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    mr.meowymix..

    ...mr.meowymix.......has anyone used this product to reduce setting times
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    cracking render

    hi possums.......any ideas what causes this..render on blockwork
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    tyrolean on tyrolean

    I looked at a house the other day and on the gable end you could see the trowel marks of the render ( obviously done free hand ) in the sunlight ..the house is already tyroleaned and wondered what procedures it would take to level the existing tyrolean and re flick it ....anyone done anything...
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    celotex insulation boards

    hi all,,,,,,,we dotted and dabbed some P.I.R boards onto a some pregitted internal none cavity walls yesterday , skimmed them today as usual and as soon as we troweled up the walls the middle of the boards started to spring away from the drywall dab...we have used thermaline backed boards...
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    accident insurance

    ok.. with most of us been self employed for some time,,, i was wondering if anyone had accident insurance......don't get me wrong i've had to go to work with torn ligaments and twisted /sprained ankles,, working for myself ,,if i don't turn up at work then i don't get paid ..i have life...
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    pebble dash

    hi guys........got some bags (25kg) 6mm washed limestone delivered today but the stone is wet through....(not ideal for dashing I know) so we cut the tops off the bags and stored them in the customers extension for now....just wondering what the quickest solution is to dry them out....thanks in...
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    lottery winner

    so after i win tonight the tools are going straight in my local river........the neighbour can have the van and i will give my buckets and gorrilla tubs to the elderly for their allotmants ( i mean chuck em over the fence)............i shall report back on this site on monday whilst tellin the...
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    pebble dash....

    has anyone used ready mix mortar with retarder for the top coat prior to dashing ....i would prefer to mix maually but my gaffer thinks other wise.... .not done any pebble dash for a while....thanks in advance for any advice ....
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    no more pva multi finish

    any one used this stuff yet,,went to mkm this morning they were on about sending the rest of the pallet back coz we're stuck in are old ways of pva ing ,,,,quoted me about 15 quid a bag ,,to em to stuff it up there fart pipe coz i cant pass on the price to the customer i would'nt get the job...
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    leeds college of building

    did anyone on here go to leeds college of building from 1986 to 1989 ,,them were the days of les milthorpe, a brilliant lecturer, simon watkins an hell of an hard dude, john shaw (and his trilby) and that nugget who use to re-mix the sand and lime at the end of a day,we always called him...
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