I'm going back on the 10th, done my level 1 and half level 2 diploma! but now they have changed it to city & guilds so im going in to start level 2 again. the standard of work in the college looks a lot better don't know if that's down to the C&G ? still focusing half the course on fibrous...
just experience on the tools I would say the main point is that I was just getting on the tools before the machine came along now all I do is run that and id rather be banging bags in a mixer and bucketing it up as you'll get some interaction with people and a better chance of picking things up...
the biggest problem ive found is anyone having the time to show u I had to literally start picking up the tools and just going for it where as before I worked for someone else who would of cut my fingers off if I did that
ive done quite a bit of scratchin and can normally get a really good finish on it normally I get left to scratch it all on my own while they go beading for next one ! cleaning the filter on our machine is pretty simple can change rota stata if someone holds it in place ! my boss gets recommended...
ye it sounded terrible when I described it would have to write all the exact names down, but I do know the machine im the only one who knows how to set it up set water levels etc but I will try learn more about it
what your going back to college ? I did my level 1 - 2 at college and got distinctions in every test and as soon as I got working I realised I didn't know **** all ! theres only so much you can learn from a book and also colleges focus on site work so most of the work in college is paperwork to...
hi keith its a monojet don't know model number or anything sorry, its the hopper on wheels air compressor attatched underneath separate water pump and generator if that helps oh and its orange with the roter and stater it is at the bottom like a twisty thing
I have and also my boss understands the situation and says that that's all I can do as I am the only lab on the firm he cant pay anyone else to do I which makes sense but where does that leave me I think im stuck ?
Hello I have been working for the last year or so now and have loved it all, however for the last few months I have been chucking bags in the machine an is pretty soul destroying for someone that's hands on you don't even get to see what's happening or talk to anyone, anyway im basically asking...
Hello are you still looking for someone ?
I live in Weston super mare no problem for me to travel, i will be driving soon just trying to earn the money to get on the road.
I have done about a years labour for a plastering firm but was put on a bag machine just putting bags in so was not...
Calling all plasterers in the Bridgwater area !
I have been labouring for a plasterer for a little while now and have been keen as mustard since coming out of college.
Im moving to the Bridgwater area and if there are any plasterers out there that need a clean, tidy, consistent and keen...
Hi all, im writing to some spreads in the local area to try and get some expirience, even if i could jus watch a plasterer doing his thing ill be happy ! im at college at the moment but half the time were doing paperwork ! id rather be grafting and getting the mix right, but as you all know they...
I just wrote out alot of stuff i tried to post but as soon as i hit that button my comp freezes.
The second time i made sure to copy my work and hopefully paste it
that didnt work either, this is the only site ive ever had problems like this, any1 else ?
haha you lot are nuts ! thanks ! Anyway i can definetly see how the floral dress thing would work theres a lot of lonely plasterers round here. come on then guys gimme the lowdown on site and domestic im still confused about what to do myself, i understand site work you just gotta graft a bit...
Lol yes plumbing is shocking and unfortunately far beyond me so the dodgey radiator is gonna have to stay ! yes its a conservatory and yes some crazy fool has put a strip of laminate across the wall!
The state of the plaster before was really bad not too sure what happened to it previously, so I took the plaster back to give it some sort of consistent level to make it easier to lay stuff on I suppose ! Yeh its a strip of timber that runs across the wall
Sorry mate its old plaster that has been taken off the walls, and its left a very uneven surface because of the plaster being bolstered of at all different levels ! I posted pics have they worked ?
Dont know what happened but its all over the place
I think there was moisture getting in somewhere,
Anywho, this is what i think i should do, you guys can tell me otherwise.
2 coat pva, hardwall, poss 2 coats but thin? skim ?
Thanks for your time !
Thank you all for your warm welcome !
I know times are hard and its a bugger for anyone trying to make something of thereselves ! Persistance is the key i suppose !
I will visit as many as possible face to face and put a letter together for others.
As you guys are plasterers, There must be a...
Hello all !
Im new here and i would just like to ask someone where to start with a career in plastering.
I am currently doing my NVQ1, progressing onto level 2 straight after.
Someone mentioned to me about just phoning in the local area and going with someone who has the time to show me some...
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