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  1. northyskim

    Multi finish cost

    What's everyone paying for multifinish at the moment Multi in my local merchants just gone up to £10.20 a bag
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    disorganised customers

    this year has been a nightmare with customers not being ready walking in to bedrooms to skim them and all their stuffs still in their floors covered in clothes turned up to do a bedroom ceiling last week customer had forgot i was coming and filled the room with new bathroom suit and kitchen...
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    expanding

    having spent many years working on my own i decided to employ a labourer had him a few months with intention of teaching him to plaster but now it feels like im having to work double hard t o cover his wages althou it makes life abit easy sometimes i sometimes wonder if would be easier just...
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    best training course

    never had no dealings with weber monocouche renders anyone recommend any training courses
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    Render coating

    Finishing
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    hardwall on old bricks

    normally just soak em with water out of spray bottle but really is drawing in fast any one use pva or any other ways
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    dpc beads

    got a bungalow to render has been render originally to floor covering dpc its all been hacked of so needs rendering again above and below dpc going to run a belldrip bead along the dpc line wen rendering the underneath aint sure weather is going to bridge the dpc any way around it ?
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    scaffold costs

    how do you all work out your scaffold costs iv got a regular company i use but without keep hassling them for prices for potential jobs any one have a method
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    downlighters flush fit

    just been to look at job iv got to start in next few weeks and they have had flush fit down lighters fitted exactly the same as https://www.dusklights.co.uk/kitchen-lighting/downlights/astro-5655-blanco-square-recessed-interior-downlight.html but they have to be fitted in ceiling first as...
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    manic time

    anyone else having a mentally hectic time at the moment work just keeps piling in getting on average about 10 calls a week with people wanting work carried out dont get me wrong cant complain that are busy but it dont half get stressful
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    invoice 2 go

    anyone use this for their invoicing if so is it any good or is it costly
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    free quote

    i no i myself have it in my adverts call for a free quote but was there ever a time wen quotes weren't free and how much did people used to charge
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    odd customer week

    had one call me asking to price up a ceiling for a lady who was aboard go there get told its just ceiling so price up for it don't look at the walls or any other areas get given the ladys number to call with the price ring her up give her the price and this is putting right another...
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    hardwall covarage

    just a quick one is it 3 meters of coverage per bag ? its been a while
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    re pointing

    i no its not really plastering related but been asked to price for repointing gable end of a 2 storey house done a fair bit of re pointing over the years buts its got an old bitumen style dpc which has seen better days just the pointing above and below the dpc is shot to bits and needs...
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    pebble dash

    what ratio do you use for the butter coat i dunno wether its just the **** sand but can never seem to butter the mix up enough to hit a big section before throwing the stones just seems to draw the life outta it and sometimes struggle to get stones to stick p.s i hate pebble dash at the...
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    Vitcas heat resistant plaster

    bit of a stupid question but as iv never used it does it go on to bricks and become finished product or is it just top coat on top of s&c
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    quote of the day

    we used him cause his price was alot cheaper but can you come give us another price to put right his work
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    info

    any where other than doing a course to find out about all k rend /weberpal applications never had nothing to do with any of these systems so am interested in looking in to the process
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    check a trade

    did a search last night on the forum but didn't come to much but does anybody use it ? does it work well? how much does it cost to join ?
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    temperture

    at what temp would you say is to cold to put render on
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    condensation

    anyone else get massive condensation build up in back of their vans got 07 plate transit all new ply ling and shelving and its all turning mouldy with there moisture from condensation it has the spinny air vent on top old transit never had this problem only diffrence was old van had no vent...
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    floats

    what floats do you as use for rubbing up s&c iv got a few of the polyurethane plastic floats from faithfull but find them horrible to use can anyone reccomend any diffrent types to try
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    beads

    cant remember the website for buying angle beads in bulk its not r&j as i find there beads thicker pretty sure are expament beads im looking for
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    opitions

    just been to price up a job for a builder 7 bedroom house customer want's the whole building re rendered the original render is self is not to bad just hundreds of hairline cracks like a spiders web the walls are painted and rather smooth other than stainless steel meshing or complete...
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    revel problem

