@stuart23 @Casper any ideas of any great places to holiday in Scotland with kids for the summer were going to visit my Oldman and step mum first for a few days on the outskirts of Edinburgh
I used @tapit beadfix tape on good Friday on a kitchen where 2 walls were completely bonded out and skimmed after the whole skimcoat had came off after removing tiles and the other walls just re-skimmed, the reveals around the back door I used bostik grit and although the tape worked in holding...
I skimmed out a kitchen on monday,I went back today to complete the diner and on the biggest wall in the kitchen it's all crazed by where the sun was shining on the wall through the sliding doors there was no sign of it while I was there soon as the wall got brown patches I gave it a final swipe...
Sponge float skimming talk to me,a local fellow spread has been bending my ear about it for years but I've never bothered with it, what's everybody's opinion on it I'm trying not to knock something i havent tried but I've never saw the concept of flattening your work with a trowel just to sponge...
Since I downed the tools in april I've turned into del boy trotter since lockdown I'm drinking pina Colada's gin&tonics dissarono sours I've even found the missus cocktail umbrella's to put in my drinks been pissing her off while shes been at work I'm in the garden living it large in this lovely...
I went to quote a job yesterday for a living room ceiling it's all artex and thick f**k off swirls and flower petals and has had about 15 coats of paint by the look of it as usual the customer has coving up so can't overboard it, I'm gunna magic mix and skim it but dont want to chance using pva...
Is it me or does everybody else's kids snack like f**k**g crazy through out the day couldn't believe how much s**t my 7 year old had to snack on it's only since I've been off work I've noticed what he's eating the little f**k*r that will change I'm gunna do the food shop this week instead of the...
I've got a 24" refina ergo grip skimming spatula with the 1-2m extension pole for sale in excellent condtion it's pretty much brand new I've only used it once as I prefer the ox speedskim and the plastic blades
Hi guys just some advice on this tool if anybody has one, I was thinking of getting one these but the blade is 0.3mm like a s*p*r*lex trowel, is it any good for flattening coats of multi/board finish looking at using it on ceilings most off the time
Hi all I've been finding multifinish is becoming greasy again,on Friday I had a hall stairs landing to reskim and it happend on everywall I skimmed once I flattened in the second coat I left it to go tacky and pull in ready for the first trowel up,once ready I applied a little water to the...
I went to quote a job today it's just one wall it's blown to f**k and needs to come off to brick but there is fancy coving all around the room and the customer doesn't want me to take it off I've been a site monkey for years so new to domestics to any spread thats experienced in domestics is it...
Did anybody get done with the cat paw when they was apprentices or starting out with a spread I did it today to a 21 year old can't believe I remembered it, he wasn't best pleased tho the miserable b*****d
Basically I'm doing a freebie for a mate of mine who's a sparky his house he bought had no earth cables upstairs so he's had to re-wire after I just finished plastering all his rooms downstairs he's cut out like 7-8 circle holes in his hall way he's screwed all the pieces of board back up but...
Hi guys just a quick question I know us spreads have our different ways of doing things but I was working in Surrey last week and I came across this spread from london,was a great spread been at it ages we was both skimming and then I noticed after a while when he was trowelling he barely used...
Hi I could do with some advice I quoted a customer 850 to board and skim a loft conversion it's not a very big loft 2 days work at best he's decided to board it himself to save on cost so I went round to have a look on Sunday and some of the boarding is s**t it's a vaulted ceiling aswell where...
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