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Hi Bobby will give them a ring this stuffs likes hens teeth lol

ok nice one will give them a ring many thanks

Hi lads Been asked to quote for a K LIME job in kent any one know where we can order K lime from tried all the places that do k rend but they seam not be not interested in k lime so any help would b grate all the best

hi lads architect done the spec it was timber build so it covred in b/paper theen battoned then paper then eml then a dupping out coat 3/1 then scratch coat 4/1/1 then he said top coat 5/1/2 but as said we think 2 lime is to much so going to go with 5/1/1 but will have a chat when we get back...

yer i think it is to much as well but thought i would ask any way will have a chat when i get back to finish it if the rain ever stops really bad in kent at the min doing my head now

hi lads hope u are well just got a qick one for you to sort we are on final coat for rendering and the speck says 5/1/2 2 being lime we have only ever put 1 lime in will two be ok i now it will dry whiter then normal but has any one else put 2 lime in the fine coat before we has asked the...

hi lads going to ring street wise suppie on monday will let you know what the out come is

hi lads we have had to tell people to remove goods i have 4 lads working for me and two sups never had a proplem but who would think of anything being hidden in a loft am going to chase the money but not becouse it would look i was in the wrong if i let it go but becouse am not going to be tret...

it has taken me 10 yers to build my busness with the painting side taking off now there is no way i would put all that hard work at risk feel gutted as we have done a lot of work for these people in past and have been left in the house loads of times with no problems really feel like i have been...

same as scottie5 only brush the cornners in

hi mate it was becouse of no evidence becouse the home owner could not prove that the money was even there thing is on friday the lady told me that becouse thay have emptyed the rooms for us to plaster that her son has no idea where the money went and it was in a plastice wallet but the...

Hi Lads Just been ripped off to the tune of £3000 by some one i have done work for in the past we just got the end of a job plastering and painting a large house we over boarded a room with down lights and went in to the loft to drill down to replace the lights and on friday the owner...

hi carlos like i said its on the walls on the in side and yes it was cut up to make a key with an angle grinder and it was going on at 10mm so yes it would of slid around as it did the reason for the thread was to ask for help with sbr or some thing to help with a key to stop it sliding and...

Hi lads did get advice from dpc company and that is there spec not mine and that is what that are telling us to do did say I was going to float hole wall in s/c that's why I had probs as could not get s/c to stick to the wall that's why I was asking and spr slurry as for rads that's down to...

Hi lads Got mix wrong on sbr it should b 1/1 sbr and water and then 4/1 protland cement the only thing am not sure about is do u wait till its dry then start to render or when it's sticky to start rendering on to it any help will b great many thanks lads

Sbr slurry that would b 1.1.1 with cement and sharp sand then brushed on left till dry or would u leave till tacky before you go on it with s.c

Hi lads Had some damp proofing done in a house that we are working in we have job of s&c on the lower half of the wall the speck says 10mm with water proofed 3/1 10mm at 4/1 and 5mm skim the prob is that after hacking off the wall at 1mtr the plaster is only about 8mm all over been told to...

Canterbury Kent mate

lol yer might have some probs fitting that in to a living room mate unlless its a dolls house ceiling of course

hi flynnyman lol your not the first person to say that mate i have bought 3 ceiling roses in all just wanted to ask round if any one new where to get the moulds from

hi lads just a quick one been looking round for moulds for ceiling roses cornices ect as would like to get in to the fibrous side of things have done nvq 2 in fabrous now been plastering for about 10 years anyone point me in the right direction or is it some thing u just build up as u go on any...

hi lads would like to try mp finish as got a shop to skim dos any one know where we can get some down in kent/canterbury

Hi lads We have 1 pallet of hp12 ( 67 bags ) and 1pallet of top coat York colour that are over on a job if any one interested let me know and we can sort out a price we r in Kent many thanks lads

Hi Lads i have been ask to see if i can find any plasters to work in sittingbourne plastering on boards and making good its for a company call jmc the lads name is steve i have the number the rate is £140.00 a day on making good and £3.00/£3.40 a sqr mtr on skimming must have a cscs card...

Hi Lads i have been ask to see if i can find any plasters to work in sittingbourne plastering on boards and making good its for a company call jmc the lads name is steve i have the number the rate is £140.00 a day on making good and £3.00/£3.40 a sqr mtr on skimming must have a cscs card...

