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Had my van bust into last night. It was on my driveway under a street light and they just went to the back doors and cut it open like a sardine tin then popped the latch and got in. Found it this morning but thankfully nothing taken as all my tools were left in customers house as been on same...

Just had a letter from HMRC fining me £100 for not filing last months CIS return. Now I know I definitely sent it as I do every month so it must have got lost in the post. It was a nil return anyway but I am going to appeal against the fine obviously as don't want to be just chucking my money...

Looked at a job today where the owner has created flats out of an old office block and now it is all finished he has realised there is a problem with noise transfer between floors. He has bought loads of Fermacell boards with which he would like me to price overboarding all the ceilings then...

Come on JJ where's the pics of those dodgy ceilings you were going to overskim after that dodgy Polish bloke fooked them right up? I want to see how bad these were if the painter refused to go over them. Get those pictures up for us all to see

Am thinking of installing a log burner into my lounge. There is no chimney for the flue to run through, I will have one coming out the top then bending back to go through the external wall behind it before running all the way up the external wall outside. It looks like I can buy everything I...

Not really much of a renderer but got asked by an old customer of mine if I can help him. He had his bungalow flat rendered about 9 years ago and its a very god job he got. All the render is still sound and looks good apart from in a few places he has what I think are salts bubbling through...

Mix M8 | The most advanced mixing tool on the market Can someone spend the £30 on one of these please and let me know if it is any good!! Feeling a bit skint at the moment but would be interested to see if it really can mix a bag off a cordless and clean so easily just for those smaller jobs

Check out this Sundays special offers from Aldi - get yourself a looky likey marshalltown for only a fiver and check out the price on their pva!!! I'm stocking right up while I can aldi.co.uk I just typed the email address, it's not a link as dont know how - someone help me out

Can anybody tell me the best place to get stainless steel eml from? I need approx 25m2 of the stuff. Would be good if you could provide a link to a one stop shop that will also be able to supply fixings and stainless steel screws also. Looked online and I can't believe the price of the...

Hello all. Have quoted to soundproof a big ceiling in a house. I quoted to rip down existing, insulate between joists with 100mm acoustic rock slab, board over in Soundbloc board and skim. Customer has accepted but asked if it is worth spending more and upgrading by putting an extra 50mm of...

Internal cottage wall currently painted brick. Customer has got hold of some dri-coat he wants me to render it with and then skim. Whats the best way of achieving the key? Just grind the walls all over which i dont really want to do because of the mess or could I just WBA it first thing and...

Internal cottage wall currently painted brick. Customer has got hold of some dri-coat he wants me to render it with and then skim. Whats the best way of achieving the key? Just grind the walls all over which i dont really want to do because of the mess or could I just WBA it first thing and...

I am on a job just now where the dining room needs a length of cornice putting in. Three of the walls (rectangular room) had cornice fitted when the house was built in the 80's the last wall did not. I think this was because the wall was left as exposed brick but I have plastered over it now...

Can anyone tell me the best place to get hold of some insulated backed plasterboard? I only need about 6 sheets of 8x4 with 12.5mm board and 25mm celotex or similar stuck to the back but really struggling to find any on line that doesn't charge stupid money for it. May just end up battening...

My neighbour wants to hang a massive 46inch plasma on his kitchen wall and wants me to bury the cables for him in the wall. Now I think that the walls are metal stud partition and only very thin so a couple of questions. Will the metal stud partition be made of just verticals or will it also...

I've got a job coming up soon where I have to plaster the party wall with a layer of Acousticel M20 AD followed by 2 layers of acoustic plasterboard. Anyone know what this Acousticel is and how I fix it to the wall? What size sheets does it come in and how do I cut it? Can i just dab 2 layers...

was trying to reply to you thread "look what its come to" but it was locked - whats all that about mods? Rockhard - phone me tomorrow 07957 645911 am skimming all day but leave a message and i'll call you back - John

Hello all. Been using this site for nearly a year now but never got round to saying hello or posting anything but thought it was about time I gave something back after all the laughs and top tips I have had off this forum since i found it. I have been plastering 6 years now and still enjoying...