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Just wondering best way to prep this wall before skimming

Roughcaster needed for remedial work on various building sites throughout the central belt. steady flow of work available until Christmas at least.

..or die troweling

Hi, does Refina do warranty on their trowels? Bought a new one two weeks ago and the top rivets popped already. This is the first Refina ive used and actually like it. Don't want to buy another new one of the rivets are going to pop as quick as this one has, after very light use.

Its been a while so ill say hi again lads. Just had my 4 best trowels stolen from my last job( that'll teach me to leave my tools overnight)!!! Anyway, I've always gonna with marshaltown good handle trowels. Where's the cheapest place to get these as I'm going to need to get another 3 or 4.

Got a small scratch render job to do in a couple weeks onto block work. Now I've done a fair bit of it, but when I worked for a firm and they just ordered it by the lorry load. I'm going to use base coat then top coat the next day. Customer wants 8mm base and 10mm scraped back to 8mm top coat...

Chelsea:RpS_biggrin: Finished 2-1 to the blues. Another steady performance.

Needing a scraper for one of the plots coming up soon, its in powerwall.front porch is all scratch render so need a pad for that then it will get flung in the back of the van for another year or so. I thought refina but aren't their delivery extortionate? any suggestions?

Any1 got a link to a site streaming this game?

Gave myself a good one today while cleaning the trowels. Was patching In the house this afternoon and somehow managed to slice my finger good. I musta caught a vein or something cos the blood was spraying up the walls and all over my face. Only done this a few times but it seems to be everytime...

Any1 watch the game? Pash game but got the result in the end. Had money on lampard first goal and Chelsea win 2-1 so happy with that. 33/1 :RpS_thumbsup:

Need a bit of help lads. How do I go About working out what tax and NI deductions I make on employees wages and then how do I pay it from there? Also as this is my first year self employed and pretty much all my work has been sub contract work through CIS on day rate. My tax is all deducted...

Some weather were having. This time last week it was 22° and i was sweating me b*ll***s off. Today i wake up and its pishing down with snow!!!

Is there really nothing better to do after a long(hard?) days work than come on here and talk s**t? Lol getting bored with the same routine. Nickelarse has got it Sussed going traveling. Would do the same if it wasn't for baby no2 due in 4 weeks!!

My ex boss been bad mouthing me and trying to stop me getting work, you guys got any ideas on how I can get him back? Don't want to lose him work as I'm still friends with the boys he employs but thought about putting his details on a swingers site or something similar Just want to have the...

As title says, labourer needed. My current one is a useless, lazy, messy, smelly **** so if you are any of the above please don't apply. Need someone hardworking, willing to learn and willing to pick up a trowel. Cleanliness is a must. Must have cscs card If anyone local on here needing work...

Think I have found the best builder ever. I get a phone call off him every second week or so with reskimming jobs. Roughly about 150-200m2 average job. Usually three days (hard)work. Give him a price at about £10m2(£13 artex) and yesterday he said I was really cheap. Lol!!! So I've added...

Anyone else watching the spurs v bolton game? Fabrice muamba collapses, no one around him and stops breathing. Total shocking viewing, paramedics trying to resussatate him on the pitch infront of tens of thousands of fans. He is now on way to hospital and paramedics are still trying to...

:RpS_thumbsup: some game tonight

Is it just me or has the forum totally changed today? Was on this morning(sad I know, but the wee one woke me up early) and it was fine, not its totally different. Also, wanted to ask cos its been bugging me for ages, Danny - why is it you have to be over18 to view this forum? Just wondering...

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:RpS_angry: What's the worst thing you guys have seen on the job? fvcking gross day today. House looked ok when I first priced the job but on close inspection there is layers of dust everywhere, cat piss,cat hair on everything and one of the worst things I have witnessed today! was moving out...

Just wondering if anyone has had much experience with powerwall. Think its great stuff to use, if mixed right and you get more time to play with it. My only problem with it is floating the ingoes, does anyone have any tips on floating them as every time i do so they seem to tear away quite badly...

Hello fellow plasterers, thought id introduce myself as i think this is a pretty good site where i could learn a thing or two from the older and more experience on here. My names Dean, im 24 and from scotland. I finished my plastering and roughcasting apprentiship when i was 21 and have worked...