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Or get a fu......king plasterer

Mate it's gonna cost you a fortune in blue grit one tub should do at least three rooms get a tub of pva and put some water in with both keep knocking it together so grit doesn't settle on the bottom, I can't tell you ratios as we've been doing it that long I just mix it together until happy but...

One thing mate is a must wear some goggles because if you do a ceiling you will get some in your eye and trust me it's painfull or worse you can lose an eye , but take advice from what others have said get a plasterer in I've had apprentices that have been with me for over a year and only just...

That all seems ok the one thing seems to be missing is a plasterer

Depends where you are in the country we are in Yorkshire just been offered £8 for both but beads and taping and any little bits are usually in with the meaterage rate , it's usually a good idea to take a look first you can lose a day on loading out the job

I go to crucible every year I go with the lads early on in competition then with our lass for weekend for semi finals it's a brilliant atmosphere anybody thinking of going should it's superb

TBH I'm not sure I originally bought it from whack wholesale they sorted it and just gave me the number to ring to complain I bought a cheap one today for back up and even that had the dual button start mode

sent my faulty eibenstock mixer off to get it fixed as I thought the cable was dodgy they rang me up to say it was the switch that was faulty £72 to fix fine crack on do it , got it back exactly the same it only starts when I jam the cable together so I rang them they send it back we will take...

Probably but threatening him then not getting paid doesn't pay the bills does it

I got job finished at 4 he wasn't home from work yet so went back at 6 he said right how much do you want I said excactly what we agreed, but but but I said no buts it's irrelevant how long it took , if it took three days instead of two would you be happy to pay me more to this he shook his head...

Lol

Don't get me wrong ill refer him to the complaints department (sharp left jab) before backing down just thought I'd get second opinions first

Not sure what you mean by that I do work for mysen he got my number through Checkatrade and I get a lot of work through it don't want him leaving a shitty report

Trust me I'm fuming about but also he got me on Checkatrade so could leave a bad review

basically I priced a job for a guy I said there's about 2 days work for me and lad plus material money which is gonna be x pounds he said fine crack on ,so I went today got it all bonded cleaned up and I was finished for bout 1.30 it went sweet , all ready to skim tomorrow, he has just rang me...

I know your sending me one out tomorrow ,when I said I don't hold out much hope I meant the product not wether it will come or not

I got one its just gathering dust in garage couldn't get on with it I'm old school always just used mt but last couple of years used the plaziflex for flattening and final cross it's helped out my sore elbow . So you don't know if they have stopped making them?

2 years

just tried getting a refina 16 inch blade as my old one is knackered I couldn't get one anywhere everybody is out of stock have they stopped making them ? I ended up buying a new nela trowel I used it Friday on first gauge the foam came away from the blade , one stop shop said they would send me...

Me and a mate was subbying to a firm gaffer didn't have a scooby how much gear we needed for job so we had a weekend job to do and decided to fill van with the extra gear but only having a Astra van at time decided to put tools in loft overnight whilst we dropped gear off on job got back to job...

Is there no other way I could tidy it up its not disastrous just not fantastic

Hi fellas did a top coat today the front looked great then went on to gable lad was behind me rubbing up the sun didn't help as he was chasing it but I was never too far ahead but to be honest it looks s h I t e My question is can I go over top of it with more topcoat tommrow I've been...

Alrate lads not sure if this one has been done I had a quick look but couldn't see anything about it my paddle mixer packed up at the weekend ( right in the middle of a mix) the labourer was not happy with a bit of roofing lath to finish it off but anyway while on eBay looking for a new mixer I...

The bags must be bigger in Yorkshire Cassie nobody else seems to agree with us

Lol ye it was same 2.75 metres for 50 quid

No two coats thinking about it to be exact it was bout 23 metres but I don't see the issue nice thick first layer then lay on wi rest of it

What you talking about it pissed it

What it is for small bags and I look a tit

No it was definetly a regular bag

Run out of scrim today prior to skimming a ceiling nearest merchants was b&q so shot down there whilst I was there I started reading there plasterers guideline chart for Jo public to follow. It said each bag of multi finish would cover 2.75 meters squared what? One bag for 2.75 meters thought...

This is very true I've done a fair bit of dashing and u can't spend enough time setting up right somebody once told me when u harl the stones only 30 percent stays on the wall so that's a lot to pick up if u don't prep it right

Maybe not teeth then more a tooth

Did a job once and said to my mate it looks really good as we were patting each other on the back the sun came round the corner then promptly followed by the customer ,course he said I'm not paying for that so we knocked his teeth out he then paid us but come to realize sun and render are not...

Cheers mate drylining that was the key on ebay

Do u know what there posted under on eBay can't see Em on there either

Tried there couldn't see em

Alreet fellas , does anyone know where I can purchase one of those circular sponge floats I used one years ago not seen one anywhere for sale . I picked up a few rendering jobs recently and sick of pissing about with jumbo car sponges cheers!

Cheers mate ill do that and thanx for the plastering tip

Hi fellas , talking amongst fellow spreads I keep hearing plastic float plastic plastic float. So I bit the bullet and bought one gonna take it to site tommorow , I hear its good to avoid ripping on last dry trowel up some use it for flattening first coat getting conflicting opinion I'm probably...

Ye good thinking probably better knock up around an hour or two before required apply first coat leave for weekend return Monday morning to a light trowel up hey presto watch the work come rolling in from your very happy customer friends and relatives

And some hot boiled mucky water

Sorry to hear that mate I got a fair bit of work coming up in new year looking for decent spreads I'll talk to u bout it closer time it's dashing work mite be a bit harsh on the old Spanish archers though

I said build bridges not date him

We had a bit of a fall out last couple posts just trying to build bridges

How's your elbow u got much work on nps

If you want to learn to plaster mate the only way to do it is take a four year apprenticeship on crap money for this period doing all the shite work carrying 8by4s up 3 story houses on your own make tea for everybody then listen to em moan go to fish shop everyday .have the pee taken out of u...

Cheers pal

When your spraying with sand and cement do u put any chemical in like waterproofer sbr or owt

I think the guys did that with the original render me and my mate have been kangying it off for two days now. again thanks for your time and advice