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  1. Dr.B

    Beads

    There is another thread just the same as this. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  2. Dr.B

    The Plasterers Arms Disco

    Fantastic! Thanks for opening my ears to Nigel Stanford Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    plasterers salary 2017

    Would be nice. House prices here are too far out of reach for locals. It’s all wealthy English buying houses as second homes. There is a seaside village nearby that has only 3 full time residents. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Supplier

    They used to phone and txt me like mad before I started ignoring them. Don’t phone me anymore. I’d forgotten about them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  5. Dr.B

    Job done

    It’s all in the setting out. No biggie it still looks good. A bricklayer would see it straight off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  6. Dr.B

    Scaffold

    I’ve got enough scaffolding to do a pine end on a dormer, moving it about is the bother. Bolloks to pumping 21footers up alone too! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  7. Dr.B

    Job I done

    Nice work. I like doing quoins an bands etc... shame I don’t get more of it to do. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I'm in a jolly mood

    Where did you get that from! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Who has tradepapers ie time served and who have a green cscs card

    I was born with f**k all and I’ll probably die just the same Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  10. Dr.B

    Skim cement board

    I have found it still pulls like mad and blisters over bond-it. SBR is better in my opinion. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Gone to far!

    Bootlegging and illegal distillery’s will prosper Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  12. Dr.B

    Clean edge on ceiling...

    Get raggles to do it for you. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  13. Dr.B

    Band of sticky plaster

    Secret damp is going to be the new rising damp[emoji854] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  14. Dr.B

    A Tour Of The Plasterers Forum

    Like[emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  15. Dr.B

    Latest

    I like absolute 90s but have not been able to pick it up lately? So absolute and heart 80s do me just don’t like the adverts. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Timber frame coated in a spraying cement render

    How old is the property? What method has the render been applied? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Gyproc FibaTape Perfect Finish

    It’s always the last place I go. But in the town I’ve been working in lately it is the only merchant that’s close by if you need to get anything. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Gyproc FibaTape Perfect Finish

    Jewson seem to have plenty round here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  19. Dr.B

    Anyone wear gloves?

    Got to draw blood on every Stanley blade change, it’s the rule! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  20. Dr.B

    Putz spat way better than speed skim

    I’ve just got a metal blade for the 1200 speedskim and was thinking about getting the 900 speedy but may as well get a putz 900 if they make one and try out? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  21. Dr.B

    Patching in / preparation for finish plaster advice

    If it was my house . Fill out all the holes, put new beads on openings, blu-grit the lot and skimm. Bit of a challenge and nice new walls to boot[emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  22. Dr.B

    Straight edge over scratch coat?

    I always rule off the scratch coay[emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  23. Dr.B

    Does anyone use Marshaltown strat to finish

    Sometimes it’s worth leaving it in the box till it goes hard again! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  24. Dr.B

    Does anyone use Marshaltown strat to finish

    [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  25. Dr.B

    Render carrier board

    I used ehi gf. It’s a finer grade aggregate in it so you can float and sponge it. Came up just as a cement sand lime mix would. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Does anyone use Marshaltown strat to finish

    Same with me except my shoulder gets painful too now, apparently it is compensating for the elbow ffs! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  27. Dr.B

    refina skimming rule

    Didn’t know a plazi had a chin ??? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Render carrier board

    True. Going by the maite I had left I was wondering if I had enough topcoat. I needn’t have worried. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Render carrier board

    Tell me about it ! I gave them the m2 of the job and they sent out the gear. Had 2 bags maite left and 1/4 roll mesh and 25ehi[emoji23] Someone f**k*d up but not me I just measured it. Mind you it says on the bag 14kg-24kg or something like that per m2 so it’s quite a margin??? Don’t know...
  30. Dr.B

    Render carrier board

    Job finished today. Maite base coat with mesh, ehi was nice and creamy and sponged up a treat. Have 25 bags left if any one needs some? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  31. Dr.B

    Parex EHI GF

    25 bags of Parex EHI GF in mouse grey. West Wales Left over on job and Sis won’t take it back. So am trying to move it for my customer. 07966 490115 Deri Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  32. Dr.B

    Useless

    I’ve always ruled upwards, fill any holes if needed and rule again then do the same going across the wall and then maybe up again if I feel like it. Also use a large spatula too these days. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  33. Dr.B

    Vimark ocr

    Nice one. I am thinking about getting a ritmo. I have experience with a g4 but do not own a machine yet and my work is mainly small domestic jobs too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Vimark ocr

    Do you use the ritmo on your own vincey Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  35. Dr.B

    Ewi help

    What basecoat did you use? What are the black spots on your camera? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  36. Dr.B

    trowel an square

    Only 7 trowels[emoji52] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Advice ; Going rate for pricework per m2 on-site in 2017?

    What is a square yard? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  38. Dr.B

    Plaster in Ealing area

    I used to live in Hillingdon but have moved back to Wales now, otherwise I’d call round and have a look. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  39. Dr.B

    Rendering garden walls

    I got it after I wrote my post. I mistook you for a dumbass which you are not. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  40. Dr.B

    Rendering garden walls

    Air bricks on a garden wall????????????? No mate, weep holes to let any water weep out from behind the wall to prevent pressure building up behind the wall. Learn something new every day don’t ya[emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  41. Dr.B

    Test yourself on damp identification (and help me out in the process!)

    Heating and ventilation,spot on[emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  42. Dr.B

    Skim failed on ceiling what now help please!

    I really don’t understand why people don’t want to overboard. Over boarding is a fail safe method. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  43. Dr.B

    Tyrolean on cement board

    I would not tyrolene straight on, the joints will show. Hp12 or maite with netting first then tyrolene. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  44. Dr.B

    New builds- do you charge per m2 or per day?

    It was a dolls house Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  45. Dr.B

    Newbie

    Young mothers wil do[emoji8] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  46. Dr.B

    Newbie

    A milf only needs to be a mother or a woman old enough to be your mother. In my case just a mother so... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  47. Dr.B

    Plasterboard shelf life

    Put the brown side out and all is good[emoji39] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  48. Dr.B

    Newbie wannabe Birmingham

    My wife’s mum[emoji854] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  49. Dr.B

    Speedskim experts help please?!

    Yep. But as beader says just try anything and see how it works for you. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  50. Dr.B

    Speedskim experts help please?!

    Get on it straight away, might need to use a trowel to keep the edges tidy at first whilst getting used to it. I only use mine on bigger walls and ceilings. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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