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Good man enjoy. Nothing nicer than a change of scenery, especially with the present weather

Ah yeah its just life isn't it. A biggish job with about two months work fell through on us at the last second and then with all the bad weather before Christmas three private house that should of been ready before now aren't even ready yet so left a bit of a hole to be filled. As always...

Only kidding anyways. Unfortunately work has been held up here a lot since Christmas and only going to get back into a right run of it on Monday so like the song goes "money's too tight to mention". Ah not that bad but a busy while ahead so it will be head down for a while like.

Wonder would the cost of flights be covered as a prize :birra:

Hi there haven't been on here much since Christmas with life and all. Are you still out working with the same fella. If so hope it's going well for you. Any updates ??

Unfortunately there has been a serious increase in the amounts of suicide cases in our part of the country over the last twenty years or so. Fortunately though depression is no longer a (dirty word) and there is far more understanding and people are far more educated towards it. The singer...

Well lads and ladies another year year over and another about to begin. Here's hoping everyone has a happy healthy and prosperous year ahead of theme.

Oh that could open some can of worms allright :LOL:

Happy Christmas to all on here

Happy Christmas to all on here and may next year be better than the last

We finished on Monday. Fire cert problems not sorted on next job. Back on 3rd of January. All skimming in a hotel.

Definitely have to agree there with yea. Only use the medi on the last rub butility like all things plastering timing and conditions are most important

Duffys tool shop in Ballina near the post office stock some of the Nela trowels. Not a bad man to deal with either @hail hail

Welcome along. As the lads say the books wouldn't be much use to you. It's as much about the feel of the trowel and experience wich you only gain through practice

I have a Nela mediflex for about the last six months or so. Only really use it on the last trowel and find you can finish a bit sooner with it. As in less black in the wall. I will say this though it's not always suitable. Sometimes you do need the good old reliable Marshaltown for the gauge...

Any fella I trained up on the tools over the years always started labouring. As I explain to them some day they are going to need to be able to train up a labourer themselves. As @Nicm pointed out though if you don't get them young enough there's not much chance in moulding them into what you...

There called investment bankers :LOL: Or thief's is another word for the aforementioned

Don't use it then :LOL: Sorry about that, just couldn't resist :tarjetaroja:

If only they had squarish corners at the heel.

Amen to that :LOL:

Some plumbers hey :aburrido::lol:

Yea it's getting more and more that way over here too. Boys with business degrees and then have a few codgers on day work for the shitty bits and then give out crazy prices. Had one ringing lately wanting skimming done (over others sand and cement :envidioso) In stairwells for €4 a metre. Guess...

L That's pretty piss poor alright. Better if you can walk measures really cos as we all know floor area can mean way different amounts of wall area.

Or maybe he's still plastering that "big ceiling ";)

Will do a few bits if only to keep sane :D

All the best to your cousin @Tinytom

Years ago when I started nearly everything was scudded but in the boom that all went by the wayside. I only really scud if the need is there. As in the block layers muck having been laced with mortiser, the joints been left shiny from the back of the trowel from them or so on. Or of course the...

Not looking good so far :mad::mad:

I have an idea who the nut job you refer to is and wouldn't particularly like being compared to him. You are starting to remind me very much of another lad from this county !!!!

Some in Mayo are busy but an awful lot of lads are in Dublin or other places working. There is a few pockets of work here and there around mayo but yet there are areas with nothing at all happening. As agreed though plot plus expenses =far more than finished product value unfortunately...

Some people :muyenojado: and then they say that proper plasterers are dear:lol:

Now that would be telling wouldn't it :envidioso:envidioso

As I said in a later post, balance became an issue in the end. Lucky enough I was up against a wall

There bad enough in normal conditions. Now they have an even bigger illusion that they know better than everyone else how to get about in icy conditions :muyenojado::muyenojado::muyenojado:

No wonder you big hairy ape yea :whistle::whistle::whistle:

Was years ago mate and she was definitely one of the wilder girls you'd meet :LOL: Was just something different to try for her. Balance became an issue though at the end :frenetico:

Ha ha. Don't matter to me if someone else god knows where in the world believes me or not. Just stating the facts of the question that was asked. Have had plenty of flirting but that's the only real action (unfortunately )

Got BJ when I was on the stilts once. From the customers daughter.

Just what your used to it suppose. Doing it both ways for years so just used to it I suppose :lol:

I do it both with and without a corner trowel. If the gauge is going fast it's harder to keep the line from the edge of some of them out of it, also just something else to be doing if your under pressure. If it's put on neat in the first place there's no problems trowelling it out rightly at...

Take it on the chin mate. Tell her she ain't doing no more prep work for you as this is where the problems stem from. If she says no to you doing the prep work well then it's your choice to stay or go. More than likely your going to end up being the big baddie in all this. Customers like that...

Was on a two storey roof before to redo a chimney. Slates were stripped back from the Base of the chimney (just not enough) Anyways as I went to move from one side to the other for nailing the stop beads I missed my footing and ending up sliding a fair distance down the roof. Hammer rapidly...

Also like the finish at the top of the front door :sorprendido3::wtf:

Heat plus that sort of suction don't make for a happy plasterer :tarjetaroja: Sbr/uni bond and redo. Tell the client though the temperature has to be dropped a lot though to allow for normal drying even straight after you've finished

Unfortunately mate if you don't know what your doing in this game, wich by your questions you don't then the finish is the problem. Not trying to be smart with you just realistic

Then again an awful lot depends on location location location

My god such accuracy too !!!!!!! :p:p:p

Listen to what the fellas are trying to tell you (in so many ways :whistle:) Get a plasterer and get the job done right the first time. Will be money well spent in the long run and inevitably work out cheaper. The whole hostility thing you may have sensed is because we've nearly all had a failed...

No the labourer was mixing it for the machine. It's really only for skimming this machine to the best of my knowledge. Will find out the exact one it is on Tuesday (if I think) been as I won't see him till then. I haven't really had much to do with it TBH as I'm usually spatting and troweling...

He'll if it makes our lives a bit easier and allows us stay at it for a few more years then it's got to be a bonus (I think )