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Just checked this and they've withdrawn this service now - and charge £7.50 a month for what was a 'free forever' service.. Better check to ee if they have started charging us - if so I think we'll be moving :RpS_cursing:

No.. we've been with them for years. The catch is you can't use the counter service in the bank to do transactions - everything has to be done by post, telephone or online (or via the ATM). They send you prepaid envelopes to post cheques and ATM envelopes for cash and cheques, it's a pain but it...

Santander do a free business account but it's postal or machine only (there's always a catch..) We use it. Cash goes into an envelope and into the cash machine, cheques go into an envelope and are posted or put into a machine. No charges for paying in or paying out.

That's awful news, they want tying to a chair and have 6" nails hammered through their kneecaps! Smash their ankles though, not knees with a baseball bat - takes longer to heal... Local scumbag came up to us when we had our windscreen put through - he said he'd do lots of stuff but never...

We have when we got some that was like píss, add any water and you could've sprayed it on..

Yeah, it's also bloody expensive! Priced it up to use on ceilings where they had moulded cornice.. Used it before on a job and it is good stuff for curves as it has fibreglass layers in it.

I remember at Tech college my old lecturer used to say "pressure = force over area, to simplify it imagine a fat bird wearing stilettos standing on your foot..." I don't use a pole when working on walls, too cumbersome.

I haven't a scooby tbh (never done it) but reading other comments they can supply the labour as well..

I have a Ragni midget trowel and it's very numb. Will have to have a look at one of these I think..

One thing I do though is to convert any invoices done in Word (pc) or Pages (mac) to .pdf that way people can easily open them up (even on a smart phone).

He uses it for lifting his posh ciabatta toasties out of the oven.. :RpS_thumbup:

Are they supplying for that price? :rolleyes)

Anything expensive and I'd want to go and see it first. Sod the cost of travelling as Stuart says, there's been several con jobs recently. After-all if it's on a buy it now you can do just that (and barter a bit unless you pay by paypal then you have a bit of a guarantee should it go tits up)...

The domestic market would suit her I reckon - I expect a lady customer who wants some work doing will be more inclined to have a female do it when available. Might be sexist towards men but it works for G** plasterers and the pink pound (as I'm sure some on here will attest to :rolleyes))

Last time I used a MT was about 13 years ago when I had a SS 13". I couldn't get on with it as I kept catching the heal. Bought a Tyzack Centenary double tang after that and have had a few. Still got my last one which took a long while to break in (nearly chucked it at one point). Now use the...

I'd tell them to turn it off then go back after a few days to pva and patch it as a goodwill gesture. Where we're doing a biggish job we noticed a dehumidifier and told the customer to not use it as it dries it out too fast. Tell them it was their responsibility to inform you of any device that...

I'll just clean it when I'm done. I'll flatten it one way then cross the other way. If I get a hollow I'll just wipe a bit off onto my trowel then fill before going over it again with the Speedskim. I don't want to go over it too much as I like to give the first trowel with out water. Tbh, it...

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Nick Knowles is a tw@t who knows fück all.. One programme I watched the spreads had kicked him out of the house for being an arśe :RpS_laugh:

With ceilings I'll flatten both coats with the 1200mm Speedskim then use our 600mm Speedskim on a pole and go over it a few times till it's about as good as I can get then trowel it (one dry, then one with very little water). Certainly takes the effort out of it.

One customer asked us to sort the cracks out in their bedroom ceiling, they didn't want it plastering.. We cut the cracks out into a v the flat of a Stanley knife and filled with flexible filler, then flattened with a brush and trowel - job done. Cracks haven't come back. We said the only way...

This is without material. Materials would have to be taken off the gross amount as tax is already paid on them. Tax at 20% is taken off the labour only. Unless you want to pay a bit more tax and hopefully get a lower bill at the end of the year - or even a refund :rolleyes)

I have an old padsaw from Wickes, does me. Also have a Fatmax padsaw at home (bought it for trimming xmas trees)

It has it's ups and downs though..

Silka1? Got supplied it by the contractor for a full internal waterproofing job on a house that was subject to flooding.

What's with all the t-shirts.. We didn't get any...:RpS_crying:.. RYAN!!!!!! :RpS_sneaky: :RpS_biggrin:

I get mine shiny with just 2 trowels, though I don't use water I use this... BTW, that's GUnt... :rolleyes)

What about the feared French Foreign Legion? Oops, my bad - none are French... ;)

Not me mate, don't have any tools I know of made in France.

I've emailed them to the address in your sig ([email protected]). Let me know if they're OK.

I didn't get a pan lid or a plaggy trowel lol. Cheers Ryan, I've got full res versions if you want them?

Ryan, any news on the website yet? Anyways, thanks for the tools - I've taken some pics :RpS_thumbup: @Plasterers1StopShop :RpS_thumbup:

Same here.

We just have an old painters pole with the screw thread for ours (as the Speedskims came with the pole attachment).

Not tried the spat properly yet, been wanting to try one for ages but have it down to a tee with the SF and Speedskim. Now I've got one I'm wondering at what point I should try the spat? Tried it briefly on a ceiling instead of the SF for first trowel but was taking to much off.

Alright lah, welcome along.

Syria? Lot's of patching up to do.. :rolleyes)

You need a tilers trowel, you get a lovely striped finish with one of those :)

OK, here's a vid of me using a Nela SF.. Haven't worked out how to do all that fancy adding words etc. had a go but failed so it's just a clip... https://youtu.be/2OOFScW0LBU @Plasterers1StopShop

Indeed.. When it gets freezing cold though and you're in a house with no heating.. Getting changed into your overalls that are still damp from the day before.. Firing up the calor gas fire to get warm.. Though snap time its toasted sarnies in front of the fire. ..it's coming that time of year...

One thing used to puzzle me when I first started, why do r/handers float right to left and then skim left to right? Surly if skimming a largish set then you are starting on the wetter side and finishing on the drier? (if you float in the morning and skim in the afternoon).

I've got a lot of Scottish history in my family :RpS_thumbup:

I use both, but generally use one hand while sticking a finger up my bum with the other.. :RpS_blushing: :rolleyes)

Won't be long before that folds... :rolleyes)

Plaster? hah! Who uses plaster anymore.. :RpS_biggrin:

So am I. Prefer to use right though and it's what I'm used to but can use left when needed. I also use snips left handed and have a pair of Irwin left cut snips, I laugh when someone else picks them up and can't use them :RpS_laugh: Also use my cordless drill left handed and have the holster...

Get a DAB radio as well, then you can use the third battery to listen to crappy radio all day.. :RpS_thumbup:

Obas rung us today with an offer, beads were about 59p each. Deal was.. 50 beads, 4 tubs of PVA, 3 rolls of new sticky fibre tape, a dust sheet, box of 28mm drywall screws (1000), white mixing bucket, 2 polo neck shirts with embroidery. Don't think I've missed anything off.. £100 delivered...

Oh aye, "ol' tRusty" lol