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yeah - and then she decided to use some one else!

yeah. or call them at two in the morning every now and then with number withheld. ******* ridiculous - hiding in your own house pretending you're not in! why not phone and say you've changed your mind about needing some plastering? or else let me in to have a look and then say you'll get back to...

After a bad day last saturday i went to do a quote on the other side of the wirral. got there at the right time, knocked on the door and rang the bell - no answer. then i hear whispering behind the door. knock on the door again and shout that it's the plasterer to do a quote. no answer. so i...

you're right about myhammer being double wank. just had a look at that and seen a job for skimming three rooms. the proposed price? £150! ffs. if some f****r said he'd skim a room for £50 would you not smell something fishy?

thought as much. if i was getting something done i wouldnt accept some quote that had been battered down and down on the internet without the punter even seeing the job. they undoubtedly are wank. astute observation oasis.

Anyone signed up to this site or anything similar and got any work?

Hi everyone, anyone know where i can buy knauf plaster? any of the big building chains? i'm on the wirral but can't find it anywhere.

nice one, del. that was the only suggestion i was given - the perlinor - but the local ferreterea only had the aislayola which i was assured was the same if not similar. you're right about the mecafino - used to take about 2 hours before you could trowel it up - lovely white finish, though, you...

anyone worked in spain recently? was there last year on the costa tropical. the established expats wouldnt tell you anything - competition i suppose. so it was a matter of trial and error and i'm left with a few questions as to what i was using for nearly a year. what's the difference between...

oh, or a DAB radio with no static?

and their plastic hawk for a tenner is the best i've ever had. it's flexible - u just bend it a touch and all the crap just falls off. could never go back to a marshalltown. too heavy.

wickes are doing an 18 inch stainless for 15 quid - in some sort of laquered coating. but that wont last long.

which of the following would u suggest for christmas from ebay? one of those big hawks from marshalltown, a pair of stilts, an adjustable corner trowel, a tape dispenser, a scarifier, a pipe trowel, drywall gun with collated screws, a plastic finishing trowel? stilts, maybe? whats the best for...

whats keyline? a regional merchant? sorry, mate, i'm on the wirral and never heard of them. we've got hews gray up here. they're not too bad on the gear but when u start adding beads, buckets drywalls etc it can get costly. then again, like u say, it's where ever is handy.

definately. and b and q dont do hardwall. plus wickes do good buckets for 99p ffs - not like them crap orange ones from b and q. and the float beads are cheaper.

is wickes the cheapest place at the moment for gear? u can get 5 bags of multi or board for around £18. in b and q you've got to buy 10 bags for any kind of discount! what's the most expensive place? i was in homebase a few weeks ago and i'm sure they were selling multi for about 5 or 6 quid...

get one of those six inch razor scrapers from b and q for a fiver. that will take all the scabby bits off np. then again, if it wont come off with a steamer or scraper just go over it. i know thats bad practice and i dont usually do it, but i had a job a couple of weeks ago where i spent two...

what? offered u red wine on a job? pinot noir is the best, however, maybe a nice chianti with some liver and some fava beans. wouldn't drink on the job, though, unless i'd finished and someone offered me a beer while counting the money out

dont mind one guiness sometimes - at dinner that is - so long as the jobs under control. anymore than that and u dont wanna do anything. you always get more done in the mornings and anymore than a pint just wipes u out for the afternoon.. just been in spain for ten months and after the siesta -...

it will take to the bond it. but will take an age to go off. i've gone over tiles in a kitchen with bond it but the waiting about drives you mad. and you know if u get off somewhere sods law will mean it's gone off on you when u get back. just explain to the punter that u got use a special...

i drink therefore i am. descartes?

"plaster and wood is no good" unless u cover it in a 1 / 2 mix of bond it and pva and then mix up all the old scabby bags in the back of the van with some dirty water. otherwise you'll be there till next year. or else they'll call u back next year when it falls off.

i have one that i use now and then on bigger jobs. he can lay on and flatten as well so it's great when you want to get the mileage on. can even trowel up to a degree. but he likes a drink - or two. on the job. everywhere you look there's cans of lynx lager - medicine cabinets, empty bags of...

you should be finished before the pub opens. and the van tidied out while you're waiting for it to go off. nice to have an early dart on a friday. wish i had.

it's called irony, mate

I'd get a second man in to feed you - you dont want the mix going off before you get it all on. he can help you trowel up as well.

yeah, sorry, i'm talking when the ceiling has been formed like steve says. i've know you can get coving trowels with different radius for when you are forming them but wondered if there was something about to help you skim them.

Ex rac transit 2.4 diesel. does about 32 for a tenner. i dont know what that is per gallon - i just go per fiver or per tenner these days - i dont know how much diesel is per gallon.

transit 90, ex rac. 03 plate for £2000 with full service history and shitloads of extras. no flashing lights, though. but the bright orange gets you noticed.

hello everyone, this is my first post. been reading the forum for several months but have only just registered in light of the new rules - though i had better sign up and start posting. anyway, the question is as above. i''ve no problems skimming the coved frieze all the way round the room...