

norman moss

ive still got my old tyzacks, still mint

but the finish hasn't changed a bit, just the spec lol, i remember seeing bags a few year back saying 1mm first then 2 mm second i thought some numpty messed up the print, then it went 1mm first and 1mm second, piffel waffle

do most things dont like screeding anymore, just get flow screed in. not enough call for fiberous around here and no call for Venetian

nice work there, i find repointing very therapeutic (y)

see what the walls are like when the roughcast is off, if its ok then repiont it as mentioned above, if it looks crap then lime render it with nhl 3.5 and a good coarse sand

The nest

I was on it last night

Hello welcome Lots of good advice on here mixed in with the usual piss taking.

I’ve got a few nela trowels, 12 inch premium, 14 inch premium and a 14 inch nela flex. I personally like the cork handles and blade width on the premiums. I can lay on quicker with the 12 inch than the 14 inch, the 14 inch seems to vibrate a bit, it doesn’t have any affect on finish but I don’t...

Depends what type of building I’m working on, sometimes it’s a float finish then sponged off and other times a steel trowel, like I said depends what type of building I’m working on and lime spec.

I know what you mean? I’m driving the family nuts because I can’t stay still.

What was it doing? What background and prep if any needed.

Merry Christmas everyone All the best for 2019

You will do better when your feeling better about yourself names not rich Not jealous, been there done that, learnt my lesson from slogging it all day long. You wasn’t even born when I started on the trowel. I like your come backs, they are fun

:LOL: Every time

Lo Ok I’m logging out for a bit lads. Take care friends love it, rattled lurpaks cage :LOL:

I bet it’s not 170

He might be working on the same site as you, he’s go no chance against your 17 bags a day