Lose one job get another, strange old world

[Mouldyoldspudgun]

Just lost dot , dab and skim a pair of three bed semis yesterday, go to work this morning and pick up three weeks outside rendering. Pucka result, massively undercut on the semis though.

 

[zolco]

Just lost dot , dab and skim a pair of three bed semis yesterday, go to work this morning and pick up three weeks outside rendering. Pucka result, massively undercut on the semis though.

Get your sunhat out

 

[JessThePlasterer]

Bloody undercutters! Great you filled the space though!

 

[gps]

Bloody undercutters! Great you filled the space though!

did it not cross you mind mouldy May have been very expensive ? You need to stop being so presumptuous young lady

 

[Mouldyoldspudgun]

I am expensive and rough and come to mention it very slow but we keep working year in year out on word of mouth so must be doing something right and I am going to get myself a sun hat as @zolco suggested, don’t know what colour yet though, must match my red shorts I guess

 

[JessThePlasterer]

did it not cross you mind mouldy May have been very expensive ? You need to stop being so presumptuous young lady

Yaaaaaaawn

 

[beader]

did it not cross you mind mouldy May have been very expensive ? You need to stop being so presumptuous young lady

A bit like presuming that the plaster on old walls will be good enough to take a coat of skim. Lol

 

[gps]

A bit like presuming that the plaster on old walls will be good enough to take a coat of skim. Lol

Yes my clients learnt an expensive lesson that this is not always the case

 

[Danny]

 

[Vincey]

I normally kick walls and feel them tbh when quoting but anyway glad you sorted mouldy . All these customers send us all mad

 

[gps]

I normally kick walls and feel them tbh when quoting but anyway glad you sorted mouldy . All these customers send us all mad

You are invited into someone’s house and you start kicking the walls lol you don’t half tell some lies

 

[Vincey]

You are invited into someone’s house and you start kicking the walls lol you don’t half tell some lies

Seriously mate I do I’ve always done it I call it the kick test to see if walls ok , same with ceilings always ask if it’s ok to have a quick feel, push,punch, tap to see it’s ok

 

[gps]

Seriously mate I do I’ve always done it I call it the kick test to see if walls ok , same with ceilings always ask if it’s ok to have a quick feel and give it a good push to see it’s ok

So you walk into mrs jones’s House with new cream carpets with your dirty work boots on and start kicking walls lol

 

[JessThePlasterer]

I’ve got the funniest mental image of Pete, going absolutely crazy quoting! “Aaaaaaarrrrgggghhh!!” Kung foo kicking walls and punching the ceiling!

 

[Vincey]

So you walk into mrs jones’s House with new cream carpets with your dirty work boots on and start kicking walls lol

This is why I like coming on forum before I always presumed everyone does same but obviously not

I was told very early on in career to toe poke with steel toe caps low down to assess the situation

 

[beader]

I take one of these when i go to look at a re'skim an hit the walls with it.

 

[zombie]

@Vince you are mental!

 

[John j]

Normal when i have to look at a job first thing i do is ask if they have watts app to send pictures lol

 

[Gibbo]

vince i get you now

 

[JessThePlasterer]

I love our vincey, great forum character, sound guy

 

[gps]

I love our vincey, great forum character, sound guy

What about the lies ?

 

[zombie]

Still an ex BG snake!

Fake news!!!

 

[Vincey]

So how do you lot access walls and ceilings out of interest, obviously Gordon doesn’t as we all know now , any tips ?

 

[gps]

So how do you lot access walls and ceilings out of interest, obviously Gordon doesn’t as we all know now , any tips ?

Assess you mean ?

I thought kicking the walls was a tried and tested method

 

[beader]

Nothing more than the mk1 eye ball and a lot of experience.

 

[Danny]

I thought we all gave a couple of taps of the wall.....