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biggest gripe... well, Most HS stuff is common sense which most people have. What I dont like is the bigger sites where u have to have permits for this and that and theres usually some jobsworth tosspot who's job it seems is to get you off site for stupid little stuff. Best i ever had was...

youd be better payin the spread to come n tell u how to do it, though i doubt many would be prepared to do that, ive always felt that you learn best by doing. Just my opinion.

strapped to it? feckin ell HSE gets worse n worse...

The CSCS scheme has its own website if u stick it in google, it'll tell you what card u need and how to get it mate.

Welcome matey!

FECK ME! that was some s**t week mate! You really went through the ringer for a few days, (pun intended). Happens to us all mate seriously does. On the upside it cant get much worse so its upward and onward!

Where you based Hector?

Carrier pigeon?

He could use the post to send you a letter etched on titanium plate so you couldnt burn it...

Id reckon that if he's got the right attitude he will realise that hes far from being a plasterer and will swallow it if he wants the chance, if not i think any one of us would send em down the road. I remember making tea n sweeping up and even cleaning the workshop khazi for my first six months...

No i dont think that at all mate! and ive said as much too.

Bad experience there then Spunky, though a tad unfair to tar everyone with the same brush though.

So you'd not employ a courser as a labourer and bring them on Spunky? as opposed to employing someone with no clue and teaching them absolutely everything? Just playing devils advocate here you understand.

Exactly what i would've said Flynny.

Seeing as it seems to be a topic of contention on here, i thought i'd ask. So lets see what people really think. Some logic to your answers would be nice, just to see what the general consensus is. Do try not to turn the thread into a shite storm though, despite it being quite an emotive subject...

Id assume it would once the plaster is dry, if its the soot causing the smell.

and probably a bigger cock n yr mate! :RpS_lol:

Would that be the pish spray on dye from Dog yr gonna use later?

Is this the longest thread on the forum?

If your worried about leaving PVA in vans and that lads, bung it in an old cool bag or get some bubble wrap round it.

My head hurts reading this thread....:RpS_wink:

Cold here too, went to site this morning and decided it was too cold to even bother setting up, so i went home.

My old guvnor had a dog who was an expert thief, i once saw him nick a sarnie straight out of one of the lads hands at brew and he never felt a thing! Clever fecker he was.

Not a lot of people know that...

Look at plasterersworld.com. Marshaltowm gear on there good prices. Buy as good as you can and look after yr stuff.

No frost no, probably too feckin cold! Set fine, went n checked it tonight. Reckon it must've been close tho. Tomorrow is gonna be a non event if we get snow. Might go get a space heater ...

Same here mate, plus 2 hrs for pva to go tacky, not to mention so fecking cold it's give me a headache. Other n that cushdy!

Right, Im off to do a couple of sets on north thanet coast today, minus heating etc, so i thought it'd be fun to take bets on how long it'd be before the first coat pulls in. Im betting between 2 1/2 and 3 hours. Any takers?

You could be right there, though i dunno why theyd do it. If it ain't broke dont fix it!

Back on topic.... you aint the only one struggling with gear not pulling in, i did two sets fri last week and the first coat didnt pull in for about 3 hours, that was on top of it taking three hours for the PVA to go tacky. I was well pissed by the time i got done.

WTF is a queenie?!

Not three bad for a first bash!

Spraying on yr tod?! Can't see that personally either!

Or... He's got a speedysponge! Like a speedskim but with a sponge attachment

Maybe yr man's doing one coat n not laying it down, maybe that's how he's doing it?!

I think the other blokes full of s**t, unless hes been spreading dolls house size rooms.

Ive got a special tool for plastering over artex, its called someone else!

Welcome to the asylum, napoleon speaking, hitlers in the shithouse and will be out presently.....

I prefer a feather edge myself, never seen anyone use a darby to be fair...

Isnt that polycell stuff an acrylic polymer base? could be why? Im just thinking gap filling properties as its aimed at DIY.

Id take the slate off, seeing as legally it still belongs to the builder as its not paid for yet..

fair one, Best ive seen is a brickie knocking down his work after he was told he wasnt getting his money. Fair play to the bloke though. Im strict with how i pay subbies. I snag as we go, then when theyre done and we are both happy i pay em. Fair money for good work. That means they will work...

and insurers employ people who's job it is to find a way around paying out.

yeah i do heafy, they buy the debt from you, for a fee. Covered mainly by the interest they owe you. I'd write to them first and tell them this is what youre going to do. Stick 'Debt factoring' into your search engine an see who's about near you. Failing that i know some big fellas.......

fair point. Though i reckon theyd find a way not to pay out if it ever came to it.

try to factor the debt mate, u get yr money and they get bailiffs.

spats.....

I went for the cream injection, (ooer sounds wrong), as i wanted it done purely for the paperwork for resale. I've only got one bit of internal rendering to do. Well an entire utility once im done demo work. This rendermix from sovereign, is it premixed job? just add water? or an admixture?

The big Damp firms are a bunch of daylight robbers. I was looking at buying a shell of a house that needed at bit of tanking and repair. I had two quotes, One from a large firm that came in at about 6k, and one from a local small business that came in at £800 with me replacing the joists etc...

Im reckoning its the heat as bubbles says, relative expansion rates are going to be massive, Tin roof as opposed to solid plastering. Go for the 'expansion' gap as above.