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What speed? And water setting?

so, being a lonely old plasterer from mid Wales was wondering if the forum ever has a get together p**s up. Surely being spreads this is mandatory? But seriously would love to catch up with some of you dudes.

Kebab king, classic CV! If you PM your details I’ll get in touch. Cheers

So I’ve been looking for a lad to join us on render/skim/screed jobs but doesn’t seem to be may out there? Years ago people use to say get a trade under you belt won’t do you wrong! I’m in mid Wales/Shropshire boarder if anyone is interested!

That’s the worse thing working abroad is the driving when your in the UK!

Cheers pal

How does a thread about levels turn into this!! I use Stanley fat max and use a rubber hammer for levelling. Anyone else?

Bet you smoked them all with the worry!

What the deal with materials? Are you using local, or shipping uk materials.

Drove the van trough customs with sign writing. He asked me “what you got in the van??” I said plastering tools! He looked at the van and said Oh yeah, carry on! (I know great story right!) Great working abroad though.

Looking for alternative render to LW1 k-rend to be scraped/scratched finish onto ewi board.

Get the old paper curling affect, Pain in the arse when skimming!!

After the best way on adhering to painted (solid) sand and cement render. Cheers

We call ours the rasp-peferian! Shout at it like f**k when I loose it!

Is there more of a board that is fixed with Metal lath in it and then highbuild onto? Sounds like it’s not so much as a plasterers job by who’s doing it!

Yeah I thought that and tried explaining it but he said it was a cheap way of doing it. But surely a coloured render would work out much cheaper?

“I like it a lot”

Skim ceilings off the deck then mate?? Real advantage

But it’s straight onto block work, why use metal lath?

so I went to site today to price up some coloured render and the builder says that there’s another chap who’s pricing some sort of a system with metal mesh and thin top coat troweled on to a stipple affect. Anyone done or heard of this system?

Been using Cemfloor (a cement based liquid screed) since January and find it great stuff with no need to sand any latence. Question is how far can it be traveled? The company providing it say no more than 1hr 1/2 but always seems ok when we get it! Any horror stories when it’s been in the...

What K-rend is it? FT or K1? The K1 spray I find is nice stuff to lay on or spray but the FT is proper shite!

You not heard kids upstairs sometimes! Or maybe if the main bedroom is above could be cause for concern!

Reach 3m ceilings off my Skywalker 18-30 But I am a tall f**ker!

In that case make sure you warn the customer about the potential risks especially if there’s traffic above. I’d probably take off high lumps with a scraper, use a blue grit or make sure you do your first pass of skim when pva is tacky. But don’t rush to put second coat on leave it a bit. May...

Yeah I’d agree with above, for the sake of ova bond then skim you’d be better off overboarding.

Sounds good I’ll have to try that

Wouldn’t spraying with water affect the colour? Sounds a good idea to slow it down as we use to do this on lime renders, but on coloured render?

Yeah where called team sky screed!

I found the 12mm beads ok to work out to, not sure I’d want to put it on much thicker. Took a good hour to stiffen ready for the next coat! Scratched up nice though. But took a good 12 - 16hrs to be ready. This time of year. Finish was ok, but don’t like doing dark colours and grey just looks...

Yeah slippery! Dual density board from weathby.

To be fair looks like top four are already sorted but like what’s been said good fight for 2nd. Only LFC will probably beat united but lose to stoke! Champions league still looking tasty though.

Funny enough I offered that on Friday. But he said someone’s picking it up Monday for £5,750 cash. Did try explaining that claim the VAT back and 20% off tax bill even new comes in at around £6k. But he was addiment on selling for cash. Sounds a bit dodgy presuming he’s already claimed VAT...

Yes we cover most of the uk. Price differs on how far we travel but usually very competitive.

I’m not sure the best way around it to be honest. Maybe ring your local k-rend rep and ask them the most economical way around it. Maybe what was said before and use 10mm beads over the top but cut back the revels with a grinder. Not sure if you’d have to use a primer on the render first though.

On the welsh Shropshire boarder near Shrewsbury

I’m a Liquid Screed installer. Would have quoted 1,150 - 1,200 on this job. But presume it’s all done?

Fishing

Slightly in love with LFC at the mo!

No to be fair, I rendered my own house 8years ago and is probably worse than this. As you get more experienced with the materials the better you become. But invest in proper tools, they’re essential!

To be fair this place is better than Facebook!

To be fair Ryan has got the shpeil. Or is hellishgood if I may go welsh on it! Fair sales man!

You use a machine on your own?? How do you manage mix, spray, rule and flatten on your own? I left the SP11 with material in the pipe for 3/4 hr after spraying a 140m2 wall and it hardened in the pipe, smashing f**k out of the pipes for the next 1hr made sure I never did it again!

Already done mate! Awaiting a reply But also with a bit of research the PFT Machine looks good for domestic but a bit worried about 240v on sites or even domestic especially when I have people working for me, insurance wise?

It’s like a plasterers hand book to everything that goes belly up! Oh and a lot of banter! You should re write the white book

Yeah I can see that.... but how are there 2 companies so similar in name? Seen them at the build show but neither wished to comment!

can I just say that I have been using this forum for advice and info for a fair few years now and find when ever I google a plaster issue it comes up with a solution. Only recently started posted but find it very addictive! Anyway hi and my names James.

Just looking at the traveling for me and PFT central is 2 1/2 hrs away and PFT Wales is 2 1/2hrs away so in a right predicament now! What’s the deal with the PFT trade name and 2 separate companies?? Or is that a sore subject!

Think I was reading your post earlier! How do you find the Ritmo in comparison to the V2, presume you use that for larger scale rendering?? Is it a lot more controllable on smaller jobs

Would you say that’s the best bet as far as working on domestic sites? Looking back at a few threads sounds like this discussion has done the rounds! I haven’t looked at the Ritmo L but looks like I might have to see the both in action. Problem is time is money