hi not been on here for a while ( i pop on every now and then though) what about an apprentice? a women in the warehouse where i work son is at college doing plastering i think he looking for a placement
hi guys not posted for a while but keep poping in etc
anyway went to b&q after work today to pick up some decking boards for my garden gave them my trade card and it knocked sweet FA of the price why i asked them is it only for certain items yet on Wednesday my dad can get money off...
guy that taught me made me do all my walls like that when i first started so i new how to get them spot on etc takes a bit longer but the walls are straight etc
it is but you cant grantee its not going to crack when it drys i used to leave it few days but sometimes time is the issue and you have no choice but to do it id just say if it cracks due to shrinkage its not your problem etc though that right thick masonry paint covers a multitude of sins lol
yeah mate its ok made some good friends and there loads of top notch fanny working there been there nearly 2 years now im alot happier now less stress etc though i must walk min 5 mile a day lol like you lot said at the time if the job getting you down and you stop caring about it its maybe...
i went into a warehouse just had enough lost interest etc still do odd bit though folks at work always asking me to do a ceiling here or there etc must say i like the fact that i know what time im finishing each day and im not getting my car covered in crap all the time lol
aint plastered for a few weeks but i agree i prefer to do lids but if u cant do them there something wrong lol I HATE rendering avoid it like the plague love tyrolining though
like just 2 min away the ceiling was hanging for ages was gone five min max not the first time its happened lol and iv was in the game long enough to know when to leave it and when to stay just one of them things sorted out after work the next day no probs customer well happy thats all that...
its going ok thanks mate i still doing the odd wall here and there my wrists dont hurt as much now and theres loads of top notch eye candy in the wearhouse there sending me to scotland for a few weeks to help out at the place there
did a ceiling today for a joiner mate (first since i stopped doing it full time) it stayed wet ages was getting bored lol went to shop bloody thing flash dried on me gutted got redo it after work tomorrow night now remember now why i packed up lol
ya cant beat the refina mega mixer had mine years has never let me down and to be honest cant remember if iv ever had it serviced and its still going strong i mixed everything with it browning bonding s&c the lot even that heavy x-ray plaster and it just laughs at it lol
i had the belle before...
did a patch other day for a mate on my day off took me an hour but did have 3 cups of tea a read of paper play with my mates kids transformers and then cleaned up
i never beg for work and good on you for not sitting on the the rock and roll iv met to many folks that wont work and dont want to quite a few where iam now aswel i only work there cos i have mouths to feed and do want to go on benifits i still plaster when i get the jobs iv just passed 1 on to...
youth i think ya have me all wrong if u want to get in to the trade they fairplay to u but ya have to be able to take the banter or ya want get far lol i dont plaster much anymore cos there not much work about round my way and my wrists have about had it so i got a wearhouse job to get a regular...
iv givin up the trowel only doit part time now work in a warehouse now unloading lorry's and placing stock on shelfs not the best money but its every week and i have picked up some plastering jobs while there lol
what do YOU want and WHAT does the tiler want if u and he say skim it then thats what ya plasterer should do no arguing
personally i always skim it then lightly run me scratcher over itto give tiles a key etc
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