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what's wrong with just being tidy in the first place?

use soundcheck boards. I find the extra weight makes them easier to balance

twice ive ad to go to hospital. If its not rinsed out quick enough, the lime will burn through the protective membrane of the eye. this membrane will heal,but in the meantime, the eye is open to the risk of infection. If the eye is still irritable next day, worth checking out

I always usta get the first coat as flat as possible when laying on. This is how i had been taught. Now i fire on the first coat,don't worry about it being neat( to a certain extent),then go back and quickly flatten it before second coat. Trust me, much easier,quicker and better finish. Anyone...

student accomodation at £2.50 per metre. I'll one coat special 5 million pound house in cheshire at £5. I'll two coat. Always. A good finish can be achieved by a skilled one coater, NEVER as good as two coats though

pair of £6 joggin bottoms and a multi pack of t-shirts from primark. Just bin em when theyve had too much stick (cheaper and less earache than breakin the washin machine)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get it done in hologram. You know where you see two different images depending on light/angle etc.

yeah, sorry pal. You know the score.

Get it right first time, no point in guessin. As we say up Yorkshire

I usually remove furniture, carpets and floorboards from the floor above appropriate ceiling. Couple of small pilot holes drilled from above, replace carpets and furnishing. No mess. Job done.

only messin

A pain, but sometimes youv'e got to do em. Question is, When using an angle trowel. Do you use the angle trowel simply to flatten the plaster? Or to both flatten and APPLY the plaster? Iv'e seen good plasterers do both. Personally, I apply plaster with normal trowel and only use angle trowel...

just how accurate is it though?

epoxy resin is great for beading up. It goes off quick enough for your trowel not to disturb bead when plastering. Skim or float. Plaster of paris also does the trick

On a job at mo. No vests or shorts allowed. Just throw a t-shirt over your vest and wear some light jogging bottoms over your shorts. Ha, Ha. If they only knew

Alternatively, you could record distance the from floor to ceiling, subtract your own height and set your stilts at a measurement that accounts for the distance between the crown of your head and the soffit height. This always works for me.

We'd have to get over the "reflective hazard" issue in order to prepare a risk assesment.

health and safety wont allow miner's hats on site anymore. You might get away with it on smaller sites.

Always bring some candles and a box of matches with you if working on a site with no natural light. This way, you will never be caught out again whilst skimming in the event of a power cut.

Are there times when one coat skimmin may be justified, or is it bad news full stop?

Hi Pal, It's Colin. Originally from Huddersfield, live in Leeds but now temporarily Stuck in the smoke.

No mate, I'm Yorkshire. Parents are Irish though.

B&Q used to do 6 and 8 ft ally feather edges, reasonably priced. Don't know if they still do em tho. I haven't bought one for a few years.

Tryed all these in the last two weeks Braddons, C&G, Sudburys, BDL, Shortlands, Screedforce, OCL, Maldens, Astins, Merlins, Conneelys, RPN, Lightweights, Robert E Lees, Stamfords, Progressive, Toveglyn. All are full up. Can any of you guys from London tell me if i've missed any. p.s...

This happened to me about 5. years ago. I went through a two week period where the skimming was tearing while i was troweling up. Initially i was blaming the pva but then i went over some pb and the same thing happened. All of a sudden the problem just disappeared. It was an absolute nightmare...

Cheers for that Barryed. Phoned them up, said they may have something. We'll see what happens. Are McDermotts still operating? I worked for them years ago. Tried phoning them today but can't get thru on the number i've got. I even tried BDL.

Hello everyone, I'm a plasterer with eighteen years experience who's currently looking for work. I'm originally from Leeds but at present I am based in Palmers Green, North London. I left Leeds last year, the building industry up north had come to a virtual stand still. I managed to keep...