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    Old thread but it’s still what I do

    You best ask your missus that :)
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    Old thread but it’s still what I do

    Copied this from a car forum I post on as I put it up as I was trying get a job from someone so I thought I would show him what I could do :) https://www.scoobynet.com/diy-39/855325-one-man-one-house-one-week.html
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    New generation of spreads!!!

    I always work out cheap on big jobs as I’m used to putting big mixes on so can turn a lot of work out cheaper than most? But small jobs don’t really interest me as I can make far more cash going to my normal everyday job. Usually I don’t do many private jobs as by the time I take my tax off my...
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    Nela plasticflex / plazi

    I tried plastic trowels on a few houses but they damage so easily and the price to replace the plastic works out very expensive when you consider how many houses they will last.
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    Multi Turders

    I had a try at building a garden wall but I made no effort to level the found for it as I thought I would be able to sort it as I laid the bricks :). I was wrong and the wall was a mess so I rendered it then tyroleaned on top and it looked the dogs :)
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    Best way to finish Knauf mp

    Thanks for your offer of help. Just recently the plaster has not really had a set time and even though the plaster was turning colour as it was setting it was still blebbing loads and I could hard trowel wet plaster of it the next day. The bags had a useby date of 6/6/2018 which is probably...
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    Quick set tip

    Plaster them in easyfil 20 or add some of it to the plaster for a set time a little bit slower than the easyfil. Adding cement makes the finish look black.
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    How to repair plaster around the door?

    I didn’t actually look at the picture and was expecting some wood lathing where the back mould was removed hence me saying fibre tape the wood :) Just mix board adhesive stiff and it will fill all that lot very easy. A taping knife will finish the 2nd application better than a trowel as well...
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    How to repair plaster around the door?

    My easiest way to repair this would be adhesive scrim tape over the wood then fill out with board adhesive and allow to set. Make sur you keep it flat as it sets very hard but there is no shrinkage then light coat over with either easyfil or joint cement and light sand when dry. This way...
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    Ox mix M8

    I hated the one bought, I mix 4 bags a time n a half barrel and found that the Ox paddle just left powder everywhere and it wouldn’t mix in. Yet the site says best results are in a large bucket. I had to drag my broken paddle out to use until I could get an original 180mm paddle delivered.
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    Corner trowel advice

    Tried many a corner trowel and the Ragni one gets them right every time. Best angle trowel I have ever bought. Too get the lines out right give it a last corner either just before or just afte you hard trowel the walls and the corners come out sweet :)
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    Best way to finish Knauf mp

    They don’t sell it to the public but they do to the biggest house builder in the country :)
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    Best way to finish Knauf mp

    I plaster houses for persimmon homes. Bare shell to complete and all they will use is Knauf. We had one year when we used Gypsum but they won’t pay the price anymore.
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    Best way to finish Knauf mp

    I have been forced to use knuaf plaster for 22 years due to the company I work for but this latest version of Knauf MP is harder to get a descent finish. I have tried Nela trowels but in my opinion they don’t work with Knauf plasters. I finally settled on the Refina 18” s*p*r*lex trowel and...
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    Collated screwgun

    Thats expensive for a used 4000a especially when it comes with the older style collated attachment. I would expect to get a 5000 used for that and with the new style attachment.
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    1 coat skimm WHY

    We use the Knauf plaster at work and its meant to go on in one coat so if the plaster is a white colour its probably the same stuff and that's why. All we do is coat the beads and the joints then one coat the lot.
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    Collated screwgun

    They drive the screw into the end quite often and you have to spend about 10 minutes trying to get it out before you can use the gun again. The only gun worth buying is the hilti as it drives the screws in properly at the right depth virtually all the time and one battery will do about 1200...
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    Polymer scratch coat renders

    The recession has put an end to that, I'm plastering houses out for less than what they were worth 14 years ago but what can you do.
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    Polymer scratch coat renders

    The only way people come in to do jobs for them now is if they are cheap, they don't pay good prices out now.
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    Polymer scratch coat renders

    4 days actually if you take into account all the prep work and beading. I think they have done a course recently on how to use the machine and when they spray they hold the end about 1 foot away from the wall which gives them a terrible coverage and its the reason they have so much splatter...
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    Cutting boxes

    They are a load of rubbish I bought about four of them so the apprentice could get them right then everyone started putting tape over the boxes so it looks better for the NHBC which means you can't use them as they need to fit into the socket and all the wires have to be neatly tucked in for...
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    Cutting boxes

    Or just use a Dewalt cut out tool, I could cut 8 boxes out of a sound shield and wouldn't care ;-)
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    Polymer scratch coat renders

    The job is in the North East for Persimmon homes as I do the houses for them but they were/are pushed for the external renders on three plots as they were supposed to have a CML on them this week. There is a gang of four lads and it has took them 3 days to spray a house with the stipple effect...
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    Dividing a big ceiling

    I do the houses for persimmon home and we use the Knauf plaster which is a lot softer than gypsum but it patches in great and sands down ok, you could put the ceiling on in two goes with a straight joint down the middle and if you don't manage to get the joint down right which I would put...
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    newbie here, banter welcome lol.

    A friend of mine has done a plastering course and they have taught him the basics and that's it, I have let him do a little work in some of the clients houses I do and at first glance his work looks ok and it has a nice polish to it but when it dries out you can see he hasn't pushed anywhere...
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    Lath and plaster ceiling advice.

    If your putting boards to the walls you would be best using the correct bonding to dab the boards on as expanding foam will do exactly what it says and there is no way you would be able to get the walls straight
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    Lath and plaster ceiling advice.

    In an Old house I wouldn't take the chance of just plastering straight over the ceiling especially when its your own, different if someone asks you to do it. I would over board the ceiling and then skim and that way you don't have to worry about the ceiling falling down around you at a later...
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    Polymer scratch coat renders

    I didn't end up doing it as they insisted the people who have priced for the job do the work, they are really slow and using the machine they are spraying everything and I mean everything :) It looks like Christmas has come when you look at the roofs. The product the lads are spraying...
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    Hello

    Cheers, is there any reason why the return key doesn't work on your forum?
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    Polymer scratch coat renders

    I have been searching the forums already with not a lot of success, my main problem is more to do with the time period for scratching back? I always thought it was apply one day and scratch back the next but I have also saw that some people say 3/4 hours depending on the product used and...
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    Polymer scratch coat renders

    I have to render a three block of houses to morrow in polymer render, its supposed to be machined on but I will be putting it on by hand as there is no machine available. I have never done the scratch coat renders before but I know how to do it I'm just after some tips or things to look out...
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    Hello

    Since there is a forum to post about being new here I am :). I have been plastering for 30 years so pretty experienced in all works.
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