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I agree with Jack the Lad I've been plastering 43 years still love it 7 days doesn't bother me. Nice to be in demand.

The monsters sound great, but I love Jaffa Cakes, Sainsburys doin best offer Steve.

Have noticed builders merchants still creeping prices up. But seems B&Q trying to help by dropping Multi finish price, any body know of any great deals.

I'm doing the same to my Toyota Hiace so I can get 6x3s in flat.

I still prefer the Mcdonalds answer a while back.

i have never scrimmed screw or nail heads, especially when we used to use dute scrim. Crazzzzy.

Bonding, in thin scratch coats no problem.

I'll pick up in the morning.

All of BGs stuff seems crap lately,had multi go off to its dark colour but still soft on spot board.Always the same every year between November and February.

Looks great Rich,really quality work, can't show you any of our work aint got none.

We use Leighton sharp sand with a touch of soft, but find the soft sand varies in colour and texture quite a lot.

Got anything I can skim Rich.

Me £200, other spread £170, labourer £70= £440 Lets hope I get it

Thanks for all your comments everyone, one thing it sure points out what a massive difference in prices across the country.Expensive I maybe but I seem to have struggled through for over 35 years.

Yea your right there we all need to up our anti to keep us the pay scales we're worth it for the time it takes us to learn our trade and become perfectionist and that dentist, doctors ,plumbers and any skilled person relies on expertease...........Rant over.

Must of lost their screw driver.

Nice one freerider, your getting near, all I know my old shoulders hurt after doing it, but that's another debate later Osteopaths.

That's interesting, we bring our waste home and a licensed waste guy comes to collect once a fortnight and charges anything between 60- 80 pounds but no receipt. We are know changing to having a skip delivered and receipted.

Had early day, but no pint

Well I know 45m of ceiling I couldn't manage on my own but £250.00 to cheap.

Compelted 45m2 ceiling last week, done lots of work for builder but detected a down turned lip when I told him the price.I've only charged what I normally charge. Had myself and another plasterer and a labourer who's very good at skimming to, just want to know your comments. Deliberately not...

I usually 3 coat hardwall oasis scratching each coat as i go then second coat straight away and so on. Get very little cracking.

Stick to your price church, quality can not be bought at any price. I usually say to my customers when I'm in the same position, you'll always find someone cheaper just as you will find someone dearer but sorry that's my best price.

Put finish all the way down external corner, push bead on,simples.

We worked yesterday heavy snow all day, got home no problem, then managed to get van stuck outside my own house, needless to say didn't work today everything Iced up. In total lost about 7 days since before Chrimbo down to weather.

I've tried to use them but failed, kept getting head ache.

I always use a labourer. I start them off knocking up then progress them to trowelling up as well, then onto floating, outside work dashing you name it. They learn the trade and i usually get good labouring for 3-4 years and then when they are good enough, I encourage them to go off on their own...

Can't you press some exmet sheets into each coat you do. Surely at that thicknes you'll end up with a load of cracking.

I found silver scrim best sticks like s*** to the proverbial blanket.Even sticks to hardwall when scriming ceiling edge to plasterboard ceiling.

Great Idea will put to use next time.

Surgical gloves work for me, creams just made my hands crack even easier,only trouble with the gloves it smells like I've been working in a Durex factory smell don't go until wash my hands couple of times.

We get our insulated plasterboard for about £15.00 that's 30mm thick and 8 x 4. But just found a great adhesive as long as walls are straight, its non solvent so won't melt polystyrene and goes off solid in about 15 Min's. Screw fix sell it but you have to buy the gun as well. The stuff is...

I only do work now for perhaps 2-3 builders so most of our work is domestic, for example today we did a 3.7x3.7 bedroom ceiling scrape poly tiles off, bag up waste. Plasterboard ceiling 9 boards and skim clear up and hoover £ 360.00 which I don't think is too bad. But a lot of builders are now...

I would love to put these sort of conditions in the quotation but its just another hurdle to put in front of the client. So on a large contracted job most certainly, but for domestic work perhaps like some one else said a phone call a couple of days before.

I have had it myself, but only occurs on light weight blocks, but gives the same result as overplastering

I doubt if you'll get any fee back unless you had it detailed in your written quotation, under your terms and conditions.

Hi every one Just joined forum and want to introduce myself. I've been plastering to long to mention but would like to know opinions on multi finish around from time period of November to early Feb, does anyone notice a difference during these time periods, forgive me if you already had this...