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  1. M

    Coving

    The good thing about lightweight stuff. You can get it the night before and put it on top of the van and it doesn't matter if it rains .
  2. M

    Coving

    I used white gripfill. And calk round the edges . And a few nails just in case.
  3. M

    Coving

    Used wickes lightweight coving yesterday.127mm £36 cheaper and easy .no mixing shite .clean looks good.
  4. M

    Render beads.

    Hi where is the best place to order plastic render beads . thanks.
  5. M

    Gloss paint.

    I don't like that blue grit shite.it ruins all my curtains and towels.i mean dust sheets.
  6. M

    Gloss paint.

    Got 2 toilets to scim .both have gloss paint on lids and walls . What shite should I cover it with. Cheers.
  7. M

    Unusual lump appeared in wall.

    Started decorating the basement. And found a guest.
  8. M

    Unusual lump appeared in wall.

    It's those pine cones id be worried about. Full of cockroaches.
  9. M

    Unusual lump appeared in wall.

    Had this happen in my last house. It turned out it was some sort of nest that had laid dormant for many years. Then popped out . And infested the whole house with tiny poisonous spiders. . But shite happens. X:frio:
  10. M

    Distemper

    Don't loose your temper with distemper.
  11. M

    Top tips .

    Why don't we share some of our experience and tips .to help new plasterers. Youngsters starting out. Ok.ok I'll go first . Drill holes in both ends of your pva roller.
  12. M

    Heater

    Got this from wickes. I'm working in empty house.
  13. M

    Render query on new build

    I think you need a nap. If that is all you've got to worry about. Your lucky.
  14. M

    Maxus vans

    Had a citren relay. And a boxer van ,great vans , rust got them in the end .
  15. M

    Hello looking forward to your advise!

    Did you sayconfusedhomo.
  16. M

    Heating.

    I knew it was pointless asking you knob sucking tossers. No offense :coffe:
  17. M

    Death.

    Went to a friend's funeral yesterday. He was 67. My brother in law died 3weeks ago. 68 .both far to young. They are dropping like flies.
  18. M

    Heating.

    Happy Christmas you bunch of knob jockeys. Does anyone know what heaters are the cheapest to run .ie halaogen . Oil filled. And so on . I can't find a definite answer on Google. Cheers.
  19. M

    Farmers.

    My hemeroids are playing up again. I was thinking of putting sbr on them. Do you think that would help.
  20. M

    Artex ceiling fallen after 30 years

    So if you had a whole empty house of artex ceilings to do. You wouldn't apply pva or sealer the day before so you can skim first thing in the morning. I've always skimmed over bone dry pva if possible. I'm still waiting for the phone call to say it's fell off.. each to there own . More than one...
  21. M

    Who has the best prices...

    None the wiser.
  22. M

    Who has the best prices...

    Don't know what any of that means.
  23. M

    Artex ceiling fallen after 30 years

    Maybe to kill the suction in one coat , Wally.
  24. M

    Artex ceiling fallen after 30 years

    Skimmed a kitchen dinner ceiling the other week. Over artex .the kitchen fitter had put SBR on it day before. As I was giving it the last trowel a patch cracked came away. Foot square, artex had come off the board. First in a long time. but you never know and the risk you take .
  25. M

    Marks on newly skimmed wall help and advice please

    Put wood chip wallpaper on it .
  26. M

    Is this acceptable?

    Not the spreads fault. Live with it .paint it .
  27. M

    Bagged Liquid Screed Options

    I'm just putting 12mm laminate down in my dining room.im going over the old laminate to make it flush with the kitchen floor . .wickes £12 a metre . I've used it a lot ,so long as it's 12 mm I've never had a problem. I'm going to do the bedroom next straight over the carpet. It never ends does it.
  28. M

    Bagged Liquid Screed Options

    I agree with the old boy. Insulation and chipboard. Nice and warm . Under foot .clean to use . Doesn't matter if it rains.
  29. M

    Hi guys need a bit of help guessing how much sand/cement I would need to render a 100m2 wall at 25mm/20mm thickness? Any help would be great. Cheers

    Finished rendering a 2 bed bungalow recently. 3 sides. Used 2 ton bags of sandgate sand . And 12 bags of dust . 2 bags of lime. 10mm angle. And stop beads. 15mm bell cast. Painted the front only.
  30. M

    General advice b4 PVA the walls

    Stop farting about and get it done.
  31. M

    War

    Too heavy man.
  32. M

    War

    Well done you get a star for that.
  33. M

    New Ceiling Cracking Along Joints

    Lady up the road has a nasty 4" crack up her back passage. Not sure what to fill it with.:frio::chica:
  34. M

    Advice needed for bathroom boiler wall please

    As del boy would say, a little dab will do ya.:tanguero:
  35. M

    War

    War.. what is it good for.
  36. M

    R.i.p .dave

    :boxeador:Shame about Dave Courtney dying. Salt of the earth.diamond geezer. On of your own.helped old lady's with there shopping . I knocked him out in a nightclub once .
  37. M

    Opinions please

    You are still rubbish at plastering give it up .knob jockey.
  38. M

    War

    What does that mean.
  39. M

    War

    I have not seen any tv reports where the Palestine people disagree with Hamas chopping babys heads off . I don't want to see any children suffer from any side . But
  40. M

    Hi, newly plastered ceiling but a stains been left….

    Not interested in the ceiling.but every time I meet a Kevin I think of the undertones song my cousin Kevin .great song . I'm going to put it on youtube right now. And I suggest you do the same.:bananas:its Friday.
  41. M

    Opinions on this plastering job please

    Give him a grand. And tell him to bugger off , or you will call the police ..and report him to trading standards. Who gave you his number.
  42. M

    War

    Bbc refuse to call Hamas terrorists or murderers. I'm not paying my TV license again.
  43. M

    War

    What would have happened if thousands of pro Putin supporters marched through London when they bombed ucraine. But there marching around wearing paragliding badges praising Hamas murderers. .30.000 against Israel who didn't start it . This country has gone to hell. Things are going to get ugly...
  44. M

    Winter

    So when do you knock rendering on the head . A lot of you that's all you do .
  45. M

    Winter

    Anyone use sika winter mix .or just frost proofer. Cheers
  46. M

    Work boots

    Back to the boots again. As said before got these safety trainer's from temu. They are spot on . Been wearing them every day , they don't stink. And my feet are dry when I take them off. No trench foot. 20odd quid.
  47. M

    New tool

    I've still got tennis elbow from using one in 1987.:LOL:
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