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Works both ways Zombie. I have seen the mess that "tradesmen" have left in some houses and been paid in full. Maybe a pay after your happy system should be put in place, however I don't know who would police that. At the end of the day it's up to the customer. Who knows ??

Spot on Simon, the guys not hiding anything, he's on here for advice trying to improve himself and leave as good a job as he can. Whether he has done an apprenticeship or not is irrelevant, I know a lot of tradesmen over the whole building game that I wouldn't piss on if they were on fire cos...

Get a F*****g picture of your bad boy van up marshy, no seen it for a while..

Nice job Tony, obviously joiners do most of plasterboarding north of border but you would put them to shame bud.. 'Inserts big thumbs up'..

Think we might have bought some of that off you a few years ago when we did it, as there was a bit of a cartel going on in Scotland with Flo screeds.. was ideal for smaller jobs, we mixed it with a few things like concrete sand and whin dust..

Beads,beads! The best thing I have learnt from this forum( well actually from the machine forum before this one, Stuart's mate, sorry his name has gone, Steve?. )but he said EVERYWHERE render stops there must be a bead, never a truer word said, I bead round everything and it looks awesome at...

Nothing like coming to a conclusion with no facts FFS. When does he say it was built in his post? The probable reason it has not cracked everywhere is probably down to exposure to temperature and sunlight (my opinion) I could be wrong but I'm not blaming anyone...

Where are you mate? maybe someone local to you?

Yeah, well said, something obviously seriously amiss on that job. someone needs to go round and have a look for this person! the cavity is there for a reason so water should not be getting into property whether joints were not filled properly or not, more alarmingly ( if that's a word) the...

Definitely s**t sand, that's what happens when you buy jewson bulk bags up here in the stix, keyline also, hence I don't use their crap...

As much as I love doing what I do, this building game is shite and your up against it constantly, with everything being scrutinised to death. I have worked on a few hydro schemes and nothing gets checked (money was good)but they were painting blocks I had just laid FFS but fire them up and get...

I stick the beads on with what I'm using to render house with, am I missing something here?

Thanks Rigsby, will try and get my act together as I may have a guinea pig to try it with. It will be onto new block work, should I go to someone and get a proper spec or is there a system you or anyone would recommend? Thanks..

What with being in the dark ages, don't knock me down here :-) but, what I usually do is bed all my (15mm) beads on and scratch with either a base coat or s+c, then I top coat. But is there a system where I could just stick my 15mm beads on tight, spray on a render one pass then prime and stick...

Well, that's the last handball job I'm doing!! To old for that s**t now, gonna raid the kids piggy bank and get a machine, don't care if I only use it 3 times a year. How long should one man take to do this? . Enewall base coat ( which is lovely gear) and enewall scratch finish which is feckin...

What kind of brickwork is it?

Sorry but noggins?? F*****g dwangs is what they is!!!dwangs I tell ye..

FFS!! Usually if I ask someone for advice I take it, that's the whole reason is it not? Personally I agree with pops, think he knows what he is talking about, however I see his input has been blanked so why don't you save some more money and use thin set beads with multi-finish and it'll be...

Bricklayers lay bricks do they not? I would say 'builder' is a word loosely used to describe a guy who runs a firm that builds houses. The trouble here is you only hear about the bad stories! I am a bricklayer 'builder' so to speak but we have a couple of plasterers in just now helping us finish...

As title, looking for tiler, must be very good, for a couple of jobs, more to come after very soon in argyll. Continuation of work if I find the right person and very good rates. Drop me a pm with your number, or if anyone can point me in right direction of somebody good. Ready to go next week...

Yep, thought that. Just thought I'd ask though. Seen it a lot down south but never up here..nice, cheers!!

No, I mean the bit from the drip bead, the bit that goes from there up at an angle and blends into the wall, do you bead that or is that just render?

Love that window head detail, looks awesome...nobody will let me try it up in the stix though..how do you do it if you don't mind me asking? Do you have a stop bead up the angle from the window head bead? If that makes sense.. In saying that, most concrete lintels that are meant to be 100mm are...

wasn't like this in the morning but cleared away nice, where is it though? Maybe a wee mug from Danny for first correct answer?? My girl met some new friends today..

