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im pricing up 3 bed semis at £2000 labour to reskim at the moment , i think £1800 would be my cut off point,but i have been up against quotes as little as £1200,

i have over polished a fair bit in the past, but i do mostly domestic work, and everyone expects a glass finish, have had a few know it all customers in the past thats moaned its not glass enough,or " they cant see their reflection" so not worth the hassle and have often polish it more than...

i use a nice belle 1600 w mixer, bought it off ebay 2nd hand for £30 , have to watch the pennies, were in a recession dont you know

i dont mind the "while your here little jobs" as these can really go a long way with customers, but its all the jobs that take a day or 2 that i get asked to do that pisses me off, and the way they look at you like your some thieving **** because you have asked for money, even though i always...

left handed people are servents of the devil Shift+R improves the quality of this image. Shift+A improves the quality of all images on this page.

Can't seem to copy the image using my phone, but worth looking up perhaps

http://images-p.qvc.com/is/image/uk/5/29/564029.001?$ukswatchlarge$ I use a pumped spray from qvc, 3 pump spray heads for a tenner, they just screw on top of a pop bottle

waste of time, i advertised using flyers once, advertising for all sorts of building work,ordered 5ooo , i posted nearly 4000 of them , with the help of a couple of mates, i got a kitchen refurb off one, and fit a bathroom suite, i still have 1000 sitting around somewhere , i gave up with them...

Ha ha ha ha ha ha, Ahmed , livin the plasterin dream, dream on mate

Hi, it was just what I was told by one of the chaps who initially taught me, his reasoning for bonding over artex was to level out the surface and for the reason I gave earlier, and as he was a plasterer of 20 years I had just took his word as gospel, even though it did seem a bit strange when...

Personally, on artex, I would normally skim the wall with a tight coat of bonding plaster 1st, and then skimmed the wall with finishing plaster, I was always told never to skim straight over artex, as the backing should be harder than the skim coat,

I'm not sure if it matters, I was always told to float right to left, and skim left to right, but can't remember what the reason why though

I pva night before, and prior to skimming, as a general rule, as that was I had taught, but have to admit their have been many occasions when have just pva night before, and done so on the basis of working with other spreads I greatly respect , and have many more years experience in the game...

Ahh, yes .Bal do a green screed adhesive for floor tiles on newly laid floor screeds or concrete, will have to look into it to see if using it on Walls would be ok

Hi, thanks for replies, I had tried the bal website and as andy mentioned only really turns up tops tiles, I will give the chap at the tile place I use to see if he can order any in cheaper, I guesse the customer will have to pay £20 a bag , or stop being impatient , use normal cement and put...