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    Do you lads actually like grafting?

    I love workin me nuts off but me nuts dont like it
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    uni finish cost£££££££

    Just emailed tp to look at my price terms dont think they will change them much Ive been haggleing with em for years till they set me up some proper terms but they just cant compete with b n q trade point at the moment tp want 4.85 plus vat for multi b nq £4.33 inc vat thats £1.49 per bag...
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    advice please

    16 meters is too much if u dont know what your doing unless your going back a week later with easy fill and a pole sander to finish it properly
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    Blue grit fan

    Watering down a waterbased product be it paint or bonding agent is fine but it will not be put on the instructions as they want you to buy more in my opinion
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    Estimator..

    Used this site a few times for estimating sand for render and floor screed seems to work.
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    Just good old H20

    Is water enough before rendering on internal walls, that have had old plaster hacked off Be it red brick or blocks etc or should you definatly use SBR or PVA everytime
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    Floor prep

    ok thanks should i lightly hose floor first and just cement and water slurry or sbr
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    Floor prep

    Hi Ive been asked to screed a small floor in an extension i plastered but not sure what prep i need to do on the concrete first if any ?
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    Very small damp proof job

    dryzone and rendergaurd gold
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    Some idiots in the game

    oh yes :RpS_thumbup:
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    been offered a job today

    as been said give it a go crimbo on the way and all that proper Bo
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    Some idiots in the game

    I did an insurance job once and i found someone had skimmed over wallpaper they had a leak from the ceiling which ran down the wall and blew the plaster off in places
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    Had a nightmare reskim today, any advice

    it is sometimes best to flatten first coat then apply 2nd sounds like dodgy bags to me ive had this b4 skim stays wet then just rockets dry you have to give it plenty of water and troweling almost like when your putting it on
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    Had a nightmare reskim today, any advice

    you said it was mega wet how much fat did u take off
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    A good render mix for this time of year please

    no wonder your not giving advise if your making that sort of money putting other peoples render right lol :RpS_lol:
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    inside a fire

    ok thanks guys didnt get the job in the end as somone can do it this week, still somthing to bear in mind for future cheers
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    inside a fire

    Whats the best mix for inside a fire place where theres going to be a log burner its thermolite blocks, is 6-1-1 scl right and is it best to not skim it. thanks in advance
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    Need a good talking to

    you forgot the s at the start
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    waste etc

    http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Business/Who_should_register.pdf sorry crap link try this
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    waste etc

    from what i can see on env angency we do need to register http://Who needs to register? (issued April 2011) (PDF, 170KB)
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    waste etc

    Environment Agency - Waste carriers, brokers and dealers - definitions
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    waste etc

    I was pulled over about six months to a year ago by the police trading standards and enviromental health all in a police car and was told I need a licence to carry the customers waste Ie: there plasterboard i rip down or the wall I hack off but I was allowed to carry waste that I had created...
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    Need a good talking to

    get some nuutts sucker somthing will come in it always does and like hector says go see the quack if you feelin low, The winters on the way you might have start of winter blues I personally think us guys and guls in the building trade are more likely to suffer as work gets tighter in the winter...
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    Makes Me Laugh

    hope they wern't paid cash for that rendering lol :RpS_lol:
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    Exterior pva

    Want to put scratch coat on red etched type bricks but wasnt sure if exterior type pva or sbr was needed as I read somwhere water would be enough But just not sure if it is
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    Exterior pva

    would water on its own be enough or is that a definate no
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    Exterior pva

    When is it acceptable to use exterior pva If at all. instead of sbr Ive been asked to price a job rendering red brick that have a good key ie: swirly etched type bricks and was thinking of using pva instead of sbr any help much appreciated
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    Floating over thermalite blockwork

    havent used it before only for a few chases
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    using one coat on thermolites

    Hi has anyone used one coat on thermolites and will two coats of pva be alright to hold it back or just water
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    Floating over thermalite blockwork

    Has anyone used one coat plaster on thermos and is a couple of coats of Pva enough for this aswell
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    Cost of multi

    tp is part of wickes but they are more expensive it took me years to get good terms at tp down this way
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    Little black spots

    What are those small black tar like spots you get in new render and will they fade any ideas
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    20.00 cheuque

    Ive had a few like that and yes its mostly the rich AND they want a bloody invoice too. lol
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    wow

    We're all doomed no more plasterers will be required
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    pay for a coarse or pay a plasterer for experience

    2015 you know something we don't lol
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    SBR PVA Mesh ?

    lol nice one
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    SBR PVA Mesh ?

    Thanks everyone for your help nice one
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    SBR PVA Mesh ?

    It not the price i just havnt used rend aid before and want to get it right
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    SBR PVA Mesh ?

    Can I use scl mix on top of rend aid or does it have to be a webber top coat aswell
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    thistle bond it v febond blue grit v wickes bonding agent v pva water sand

    sorry thought you were talkin about betokontakt and wickes own
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    thistle bond it v febond blue grit v wickes bonding agent v pva water sand

    some times pva just drys straight in theese are the high suckers i meant. I use PVA 95% of the time and beto on the stuff pva is not man enough for beto or wickes own is an expensive way to go PVA is the dogs noots
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    thistle bond it v febond blue grit v wickes bonding agent v pva water sand

    Ive used on both I would class the old school grey plaster high suction and it saves you having to pva tons of times. I first started using when labouring for a guy in a tesco store where i rolled it all over meters and meters of tiles bloody good stuff Have you not used it on high suckers.
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    SBR PVA Mesh ?

    How much is rend aid
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    SBR PVA Mesh ?

    It's not sponge finish its more like someones used a stiff brush or k rend scratch tool and hit it all over so it has a good key holes all over it
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    Advice pls

    good advice sometimes you can wash it off on small areas too
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    thistle bond it v febond blue grit v wickes bonding agent v pva water sand

    Pva mostly for me and betokontakt on realy high suction suction surfaces ooh matron Knauf betokontakt is same as wickes own really good stuff When i started labouring I had to roll it on hundreds of meters of tiles and they skimmed next day amazing
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    fookin rapid skimming!

    I have found multi going off too quick from one merchant and going off just right from another dont know why maybe how its stored , how long its been hanging about etc etc The stuff that does go off to quick tho can ussually be brought back after first trowl
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