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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 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 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 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...

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 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

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...

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 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 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...

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 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...

Hi Lads Just wanted to know how u lads work out how mutch s&c and lime for your rendering do you used the calculators on line??? I hav got 100sqr mtr to do up to 22mm thick on 2 coats any help will be great many thanks again

Hi Lads Got a call today to see if we could help out with finding one of these a( roller pan mixer to hire) its for mixing lime and mud i will put the link up to the lads face book page , but thay are building a round house and need the mixer in about 3 weeks so if any one could point us in...

Hi all We hav been asked to skim 500sq m on boards in canterbury kent but carnt fit the work in need to know if any of you lads would be intrested in this work it should be starting in 2/3weels labour only will need a cscs and full ppe have been told that thay will be paying £3.00 a sq m...

Hi All Need some tips on using universal one coat as i carnt seem to get a good finish on it and also keep getting air bubbles in the plaster, working in an old house with no heating all the walls have been bonded (not by me) and its not the best job i have seen i did sart to pva but affter...

Hi lads hope u r all well we hav over boarded a ceiling today about 62m2 and removed the coving but when we where pulling the coving down we noticed that it had been scribed in to the corners and not cut the normal way using a mighter block so what i would like to know if any of u lads scribe...

Hi lads been approached by the uk trade federation to become one of there approved tradesman there is a cost of £349 per year and thay say thay can give you about 3 work leads a week is any of you lads part of the federation and dos it work for you would like to find out what your thoughts are...

hi hope u are all well Need a bit of advice got let down by one of the plasterers i use when busy becouse of the weather and got a 22sqm artex ceiling to get done tomorrow what do u use to hold the setting time back on multi as mixing up as well need to get this done so any help will be good...

Hi All got a call to go see some render that has blown ( pic to follow ) but its is about 3mm thick black all the way though and has a rough coat finsish and has been but on top off a white base witch has been scrached up could this be krend and am i right in saying that only people that hav...

Hi all got some lime plaster work to do but the room as been plastered boarded out now i know about dg27 witch u paint on the boards alow to dry ten apply the lime so would i be right in saying that pva and sharp sand would do the same thing as ive been told its the same as dg27 any of you lads...

just finished plastering two rooms and the owner has asked me to price up for rendering the hole house and the new extension and painting the hole thing as well now i hav done rendering but the odd wall ect nothing this big so first off is there any plasterers in canterbury that would like to...

Hi All ;D Just a quick one goning to price a job where there is aqua panel on the shower wall and been told that the costomer wants it skimmed ??? can you skim this i was told that it should be left and the joints taped up with water proof tape is this right or can you skim it the tilies she has...

Hi all ;D got to do a ceiling on monday in a flat the ceiling is concrete and is artexed the patten is broken leather going to bond it then two coat skim how long hav i got to leave the bonding befor i can skim it as would like to do it in one day its not a big ceiling used bonding befor on...

Hi all been asked to price some work up to repair the above finsh been told its terelean ??? but dos not look like the terelean that i know . http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab227/mshawplastering/IMG00105-20100628-2046.jpg...

hi all Whent to few a house the other day 200 years old and the front has been done in s&c render and has cracked every where there is also damp on the same wall on the inside of the house,so the lad wants lime render back on the front, now i know i will have to strip the render back to brick...

Hi all new to the forum and all ready need help ;D So here go's i hav been asked to do some work for a shop fitting company and thay hav ask if i can ( here go's ) skim concrete on to a MDF board 12mm the concrete needs to be 3mm thick this is for a shop display now can this be done?? can you...

hi all new to the forum and to plastering nvq 2 trained been plastering for about a year by myself so am sure i will be picking your brains a lot ;D ;D