a poor spread

[johniosaif]

1st time I ever ever met an English spread on site in London was in 1991. They had sticky scrim , the feckers cos the tight Paddy subbies wouldn't pay for it.

they couldn't hack the pace or quality though :RpS_thumbsup:

Dziecki now though, no clerk of works, everyone's a plasterer

Yes imagine,if every job had a surprise visit once a week by clerk of works.checking squareness ,plumb ness and the quality of the work,a lot of people would go quiet..

 

[essexandy]

Did you break the phone when you slammed it down Andy :RpS_wink:

@bubbles no always to their face mate, although I nearly always just happened to be holding a good quality 1.2 level at the time lol

 

[essexandy]

Yes imagine,if every job had a surprise visit once a week by clerk of works.checking squareness ,plumb ness and the quality of the work,a lot of people would go quiet..

Yes just imagine it @johniosaif, you'd be on disability benefits by now lol.

 

[church]

plus all clerks are dead now any way they all died off years ago along with good building practices .

 

[johniosaif]

Yes just imagine it @johniosaif, you'd be on disability benefits by now lol.

Not too far from it as I am now,it's just some people who have never been checked for these things on site would be in for a serious shock, doing one now I honor oak se23 ,the carpenters have absolutely destroyed the joinery,you would cry if it was your house,butchered the new doors and windows.. There needs to be some accountability by tradespeople

 

[johniosaif]

I did a house for an old clerk of the works in Sydenham 25 yrs ago, it was great, I was young and eager and he wanted it nice and plumb,margins equal,beads in line,he didn't go overboard but it was a nice job to do, I worked for a qs for years, you do learn a bit from thesepeople but also worked for many a bang it out firm..

 

[church]

The one and only time a clerk spoke to me was when , i was flicking a brush full of water on a fair size hit me and my mate had on , he walked past and said " if you have to do that , you have to much plaster on , adding water weakens plaster and makes it brittle " i didnt say much cause i guessed he knew what he was talking about .