Biggest ceiling skimmed on your own no speedskim just trowel

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470m2 filled the jute scrim out knocked up a little bucket of stuff up an one coat magic coat surprised myself really I only used half a bag of stuff! Oh forgot to mention I started it at 9:30am and was back in the van for 10:15am and I charged the customer £18'0000 cash best bit of graft I'd ever done[emoji106][emoji482], I wonder if anyone else has done more for less lol
 
With a Marshalltown about the same.
And that approach to a 80m2 ceiling Without a speedskim would be).
1 and a bit bags stiffish caulk out all tapered edge joints then gauge a 3 bag bucket whichll first coat 50+m2 .
knock another 3 up slightly wetter flatten with a Marshalltown the first 50m2 now scratch the other 30m2 on flatten with a marshalltown .
whats left out of the 2nd bucket will almost lay the first 50m2 in knock 1 bag up flatten with a marshalltown what was just 2nd coated now lay the rest in which will be hanging fairly wash out then trowel the lot with a Marshalltown.
This is obviously for a ceiling thats a sensible height and shape with straightforward access if any of these things get more difficult, either A the number of mtrs going on will come down or B the number of trowels needed will go up.

Ive owned a speedskim for 2 1/2 years.
Ive been a greedy c**t for the last 20.
 
scottie5 said:
With a Marshalltown about the same.
And that approach to a 80m2 ceiling Without a speedskim would be).
1 and a bit bags stiffish caulk out all tapered edge joints then gauge a 3 bag bucket whichll first coat 50+m2 .
knock another 3 up slightly wetter flatten with a Marshalltown the first 50m2 now scratch the other 30m2 on flatten with a marshalltown .
whats left out of the 2nd bucket will almost lay the first 50m2 in knock 1 bag up flatten with a marshalltown what was just 2nd coated now lay the rest in which will be hanging fairly wash out then trowel the lot with a Marshalltown.
This is obviously for a ceiling thats a sensible height and shape with straightforward access if any of these things get more difficult, either A the number of mtrs going on will come down or B the number of trowels needed will go up.

Ive owned a speedskim for 2 1/2 years.
Ive been a greedy c**t for the last 20.
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scottie5 said:
With a Marshalltown about the same.
And that approach to a 80m2 ceiling Without a speedskim would be).
1 and a bit bags stiffish caulk out all tapered edge joints then gauge a 3 bag bucket whichll first coat 50+m2 .
knock another 3 up slightly wetter flatten with a Marshalltown the first 50m2 now scratch the other 30m2 on flatten with a marshalltown .
whats left out of the 2nd bucket will almost lay the first 50m2 in knock 1 bag up flatten with a marshalltown what was just 2nd coated now lay the rest in which will be hanging fairly wash out then trowel the lot with a Marshalltown.
This is obviously for a ceiling thats a sensible height and shape with straightforward access if any of these things get more difficult, either A the number of mtrs going on will come down or B the number of trowels needed will go up.

Ive owned a speedskim for 2 1/2 years.
Ive been a greedy c**t for the last 20.
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so just to re-cap scottie...youd be happy to put 80m lid on with just a trowel?

is that based on the lid being scaffold out so you can walk it?

or stilts/hop up etc?
 
If I turned up on site on my own in the morning and found someone had taken all my gear apart from a 18" xtralite mt a hawk and buckets/whisk/scoop.
And left me a 80m2 plasterboarded ceiling at normal room height and a relatively straightforward shape ie square/rectangle.
That on everything I hold dear in this world swear that I would be putting that ceiling on in one on my own.
It wouldn't have a joint in it and I wouldn't be subbing it out to bigger boys.
To recap me myself and I would be all Id need.
Also Id like to say that I've a second year apprentice who could manage a 30-40m2 ceiling on his own without too much drama.
 
To be honest for me anyhow using speedskim,spats and the like made the job no faster for me,i stick mainly to a carbon and a s*p*r*lex now and even on large areas I still stick to these two trowels.i still use speedskims they come in handy between door linings and flattening skim when it's thick along with a few other situations they come in handy for me.
 
scottie5 said:
If I turned up on site on my own in the morning and found someone had taken all my gear apart from a 18" xtralite mt a hawk and buckets/whisk/scoop.
And left me a 80m2 plasterboarded ceiling at normal room height and a relatively straightforward shape ie square/rectangle.
That on everything I hold dear in this world swear that I would be putting that ceiling on in one on my own.
It wouldn't have a joint in it and I wouldn't be subbing it out to bigger boys.
To recap me myself and I would be all Id need.
Also Id like to say that I've a second year apprentice who could manage a 30-40m2 ceiling on his own without too much drama.
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fair play to you...

id be prepared to have a long day rolling little gauges if i had to so long as I could walk it out scaffed out....but I wouldn't even get my tools out if I was having to do it off a hop-up...
 
I would of done exactly the same as Scottie but would of plasterboarded the ceiling first in the morning and skimmed 80.5m2 in afternoon.
Lol
 
scottie5 said:
If I turned up on site on my own in the morning and found someone had taken all my gear apart from a 18" xtralite mt a hawk and buckets/whisk/scoop.
And left me a 80m2 plasterboarded ceiling at normal room height and a relatively straightforward shape ie square/rectangle.
That on everything I hold dear in this world swear that I would be putting that ceiling on in one on my own.
It wouldn't have a joint in it and I wouldn't be subbing it out to bigger boys.
To recap me myself and I would be all Id need.
Also Id like to say that I've a second year apprentice who could manage a 30-40m2 ceiling on his own without too much drama.
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Self praise is no recommendation as they say
 
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