    im at the moment over boarding and skimming ceilings but the customer has ripped the plasterer board or the head of the revel witch aint down to me but ... hes asked me wat to do well normally would be dot and dab board to replace like for like but its all lead tray and tiny bit of slate i...
  27. northyskim

    plywood

    just built false floor and racking in van as was doing me nut in everything stacked on top off each other just wondered wat best thing to seal the ply with incase of condensation dont really wanna use dark woodstain as will make van to dark in back any ideas ?
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    plasterboard waste

    anyone know why they get funny about it in skips or any waste places
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    marshalltown corner trowels

    anyone no how many types there are ? i no theres a few diffrent ones had a great one then brought another and has been ****
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    whole sale

    any one by their angle beads in bulk wanting to stock up on stuff so any recommendations on places and prices seen 50 2.4 angle beads on ebay for 36 quid witch works out 72p each but with ebay not sure weather shitty quality and all flaired out
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    other people

    just got in from looking at job were another plasterer has done a job and left it not to a good stanadard how often do others av to put right other peoples work ?
  32. northyskim

    plastic

    wanting to give a plaster trowel ago iv spent about 2 hours to day searching thru the old forum posts about em but never really got no real answers as of witch is best to go for as only really saw the plaster1stop one and refina reviews any pros n cons on using plastics and witch one...
  33. northyskim

    DPC injecting

    used to do abit of sub work for damp proofing company so no the basics just had call to day today about going to look at job that needs injecting me question is shall i do the injectioning meself or get them in to do the injecting and me just do the s/c and finishing only reason i ask is...
  34. northyskim

    gumtree

    any one else used it for advertising and bin hassled by advertising companys ringing up trying to sell or is it just me
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    re- arranging

    anyone else aving trouble with customers re arranging jobs till next year had 2 fair size jobs now re arrange and book job other side of christmas after now deciding its to close to christmas not as if the works gone just moved to next year just proper annoying :RpS_cursing:
  36. northyskim

    cordless drills

    whats everyone else using or recommend just had me dewalt 18v pack up after years of use always found the 18v dewalts alittle heavy
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    woodchip

    got 2 rooms to skim in a flat price is very tight so no room to replace the plasterboard but heres the problem two walls witch are plasterboard have bin woodchipped i wont be using a steamer as dont wanna soak n damage board behind it anyone had any success in removing woodchip from...
  38. northyskim

    business cards

    anyone used vista print ? are they any good
  39. northyskim

    speedskim

    i know this topics been done to death and i have read thru most of the topics but im still in 2 minds as of to invest in some are they worth it ? do they save time ? and what surfaces they work on like i guess wen skimming board they good but what about on old walls and artex ?
  40. northyskim

    kitchen greese

    got a kitchen to re skim but the ceilings caked in greese above the cooker and in other places was planing on just scraping as much off as possable n giving it a scrub with water n sugersoap over boarding aint an option as coving is shallow and would loose the lip any other ideas ???
  41. northyskim

    transit connect

    have been looking around for a new van was looking at a transit connect lwb hi top anyone used one before and would they recommend ?
  42. northyskim

    voltage

    just out of intrest do you guys have a 110v mixer with transfromer or use the standard 3 pin plug of 240 bin thinking bout getting new drill and dont ever do site work so no real need for me to use 110 but any resons why it better or no diffrence :RpS_blushing:
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    snidey customer

    just had a mate tell me he ad finished a barn conversion on a farm the customer was nice as pie all the way thru the job the builder has gone to get his finally payment and the customer has give him a bill for use of the bonfire lol so hes rufusing to payfull amount as he reckons hes saving...
  44. northyskim

    condensation

    does any one else have this problem in the back of there van tried everything i can think of dried the brushes right out before putting em in the van the old escort never had the probley as much cause bulkhead was not to the roof so heater dried it out sorta but with the transit bulk head...
  45. northyskim

    pain

    just wondering for last yr or so while plastering i used to get like a heavy feeling in arm and feel weak then after few months more its like gone on to me chest and wen move arms get like a stabbing pain under me collor bane area is it just me or av any of you had this before its dun me nut in...
  46. northyskim

    browning vs hardwall

    since starting plastering iv never used browning only hardwall is there much diffrence between the two ?
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