Hi lads Been asked if we can use dryers in a flat to dry out the plaster so painters can get on with it quicker if you can what dryers would u use I was told inferred dryers ??? Any help will b great that's lads

yes you did my friend but no problem :-)

keithuk who the **** are u then and who said i was doing it am asking questions about k render so wind your neck in on jobs like this i normally sub them out but it helps if you know some thing about the product becouse un like you i dont know ******* everything ok is that ok with you then

thanks lads was not going to do the s & c scratch any way allwall as like u said if it gos wrong am in the sh:t big time as for top coat am saying 15mm as you need to scrap back about 2/3 mm so will leave u about 12mm so on that i will need 100 bags if 1 bag dos 1m2 what is the average...

hi lads hope you are all well Just a few things where can i get k render from in kent / canterbury am i right in saying that top coat will about 15mm will take 1 bag at 25 kg and should cover 1.3/1.5 sqr mtr i have looked all over the web but cant get any prices at all and how mutch...

yep same as gibbo we use the same render as we are useing for the rest of the job

Hi Gibbo the only thing i can find out about Thermotex is that thay make jackets for hotwater tanks ect are you sure you got the name right lol

Hi Lads yep £39 a bag thats sh.t loads but thats what thay hav asked for so we will price it up and go from there really just need a spec sheet really but not able to find any thing at the min but will keep looking on the net

Hi Lads hope you are all well We have been asked to render a house in INSOWALL have you lads used it before and could you give me a pointer on where i could get the product info on how to use it have looked on internet but dont seem to be able to find any real info apart from companys...

Hi mate like said try mike wye used him loads of times really good lime and also realy good on price as well

Hi Lads We have stoped using labs now all we seamed to get was lads that just wanted to stand and text all day even when we told them to leave the phone in the van it was as if we asked them to remove an arm or some thing its really hard to get a young land that wants to get on and learn the...

hi spunky all we have gave them is a bucket a spunge and a scraper lol thay are good lads so should be ok am expecting to do some making good of the boards carnt really get away from it on this job

Hi Lads went back round tonight and told her that we would not skim it as it was and we could not garantee that it would not crack or bubble but did stick two of the labs we have in on day rate to scrab it off for us so happy days then we will wba it and skim it lol

Hi Lads you carnt really scrape this stuff off the boards as it will destroy the board overboarding carnt really be done as there is coving in livingroom and hallway if i bond it carnt the papper still fail????

Hi All We went to look at a job today skimming a living room and hall way its all chip paper on looking behined the rad you can see that the paper has been put straight on to bare plaster board now i know if we try to strip this we will damage the boards so is it ok to scrape it back and...

Hi lads Just to let you all know this job has been filled ages ago just saying as still getting emails ref start dates many thanks for all the intrest m shaw plastering

Just after a gide price thats all never done one like this so dont know whats involved and wont even hav ago at it thats just the way we work hav got a company comng round to hav a look at it and quote for the job

Hi mate the job is in whitstable kent just need ball park fig really for sqr mtr as said will not be doing this myself as never done one like this so will sub it out if we pick it up

Hi All Can any of you lads help with this been asked to price a render job witch has to be insulated on the out side with celotex or some thing similar then rendered we have never done this type of rendering before and will sub it out so how mutch is this per sqr mtr to do have looked on the...

christ 50sqr mtr in one day by yourself on lime is going some if he is getting it in pallet form he has got to dig it out put it in a bucket get to a plasters bath empty it and repeat about 15 times then mix it in bath then start butting it on the wall not to mention wetting it down waiting then...

hi spunky No its not mate its a job that we hav had come on and we are stuck doing work for the council so wanted to find out if any of the lads on here would want to get involed before we let it go

Hi Lads Got a job coming up in about two weeks 20+rooms most lime work reboards ect no cscs needed but must be fully trainedand able to work with lime hourly rate will be 12.50 a hour 5 days should last about 4 to 5 months self employed if intrested and for more info email me at...

Hi Lads Phoned Mike Wye and been told to remove any old paint remove blown plaster and build back up then sand down walls to make a key then wet the walls down and skim thats it thought there would b more to it than that thanks for the help again lads

hi lads we have used dg27 to skim plaster boards with lime before not cheap was told that pva and sharp sand dos the same thing but dont think that would work if you ask me, and the price of lime i wont chance it was told to put two coats of dg27 on first coat allow to dry secound coat let...

Hi Lads got to skim over some walls ( all lime ) with lime putty or finishing plaster as some call it, now as for lime work i can do but i have never skimmed on lime with lime putty unless i have built it up from scratch so how do u get the lime to stick i was thinking scratch the walls right...