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JohnDoe

JohnDoe

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I've got a home made wooden one , 7' long love it , not worried about the weight ,
Can anyone tell me if illy be allowed to use it on site ?
 
bof said:
I've got a home made wooden one , 7' long love it , not worried about the weight ,
Can anyone tell me if illy be allowed to use it on site ?
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Very unlikely, they used to turn a blind eye to mine fifteen years ago. I wouldn't even be able to reach the tops of the walls using the height of normal hopups, they'd probably say I'd have to use podium steps lol
 
essexandy said:
Daft thing is that they get all funny about what hopups you can and can't use, but then let you use stilts.
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Yep, stilts was on my mind , have used them before but see them as dangerous and surprised they're allowed
 
Djr said:
Towers or hop up . New build houses your ok . Big commercial like kier ect no chance
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Guess I'm gonna need a hop up but want one as long as possible , the ones I've seen aren't long enough to comfortably lay on
 
bof said:
Guess I'm gonna need a hop up but want one as long as possible , the ones I've seen aren't long enough to comfortably lay on
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I did once see some that were about 2m long on eBay but by the time I tried to order one they were all gone and never came back.
I used stilts up until just after my knee operation, I have a feeling that they caused the operation.
 
essexandy said:
I did once see some that were about 2m long on eBay but by the time I tried to order one they were all gone and never came back.
I used stilts up until just after my knee operation, I have a feeling that they caused the operation.
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I'm use to trowelling up ceilings walking backwards lol
 
Is tying a scaffold plank to two tressles an option on site
 
Djr said:
Yes if you want the c**ts to throw you off .lol
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I've only been on site a few times recently , no card lol , the object was to get the boxes skimmed , as long as I had boots lid and vest they didn't seem bothered about much else , used tressles and planks
Hop ups are too short for full stretch of laying on guess I'll have to change my technique
 
bof said:
I've only been on site a few times recently , no card lol , the object was to get the boxes skimmed , as long as I had boots lid and vest they didn't seem bothered about much else , used tressles and planks
Hop ups are too short for full stretch of laying on guess I'll have to change my technique
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I use them all the time . Just put the full rooms on if you can
 
Djr said:
I use them all the time . Just put the full rooms on if you can
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Full room lol , usually two 30 m sets and I'm off lol, I'm going to try one coat method when I get the chance , spent most of my time on domestic refurb and overskim so never needed to skim like algeeman lol
 
bof said:
Full room lol , usually two 30 m sets and I'm off lol, I'm going to try one coat method when I get the chance , spent most of my time on domestic refurb and overskim so never needed to skim like algeeman lol
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That's all I do mainly. Sometimes 3
 
Djr said:
Oh it's great fun. Like fuk it is :cry:
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I'll only do it for a few years , get me fit for retirement , always enjoyed my work but never charged great money , nice gut and board ceiling yesterday
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Finished with a thick one coat and sponge , the rest of the house is lime so as rough as I could do to match , no pics as I didn't get done till 7.30 , gotta go back to build extension in spring , will see it painted
 
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bof said:
I'll only do it for a few years , get me fit for retirement , always enjoyed my work but never charged great money , nice gut and board ceiling yesterday
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Finished with a thick one coat and sponge , the rest of the house is lime so as rough as I could do to match , no pics as I didn't get done till 7.30 , gotta go back to build extension in spring , will see it painted
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What mtr price you been offered on site?
 
Djr said:
What mtr price you been offered on site?
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Bit spoilt , got £5 in Camden early summer , only just got cscs card this week ,lts a bit late now assume I'll start in new year , local is £3.75 so I'd rather travel and stay in my van , take my mountain bike and treat it like a holiday , if I'm away missus or kids will have to sort the pony lol
 
bof said:
Bit spoilt , got £5 in Camden early summer , only just got cscs card this week ,lts a bit late now assume I'll start in new year , local is £3.75 so I'd rather travel and stay in my van , take my mountain bike and treat it like a holiday , if I'm away missus or kids will have to sort the pony lol
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That not a bad price that . What mtb you got
 
Djr said:
That not a bad price that . What mtb you got
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Standard GT , bomber forks Clark brakes about 8y old , in bits up field at moment not got round to buying new chain , use a Marin whatever at moment as it looks less nickable , eBay jobs I'm too old to jump down cliffs , prefer riding bridleways , will drive up to 50m visit a national trust or similar then do a circular 20/30m tour , got about 30 ordinance maps , been great days out . Done some nice bits of Wales , brakes don't last long on some of those downhills lol
 
No offence but no site managers going to be happy with 60m2 a day they will need you to keep up with there program!
 
zombie said:
No offence but no site managers going to be happy with 60m2 a day they will need you to keep up with there program!
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That's what I heard , suppose depends on the size of site , I was working in small block of town houses with first fix going on all over so was getting a room or two , moving next door and then back again , might have to team up with Andy g lol. Got private work available if it's a no go but I'd earn more even at £3.50 , also looking forward to being physically pushed
 
John j said:
Wickes. At start of thread . Not sure length but you can take a good step on em . @lurpak
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4' just checked , suppose I could manage , think I'll probably use two shorter ones taped together . Have used the builders aluminium ones on occasion but the lack of height adjustment isn't suitable , my wooden one I change the legs so it's just right and I can trowel up a 11' span
 
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