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  1. Scrim88

    remember your first wage packet

    2004 16 years old £40 for four days apprentice, £40 from college and £18.50 travel allowance, i thought i had millions
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    What stilts?

    buy them from direct from the dura stilt site in america. there only $295, that's £176 plus postal which i think i paid £60, £236 total, had to wait 6 weeks though but i saved £100 and got the same product. there £334 here and i dont know if that incudes postal.
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    rounded ceiling and walls all the way, or stop bead at round

    yes i do this, anytime i have done it the customers thinks its a fantastic idea, reli does look well and your always guaranteed that the angle that you paint up to is straight.
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    30 2 m ceiling to skim over Artex next week on my own

    did a 150m2 ceiling once, 3 of us and a lab, big church ceiling, was all curved aswell. had to well scaffold it, cause it was 3 bays high lol. 30m2 not a bother,challenge yourself, you will be surprised.
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    Working from left to right...or right to left

    always been taught left to right for skimming and floating
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    just my luck

    really?? now whos the fake lol only joking well yeah mayb i shoud go to £150, thanks again for your advise
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    just my luck

    thanks danny. £100 a day here is the norm, so think ill just go for that.
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    just my luck

    lol i no i just always panic when i give out prices, defently not a fake, got my nvq level 3 and all incase i decide to go to australia
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    just my luck

    just wanted to know what you guys thought as iv just gone self employed, doesnt seem to be a very friendly fourm. :RpS_thumbdn:
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    just my luck

    too cheap or too dear was think half a day would have it done??
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    just my luck

    got another job to price. same thing happened pipes burst in the ceiling. 5M2 ceiling in a local school just needs bonded and skimmed what you think £70 - £80 including a bag of bonding and multi??????
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    just my luck

    anybody had any burst pipes over the hols, mine went on boxing day and brought the whole ceiling down with it, lucky enough the house is insured and ill putting in a big bill for the plasterer (ME) to fix it lol. :RpS_biggrin:
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    The Millionare Plasterer

    hahaha :RpS_lol: ahmed78 cracks me up
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    work lights?????????

    sorry if this has been covered but what would be the best work light. seen a squad using those 110 vertical florescent light stands that plug in to each other. seem pretty handy
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    Achey wrist !!!!

    :RpS_lol:
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    Achey wrist !!!!

    for 9ft x 12 ft ceiling???????????????????? :RpS_confused:
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    Achey wrist !!!!

    yeah thats an average sized ceiling, wouldnt even need a labour
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    Achey wrist !!!!

    i get the odd problem with my wrist, fractured it when i first started out and it didnt heal properly so it would stiffen up in the cold weather. just use a support band when it plays up.
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    Stilts

    just used mine today, best thing i ever bought, no ******* planks to put up and take down.
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    When did everyone start out?

    started out when i was 16, had done a bit before when i was 15, did my 3 years apprentiship on the one site, something like 200 houses. never really laboured for the guy i was straight on the tools, there was 14 of us at one stage. boarded, rendered, and skimmed a 3 story appartment in 5 days...
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    breaking up for christmas

    Finish on the Thursday before Christmas, taking a half day and heading out to the pub. just got a new build to plaster inside and k-rend on the outside. that should keep me busy for a good while. :RpS_thumbsup: :cool:
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    post vanished

    no problem cheers danny. :RpS_thumbup:
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    post vanished

    cant remember what it was called but it was about a price of a job, noticed that my first post disappeared last nite but its reappeared tonight.
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    Hello there everybody!

    lol beddy, yeah the songs called build my gallows :cool:
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    post vanished

    hey i posted at 11.38pm and now i cant find, checked my profile page to and get see it there either??
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    Hello there everybody!

    hello all, just joined last week. working in n.ireland, co. down area. been reading some posts all been very useful.:RpS_thumbup:
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