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A, if it round the corner from my house

get a plastic trowel

bit on the cheap side, id of gone in at 3,500 - 4,000

well that was a interesting read lol, i think everyone moans about the trade they do (or there jobin general) but in the long run how many people can say 5 years ago they were earnin good money week in week out? the trade will pick up again and at the same time hopefully kick all the chancers out

ive used it a few times, i found it a good place to get more jobs from. I have a 6 jobs off one that i got off there. But i bet there is alot of people messing tradesmen around

do you mean he's supplying the mats? id say 300 cash is ok

ive got 8 rolls of 170mm rockwool insulation if anyone is interested make me an offer local pickup only

im workin right through xmas only got xmas day and boxing day then back at work untill about mid jan then off away for 10 days. Had to put work off so all the people wanting it done before xmas can

id of loved to seen his face

3.3kva transformer - 35 2 110v halogen lights just the small ones that sit on the floor - 10 each or both for 15 all 3 items are new but not boxed local pick up cause of weight

i would check about college paying cause i tried in august and they said it was only an offer for a certain time and it had finished.

i only need 2 bags tho will they sell them in that small of quantity

were can i get this from ive been to my local wickes and b&q but they dont sell it

first hi and welcome, rite to get on to the part of the course i wouldnt get a loan to pay for it. Try and get in with a plasterer to labourer on him (thats what i did although it was machine plastering) and see if he will send you to college 1 day a week. If not just stay with him if he will...

i think your on to something there, when i was at college even the apprentise chippies were able to put a peice of twisted skirting on straight. id put a straight edge down the wall to make sure

that the best phrase ive heard in a long time Nice 1

i recon 3 rooms is do able in 2 days if everything is out and with a lab beading up for you

dam it, really didnt wanna drag it over 2 days

im rendering a column for a friend its maybe 1ft by 6ft, i was mainly wondering if i would get away with doing it in one day rather than putting it on then coming back. What is the worst that would happen?

i use the 18 mt steel for flattening and finishing off

They are a company that do metal partition walls so i hope they know how to put the boards on them selfs, ive give them a price of 3.50m2

i was only wanting a rough guide, its just big straight walls with 4 windows in total, ive seen pictures of the area and ive worked for the customers before. The issue is its about 80miles away from me so its not like i can pop over there, so main thing was is it worth taking another spread with...

Thats the sort of lab you need to keep you going, im sure he doesnt come up with some crap excuise for not having a mix ready

just been asked to go skim 150m2 on plasterboard, all the boards are fixed so its just a case of skimming it. They are supplying all mats. My main question is how many m2 can you guys do comfortable as i need to give a price but unsure on how many days. Oh and its all walls no ceilings

is he from scunthorpe? if so i think its a guy i know and he has got a machine

I am working in sales and getting privates all the time... I did an 18 metre ceiling last week and my mate with 30 years exp looked at it and said was a nice job considering... I love that, what is it considering, that you have only been doing it for a few weeks or what. Put it thus way go...

be a labourer for a plasterer then learn it that way, after a six week course i wouldnt let someone in my house to do the work. you wont learn everything you need to after 6 weeks.

if the problem is to do with the drain or something like that i dont see why you would need to use lime plaster if it isnt already, but if you was to do it i wouldnt just to patches best off doing the full wall

i just put a new olive in and quickly put it back over the pipe, i know this isnt the best way but i was dripping wet any way and i was bord of having my thumb over it for nearly an hour waiting for my dad

Must say ive never heard of anyone ever draining a hole system to take a rad off??? i have taken one off before at my sisters a few years back. and the hole vavle came off so havent touched one since

do that, thats how i started never bothered with college or any course (wish i had some sort of qualification now) but ive seen "spreads" that do these courses and they are still only at the labourers stage. Im lookin at going to college to do a plumbing course just so im happy removing...

it looks like it to me, theres another one in the corner near his tools

im the same as oasis, if i have work that i cant fit in (isnt the case so much at the min) i will give a few people a ring that i have worked with before and say ive got x amount of days worth of work its worth 170 a day to you and then its up to them if they take it or if they take a lab. I...

jobsworth springs to mind

easy fill it, just to keep him happy

Im doing a job in huddesfield thats a barn conversion, and we are using limelite from tarmac, never used the stuff before, but from ive been told its easy enough

im not paying for the spark, im cutting my loses

ive never charged a family member, they pay for the mats thats all

nope i got the 300 that was ment for just the reskim, they havent had the bill yet but the sparky told me it would be about 150

id do anything for family and close friends, but once they get funny the next time they want a favour they get the whole im busy now but in a few weeks then never bother.

thats all they wanted a quick cheap job, i really cant be arsed with all the legal crap the extra work im not bothered about that, its the fact that they expect me to pay for the sparky. And telling me that they have spoke to someone in the building trade and that it is my fault and i should...

well the spark has already said it wasnt my fault, 1 cause it wasnt put in by a sparky and 2 cause it ran horizontal across the window when your only allowed to do that upto 2inches below the window(sparkys words) i have public liability and employers liability insurance, i wasnt to bothered...

nice one mate hope you get plenty of work

right i started a job on monday for a woman a friend had recomended me to her. Got there monday morning and 8.40 10mins late, so she was naging about me been late. Then i started scrapping the artex back int the kitchen, went to put a angle bead on round the window when bang went straight...

domestic for the money site for the laugh with the lads

yeah theres no dents or scraps and the body work is nice and shiny,

used some of them so now just want them gone, free to any one who wants them, theres about 15bags

ive got a hiace, best van ive had yet, really want a transporter, just cant afford 7k

Ive been looking into to this and its saying to use a polyurethane straight edge, ive got a normal one isnt this any good? or am i better off buying a polyurethane one?

How would you guys mix it? in a mixer or with a drill