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I'll sue you for half ? :)

Decent stuff to use. We've found the finish cost is better if you lay it on a bit thicker than normal. Like 5mm ideally. Trowels up nice !

Confirmed new tranny is the nuts!

I would grit it first

Happy to bet on that if you want, big shot. Post a picture of your last months CIS statement, I bet you're full of s**t just like your buddy earning "very very good money" on £2.50 Sqm lol. site bashing will never be as lucrative as large private work, even if you're big potato Charlie the...

To be clear, I don't give a s**t if you want to one coat and sponge on £2.50 Sqm... but it's not the best way to plaster, you're cutting corners because it's the only way you can make that dogshit rate pay. That is the discussion bud. If you're wife has great career let her feed the family...

I wouldn't get out of bed for that rate mate, immove elsewhere and earn double ? I don't live in Mayfair, in fact I live in one of the less salubrious parts of the world, but there are plenty of people here with money that will pay if you're clean and your work is good enough. One of the truest...

If your the best and have all the rich clients, you don't have to be competitive, just name your price. That's the best way to feed a family

Bet 20inchlover and all the other sponge float lovers are site bashers. You can't use one coat, water sprayers and sponge floats on million pound houses. It makes a mess and one coating will never be as good as two coats. Passable yes, but some of us strive to be the best we can be, not just...

You've only done half of it ? What about the bottom ? :)

Kitchy got it on the nose. s**t job and client making the "I can't afford this" noise = find a new build with a rich scadsnavian woman who has pots of wealth ! :)

Looks like a whale of a time!

What was said plasterers name ? Save one of us getting burned in future ! ?

Yep full of chancers down here mate. I've been through so many subbies, not worth the ball ache!!! Just take on less and up the prices !

Draft def sets it off and you can get tearing. Was so hot today we did 2 sets and had a room done by 12.30 !!! How you boys can work on that abroad f**k knows. Sat in the beer garden now though for my pains !! :)

Touché !!

Did you learn these boarding skills while everyone else was in English class learning how to use paragraphs ? :)

Sponge floating is ok if you're an average spread. If you're good, you'll get just as good or better finish with a quicker set and less mess without. When you work in nice private houses, mess needs to be absolutely minimal and sponge floats are not the cleanest.. If I was doing site work and...

Why would you ever agree to work for that ? I would rather go hungry than be extorted like that. Go into site agents office and tell him to stick his poxy job up his arse.

Joggers all the way. Comfy and easy to move in. Those Scruffs trousers dig into your hips !

@Kitchy

Depends how well you can use a tape and a pencil I guess.. If you set the edge of your boards plumb, a tape will be accurate. It's all preference I guess ? I also don't like cutting out the board from the back as it can tear and is less neat. I can see your me getting a little hot and bothered...

Efficient doesn't just mean fastest. I don't want to lug boards around more than necessary. Tell you what kitchy, we could have a race one day You can tap the boards and I'll measure and draw on them. My level vs your chalk line :)

Nope it also treats lead and is great stuff if you happen to stain the lead with a bit of muck ! Always carry a bottle in the van for this.

What about using a tape and a pencil to mark electrical boxes ? Then cut them out with a pad saw! I'm all up for an easy job, but there's no way moving the board several times is more efficient than measuring, unless you enjoy humping plasterboards for fun!

Oh and Sean the bricked lab is called fellani, he got caught pissing off the scaffold and had a right old bush !!!

We have > Flea beard Son of flea beard Piss fleck beard Pedo beard Bummer parsons Shergar Cunninglingus aficionado Monkey hands Little John These guys are a mix of trades that work for the same developer as us. All the names are made from our lab who is obviously absolutely mental...

Find a good lawyer. Must be worth a few hundred Gs !

Knauf spec is solid dab around the perimeter of the board and one line of dabs through the middle of the board. I find dabbing with a finishing trowel superior to a bucket trowel, however 2 guys I employ use bucket trowels with just as good results.

It's written on the window ;)

Does mr Jackson realise you forgot to render th e head Nice work mate, tyro is tidy.

Well one can only assume that a tradesmen knows how to use a level properly and use the materials needed for their job

if both walls are plumb, the corners should be square. Do you see why?

Chalk line lol. There's a straight edge/level with a bubble in the middle that will tell you everything you need to know!

I've got a pool to render next week. Client has asked for a sand and cement render, it's made of blockwork and is square. Mix ratio/additives ? Discuss >>

Use Hilti gx120 shots to fix to the steel. Get a dryliner to mf into the steel and then hardibacker/CP board. Rendaid and some mesh and bingo was his name o

That euro stuff is alright, it actually sticks ! Buy it up arti

+1 to this. I'd rather my lads did 3 1 bag hits that were perfect, than 2 3 bag hits that were under trowelled or had scabby edges etc.

Home alone 2 lost in New York

RGB is the exact place I've been getting this s**t 50/50 from.. That's why I've been mixing my own.. I'm originally from Dorset/Hampshire, used to get lovely fluffy blonde stuff there which rubbed up lovely :(

Where ?

There is 2 stop heads on the "roulette board@ part. This isn't necessary... But the fitter hadn't got the frame bang on and it was the best way to get everything to line up !

When and where ?

Orangerys (spelling ?) are this seasons must have here. It's like a conservatory with pellets all the way around ha !

hoping for Bobby to see this one as I know he's a local lad I'm based in Devon and the plastering sand here is shite. Red 50/50 they call it. It's got huge stones and pebbles in it and it runs up like s**t in the beads unless you set them into of the scratch leaving a thicker topcoat etc etc...

Been doing lots of these recently. The amount of work to board and set one room is insane ! Anyone else do conservatories ? So hot atm if you out on more than a bag you're a mad man !!

Took my pup to work today. Client had a black lab also and said no problem bring yours in too. Put him in the garden area and closed gate. After walking round the house with the client we came back outside to find my dog fuckimg hers up against the kids wendyhouse He was giving her a right...

beat every f**k**g bead up and tell them to ead

I use a MT on the straight runs and a pointer/small tool for the domes ! Takes a bit of practice but they look nice and you can charge extra for them