Lastlaff
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Anyway, I'm off to wash my hands as It's ten to the hour and I like to wash every ten minutes.
View attachment 19558 That's what she asked me to do - just not that type of skirt! Anyway, off came the skirting boards as she wants the walls to run into the concrete tiles - clean lines. I'm going to use stop beads to form the junction unless anyone got a better idea? Why do I always get customers with OCD ideas!
Anyway, I'm off to wash my hands as It's ten to the hour and I like to wash every ten minutes.
View attachment 19558 That's what she asked me to do - just not that type of skirt! Anyway, off came the skirting boards as she wants the walls to run into the concrete tiles - clean lines. I'm going to use stop beads to form the junction unless anyone got a better idea? Why do I always get customers with OCD ideas!
Anyway, I'm off to wash my hands as It's ten to the hour and I like to wash every ten minutes.
Looks good, but just can’t help but cringe at the thought of a dirty sopping wet mop running along that wall edge fookin it up in no time.
Yes mate, someone's house.Is this in some ones house last Laff ?
What’s the score?
How rough are you with your ramming?yup it will get grubby in time... and hoover ramming into it etc
Yes mate, someone's house.
You're a genuine nice bloke. It didn't take much skill(I have very little). Plastic skim bead with one wing cut down (I used that as the spacer under the bead once it was stuck on). The woman had serious OCD about the shadow gap - I took it to another level and told her the gap is the same as the concrete-tile grout line.....she loved that.Perfection
You're a genuine nice bloke. It didn't take much skill(I have very little). Plastic skim bead with one wing cut down (I used that as the spacer under the bead once it was stuck on). The woman had serious OCD about the shadow gap - I took it to another level and told her the gap is the same as the concrete-tile grout line.....she loved that.
You know mate, listening is the most important thing when landing the job - find out what they want, if it will work and of course if you want to do it, then you'll get the work. Price rarely comes into it (maybe I'm lucky). Once they have decided they want you to do the work, price doesn't matter.Thanks Lastlaff. You've helped me loads since I've been posting. Its nice to see a master at work
PS, thanks for the explanation. I suppose half the battle, whatever trade yoy are is keeping the customer happy, think you've got that sorted
You know mate, listening is the most important thing when landing the job - find out what they want, if it will work and of course if you want to do it, then you'll get the work. Price rarely comes into it (maybe I'm lucky). Once they have decided they want you to do the work, price doesn't matter.
After fitting the beads I paper taped the wing to the wall then three coats of joint cement (the paper tape I pre-soak in water to stop it sucking the moisture from the joint cement (I spent a year machine taping & jointing years ago in Scotland - learned from a gang of brilliant blokes). It's all just practice, they laughed at me when they saw my taping for the first time.Good advice mate...thank you. Did you blend in or completely re-skim?
After fitting the beads I paper taped the wing to the wall then three coats of joint cement (the paper tape I pre-soak in water to stop it sucking the moisture from the joint cement (I spent a year machine taping & jointing years ago in Scotland - learned from a gang of brilliant blokes). It's all just practice, they laughed at me when they saw my taping for the first time.
How rough are you with your ramming?
I was thinking of getting one of those. I have a Dyson and I mainly Hoover in our house (the wife doesn't know how too:/) I like to see all the filth circulate in the canister...perverse I guess?quite rough we have a robot hoover
Neat, clean and tidy - that's all people want....its quite simple really. Some days I loose a bit of money to make it look pukka - other days it's an easy one.
I was thinking of getting one of those. I have a Dyson and I mainly Hoover in our house (the wife doesn't know how too:/) I like to see all the filth circulate in the canister...perverse I guess?