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hello lads hope your all well Got a single brick outbuilding on the back of a kitchen Its freezing out there and the walls are soaking wet and full of black spot mold What you think the best way to solve and damp and condensation problems in the future? there is already an air vent shal i...

Hi lads hope your all well and working hard. Finally had my first go of k rend on my garage last week, scratched with base coat and mesh derbeyd and topped with k rend and derbeyd that too. gave it a day then scratched back overall it looks well...90% however there are a few smooth lines and...

Hi lads anybody got any good websites to sign up to for decent deals? I'm signed up to wickes already, they have some good offers once in a while.. Anybody recommend any more thanks fellas

Hello fellas skimmed a hallway over artex a few weeks ago went back to price more work the hall is a discrace. He has painted straight on with an old tin of vinyl silk shiney thick lines everywhere he's tried to fill out a few bits but not sanded the polly filler enough and went straight over...

Hi lads, I've seen a few single brick walls studded and insulated in different ways.. some with a polyethylene membrane behind the insulation some on top of the insulation/behind the plasterboard. seen both these ways with a breathable membrane too. Also kingspan sat flush to the brick then stud...

Hello lads, got 10 metre long wall to re dab and skim old boards was water damaged from a leaking roof so removed all the boards and about to redab but it's slightly still damp. Had heat on there seems to be drying out. Builders now asking for a scratch with waterproofer then re dab. What would...

hello lads. skimmed a huge ceiling Monday over artex..1st coat on, set down, set down again, another coat set that down trowel. trowel again and a dry trowel...my shoulder is goosed!! thinking one of these speed skims or refina spatulas on a pole could save a bit of graft and trowel work. which...

Hello lads, all the best for 2013. I skimmed a decent size lath and plaster ceiling over heavey artex a few months ago. I removed the original moulded panel, patched with bonding, scraped and WBA'd the ceiling then 2 coat skimmed and fitted coving. All went perfect. Few weeks later customer...

Hello fellas hope you are all busy getting the Christmas £ in. Had a customer coplaining about her nightmare neibours making noise. Anybody suggest a method to sort this out other than strangle their kids? Timber frame rock wool and sound proof boards? On walls and ceiling? Would this make...

hello lads hope you are all well and keeping busy. our main drill packed in a couple of days ago half way through a job so shot out and got a cheap whisk and threw it in a cheap old 240 drill i had. after a couple of days using it the labs been knocking up hipo buckets of finish in less than a...

hello lads hope u are all well. got an empty house reskim starting tomorrow.,got a lad pva'ing ahead of me, was thinking on putting food dye in the pva save him missing anywhere, anyone done this? any affects?? set faster slower weaken the pva? any advice would be appreciated thanks lads

Hello lads hope you're all well. I'm currently on a old, empty house, no central heating but all the windows are in. it's pretty cold so I've set up a few Cali gas heaters. I used WBA and pva 50.50 on the old silked Walls in a few rooms last night.. Started skimming this morning.. Going in...

I've had a dewalt the last few years which has been great a little bit on the heavy side but done the job. unfortunately its just took the knock. Any of you lads recommend a decent one? reliable, light powerful and preferably not too pricey. cheers lads

lads, looking for an experienced plasterer to jump on the odd render job with me, mainly for me to gain a bit more experience, i've been plastering full time since 16 (now 24) and can render but wouldn't like to take on some of the jobs i often get offered on my own. i have decent lads working...

Hi lads looking to try out this "k rend" I've read into it alot and I think Id be fine as I sand cement render, Id just like a bit of experience with the stuff. Any of you around the north west have a k rend job on can you give me a shout? im 24 been plastering full time since 16 have nvq level...

Hello lads got a small garage to render this weekend the bricky wants to brick up a window on Saturday when I've planned to scratch it, Wil I be ok to Scratch over his new brick or am I best rebooking it so it's got time to dry cheers lads.

not got much experience with screeding floors and damp but as this is for a mate so i thought ide give it a go. its a small hallway, all the tiles have lifted and the concrete floor underneath has crumbled, there is also some very minor damp on 1 interior wall in the hall.. any suggestions on...

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hi lads just been to see a job small box bedroom. window wall and exterior wall is full ov fungus on top of the wallpaper. is this caused by condensation, any solutions? ta lads

hi lads ive got a shower cubical, took all the tiles and plasterboard off about a meter high. one on the walls is studded so i will use aqua panel the other is bare brick, will it be ok to fix aqua panel straight to the brick or should i dot and dab with normal plasterboard and use waterproof...

lads just wondering the different ways you all give customers a price.. what do you recommend is the best way? ive worked for different lads in the past, some who write a price on a business card, some that just say a price and the customer will write it down etc etc...

went to price a job yesterday for some wally trying to renovate a building into student flats. was allsorts going on there. he had his brickie/plasterer useing k-rend straight over dash. in one coat. no mesh. :-\ can this be done??

guys thinking on getting a website done any of you's got any examples to show me(post your links below please) do they bring in much work? any dos or don't s if i decide to get one done?? thanks guys :)

http://constructionchemicals.co.uk/acatalog/tanking_membrane.html what do yous think on this for a damp proof??? seen a fella doing it at a job the other day. nocked back plaster 1m high, drilled holes and injected. naild this stuff in place, cut plasterboard to size and fixed straight over...

i skimmed an old garage conversion a few months ago. the customer called me back a weeks later as it had a few cracks when i checkd all the bonding coat had blown. hes rencently payed some1 400 to nock off dot dab an skim an is tryin to bill me! some1 please help me explain to the soft t**t...

hi guys thinking on doing a course in part p electrical. save paying a spark when ripping down ceilings, putting spotlights in drop down ceilings etc. £400 what do you's think? waste of money or worth doing?? if caught doing electrical work without it its a 5 grand fine!! do you guys do bits of...

guys... what mix to use for screeding over a concrete base??? what sand type and ratio and whether or not to use grano if so what ratio and with what sand.. any suggestions would be highly appreciated

when skimming tight bullnose corners where its awkward to get neat, (behind spindles etc) rip piece a bin bag wet stretch and pull up the bullnose leaves it pretty good. what do you guys think??

just off reading through the forums ive seen allot of you guys mentioning wba wickes bonding agent? ive never came across it. i use wickes allot so may pick one up to try out on my next visit what you think? any tips or advice would be highly appreciated

hi everyone im gary 22, plasterer from liverpool. run a small business based in north liverpool with my dad. turned to this forum as im always eager for tips and advice, more than happy giving advice and opinions too. look forward to speaking to you all!

im about to screed a decent sized floor in a new build extension. "spotmix" have previously been in and put a "too shallow" uneven base in. i would appreciate some advise on my next steps.. whether to run level batons 1st, whether to run batons around the perimeter of the room and work to that...