Cheers Arti, yeah it works well. Just need to sort window reveal detail out, owner (architect) isn't wanting silicone seal round windows so had to render elevation, cut window covering off, stick stop beads onto window with double sided glazing tape, cover again then render reveals. Pain in the...

12 hour shift putting 35 bags on +scraping, 2 days running, only gables, cladding on front and rear..If I did enough of it I would have a wee ritmo in a flash...thankfully other stuff to do while waiting to scrape

Started skinning a site for a new build today, stopped for a quick coffee and heard something climbing on machine, cheeky c**t !

Whoever done that is a rough b*****d!!! That looks like straight scratch lines when they should be wavy :-)

I would hazard a guess and say the reason it failed the first time is due to there being no cope and therefore water ingress, then freezing/thawing causing crack..unless there was a cope previous??

Finishing touches to garden, hopefully get some decent weather to use it now. Here's a couple of before and after..

Yep, know what you mean hector. Gave up a bit of Easter weekend over a few half days. Done it for pocket money too!! Still not been paid, thing that pisses me of more is I gave a weekend of stock cars up to help them out.

Been trying to get a victim to try that gear out on for a couple of years, would love to try it

just built a wall in ma garden, about 8m long by 900mm high, needs rendered but was wanting to do something really different, any ideas would be much appreciated, thought about slate but nah, smashed up glass? Prob end up sponged :-))

S Sorry, but that just looks nasty. Almost looks like a stop bead put on wrong way round.. My view is, either roughcast/render right up to corner or have a band of smooth render round opening as long as it is 100mm or wider, if it looks fake it looks s**t...

Whereabouts on the west coast are u mate? If your close enough to me I might have a few jobs I could pass on to you if your not to busy..

Ha ha, Ardfern is somewhere other than Scotland Danny, I kid you not, it is a one of a kind village. I would bet you a fair few people on here will have ventured here or heard of it... If your ever up let me know and I'll organise my mate to take you through the corryvreckan in his rib..make a...

That looks like a quality job mate.. Spot on.. Just started a job where they have blew the budget on kitchen so can't afford a coloured render anymore, can't talk them into wet dash so smooth cement render it is not done one for a bit) Lookin forward to doin it and if I don't make a james blunt...

Ha ha, Ardfern is somewhere other than Scotland Danny, I kid you not, it is a one of a kind village. I would bet you a fair few people on here will have ventured here or heard of it...

It's a garage that goes with a new build we are doing, Ardfern in Argyll, Scotland..

Started this yesterday and finished today..nice going home clean..

Nice opening for somebody, good luck finding right person..

Get rid, defo!! If you are 24 and cannot eat quietly then you should be shot! F*****g hate noisy eaters and tea slurpers. Used to work with a guy who only ate buttered rolls, F*****g noisy c**t!! I mean, how is that possible? All ties cut.. :-) Bullet the c**t...

Surely no different than scratch coating with s+c, then top coating with k-rend/parex etc? Actually, after I typed that I went back and re-read first post and he says he was going to mix them together equally, so he's talkin a lot of tosh! I think he's changed his story half way through thread...

£350 per skip up here or landfill direct its £160 per ton, think we have the most expensive landfill site in Britain! It's run by wanks sorry I meant shanks.. We try and separate everything , burnable, scrap metal etc at our yard first to reduce costs..

£180 for a skip???? You don't know you were Feckin born mate, would gladly pay that!!!

Looking after new addition to family..

Am I missing something here?? All this talk of s**t I've never heard of, nelly this speedskim that, WTF? I have four or five trowels, three of them are fecked, I let the boys practice with them! The 2 good ones I render and plaster with, none the wiser what the newest one is but they do the job...

Glad your ordeal is over Hector, hopefully you know a few skallywags that you can give a fiver to and they can make that cnuts life a misery!!! Had the same hassle as you a few years back, just missed out on jail time, apparently threatened family ( cnuts of highest order) with a golf club, got...

I think your right, however Multi finish is pants full stop, always acts differently for me, same substrate or not, always manage a good finish (in my eyes :-) )on it though..

FFS, when I see thread titles like that, my arse collapses in case it's gonna be a picture of me and I've been found out!!