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    Energy savers

    I’ve just finished a job today and was doing a skimming set over a few rooms in the house and the lady of the house kept switching the lights off , FFS has anyone else ever had this tbh it was doing me head in still thinking about it now raging
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    DIY plasterboarding?

    Beautiful bit of plasterboarding here would be a joy to plaster
  3. M

    Where are you guys getting your beads from?

    Went with the profile store, thanks to the sensible responders
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    Where are you guys getting your beads from?

    Any recommendations on bulk buy angle beads? used a place for years but got fed up with bad packaging and bent beads tried a different company and the render beads were not very wide
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    Bad light

    Damn that is some bad plastering for sure and definitely see a issue getting paid for that, you should always carry a light in your van and never take the advice of a punter can you post a picture of your plastering with a light
  6. M

    Half time.

    Half time is f**k**g excellent stuff I love it
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    Tyzack Centenary

    The old tyzacks are a bloody good trowel but the steal gradually went poorer and poorer quality in my opinion , so much so I brought half a dozen nos ones from eBay 10 year ago I’ve actually just opened my last one on Friday, the steal is great for sand cement plastering but the skimming is made...
  8. M

    Trowel keyring

    could it be because he’s got a tiny tool? Probably hiding in the girls toilet
  9. M

    Trowel keyring

    Im more than just a trowel and f**k*d if I want to be reminded every time I get my keys, be good to use on a day rate
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    Working with

    Is this real? How many bags of that are they expecting to sell? no way am I skimming on ply ,I mean so many issues one being rusty nails I can see trouble ahead with this f**k*d if I’d touch it
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    Brick built garden outhouse

    I would just use a insulated plasterboard and skim
  12. M

    Anyone had a free mixer before?

    And apparently I have used them before, I brought some beads from them in 2019 never again as half where bent to f**k
  13. M

    Anyone had a free mixer before?

    Well f**k me they sent me a invoice for the mixer , I rang them up and said I never ordered the crap thing apparently the rep must of got mixed up and he going to ring me on Tuesday about collecting it , f**k**g numptys no such thing as a free mixer I guess
  14. M

    Anyone had a free mixer before?

    No never registered for nothing
  15. M

    Anyone had a free mixer before?

    Excellent thank you Tom81 can’t say fairer than that , I better get it mucky then
  16. M

    Anyone had a free mixer before?

    I’m a honest sort of guy , reason why it’s still in the box But Ive also been taught to never look at gift horse in the mouth
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    Anyone had a free mixer before?

    plastering talk show?? I’m more of a 6 music fan tbh im completely stumped on why I have it , I certainly haven’t paid for it im sure someone will be in contact with me soon luckily I’m not answering the phone for a couple of weeks as catching up a little on the workload
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    Anyone had a free mixer before?

    Already have a mm22 as a spare as brought a colomix last year
  19. M

    Anyone had a free mixer before?

    It is a 240v don’t want to sell as yet as not sure how this is going pan out
  20. M

    Anyone had a free mixer before?

    Yes but a bit weird, I will keep it in the box for a while and see what happens, it also has a paddle
  21. M

    Anyone had a free mixer before?

    Got all my details on the delivery slip
  22. M

    Anyone had a free mixer before?

    Got back from work today and I’ve been delivered a megamixer mm30 , can’t understand it as never used the company before funny thing is I use a collomix
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    Newly skimmed walls - is this an acceptable finish?

    I love these threads, this looks like a before over skimming picture how are some people so bad?
  24. M

    Master plasterer at 14

    piece of piss
  25. M

    Thank god for flexi trowels.

    Nice tidy job , very nice to see some excellent quality work on here for a change
  26. M

    Guarantees

    I guarantee my damp proofing but no way would I guarantee a plastering job against a popped screw, s**t happens buildings move expand contract, heavy bastards jumping around upstairs, tell them to fill it , f**k**g pain in the arse customer to expect you to come back for that after 4 years and...
  27. M

    MEDIA WALLS

    I just think are TVs not slim enough anyway? Compared to the massive backs like 20 years ago Jesus them old TVs where heavy
  28. M

    Best loft I ever seen

    Must be on a hill
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    Best loft I ever seen

    From looking out the window it appears to be ground floor
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    That one thing you hate skimming.

    The one thing that I hate about skimming is that moment when I add the finish to the first bucket of water in the morning and I get this sinking feeling of god here we go again
  31. M

    Plumber.

    Harry Enfield made me want to be a plasterer
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    Plumber.

    I did a plastering job at a hospital near a main entrance omg the amount of I use to be a plasterer, lovely job , missed a bit that day it was seriously doing my head in
  33. M

    Plumber.

    I used to be a carpenter how r******d am I?
  34. M

    Scabbing

    I know this is abit tongue in cheek op thread but I know of no builders in lockdown this time , boris said to go work so I’m going work tbh these threads do not help and cause uncertainty
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    Sand cement

    How did you guys learn? f**k sake
  36. M

    Sand cement

    Next day as standard but I have skimmed same day sometimes
  37. M

    Sand cement

    Lol I use sand and cement all the time also use board finish and have even skimmed same day, you lot of board and skim guys have no clue
  38. M

    Plasterboard nightmare

    No definitely wasn’t stuck the same it was lifting not just on the edge
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    Plasterboard nightmare

    It use to be grey side plastering when I started years ago but that has changed, I had this problem a few years ago when a old timer did the boarding themselves I gave it a coat of Pva but what I found was the paper wasn’t stuck to the plasterboard very well in areas which lifted when skimmed
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    Virus

    Very strange ,looks like mould but definitely isn’t as it wouldn’t grow that quick and it’s still drying so happening suddenly, never seen anything like it
  41. M

    The Roaring 20s is upon us

    Wouldn’t it of been easier to assassinate him? Isn’t that what the Americans usually do?
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    Lockdown.

    This is what happens when you dig below the foundations when I do cellar tanking I wouldn’t even take the brick floor up , I let the client do it ,the way I see it is when you dig down it’s possible for soil to wash away from under
  43. M

    Lockdown.

    So construction is ok so if British gypsum decides to stay open should be ok
  44. M

    Some days

    Very nice
  45. M

    Ok own up which one of you on here was it?

    I guess that makes sense if it’s half finished 3 days in
  46. M

    Ok own up which one of you on here was it?

    Would you lose 3 days wages?
  47. M

    Ok own up which one of you on here was it?

    Well that’s a bit disappointing
  48. M

    Ok own up which one of you on here was it?

    Any pictures of this sexy minx in her pjs?
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