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got a bit of internal rendering to do in me utility room after ive damp proofed it, can anyone recommend a good, cheap waterproofing additive, the walls are piss wet at the moment, protimeter nearlly blew up when i tested it but hopefully the ultracure will sort that. i know the words "good" and...

i swear by silver scrim, its all ill use now its a lot stronger so dosnt fray as much, like all scrim though it dosnt get properly adhesive until half down the roll! transtools does the best price around as seen in the previous post, its summat like 6 or 7 quid down the merchants

try post office, it beat all my other quotes by about £120 and thats fully comp, legal, windows etc

i was thinking that. the knauf logo is on the back of wba so i would of thought theyd be the same

ive never used lights before, would of thought those halogen bad boys would make the plaster go off quick?

if you wear glasses or contacts i cant see it being a problem, heights not a problem, thats why god invented ladders, hop ups and for the more adventurous of us, stilts.

my first mix always goes on the spot board cos it needs to be on quick and the second i just take out of the bucket, theres no real reason why i do this, probably just cos im lazy and cant be arsed cleaning the spot twice!

i always tend to work to chalk line for accuracy, it takes a while and is a bit novice like but i'd be gutted if i got round the room and id dropped a bit, the nails to hold it in place is a good tip as well, ive had a bit come down on me head before, soul destroying

ya can get a little bag of them from wickes quite cheap as well if i recall right, you just add as much as you need to the first mix

i have the same problem with the b&q cr@p i always go for the wickes stuff its reasonably priced and goes the distance

off topic like but does anyone know where you can get knauf betokontakt from for cheap, ive heard best price is around £35

i usually put plaster "tearing" down to the pva beneath being too wet mate

yeah it works, you need to do when its tacky so it increases the adhesion of the scrim and when its gone off it just holds it there

sounds a good un, cheers

anyone got a quick sum for working out the amount of materials needed when using S&C, theres gotta be an easier way than my current guestimation technique

if it was me and i had the time i would chase out the cracks and bond them in, only problem with that is if your like me once you start chasing i find it hard to stop and the next thing you know the your picking up the ex-wall from the floor. the easiest option would be to scrim, i do it after...

cheers mate, never thought about using dri-wall adhesive, i'll use that in the future

THATS IT! im upping my prices, sod being competetive

if its just re-skim work i would go in at about 200-250 per room excluding mats, but im on the other side of the country to you, doubt anyone could give you an exact price unless they knew the meterage and what a spread roughly charges round your end

where you at

thats what i was thinking, 3m of poly maybe but surely not plaster, unless you use 5 tubes at a time! in which case coving out a bog standard living room is gonna cost a bundle

toolstation.com are selling everbuild coving adhesive,it comes in a standard tube for use with cartridge gun. the thing that gets me is its only 92p a tube, wondering if anyone has ever used this product and can vouch for it, or is it a pile of cr@p...

i always operate on the policy of the less features the better, its easier for me to meaure up the scew holes, take off the brackets then i have broader area to skim rather than trowelling around everything.

nice sofa that

how do you know the so called tradesman, friend, family, out the yell book, local paper, gypsy, tramp or thief????????

whats all the debris from?

705 for skim one room and that was the result? i really do need to raise my prices

yes, yes, double yes

thats pretty bad like, sofas could be agued as your resposibility to cover them but dont get me wrong im not advocating shoddy workmanship, the bottoms of the walls could do with a tidy up but as long as the skirting fits fine it shouldnt be a drama, i cant believe they left the rad brackets on...

its an chalky old paint they used to put in old houses, its flame retardent ( i think ) but skim dosnt stick to it at all it just blisters and falls off

do you put it on neat or diluted pug

what and it dosnt blister off? magic! how much does it cost?

anyone know the best method for getting rid of this horrible sh!te in old buildings, spent ages scraping it back the other day, and im not skimming straight over it, i'll only make that mistake once

i hate plastering round toilets, every time i always wish id took the bloody thing off save meself a lot of hassle

Re: batons & trellises v stilts ive never used stilts before or seen anyone use them, are they easy to handle? does they take a lot of practise?

ive got the marshalltown one, bloody great big horrible thing, its alright for full buckets but anything less than a half and its w@nk, might check out this ryobi one

dosnt look as if it saves much time at all, a well loaded hawk and a spot board would be just as quick

im always thinking of getting a bigger van but i always remember what a fella told me when i was just starting out "it dosnt matter what size your van is you ALWAYS end up filling it with sh!t and want a bigger one". so for now i'll stick with me transit connect. i can get 15 6x3 boards in...

sitting here pondering what would happen if you pva'd plasterboard, would it lower the suction more, or not affect it at all?

cheers fellas, we all must need to be in an asylum, getting dirty and knackered all day every day.

wickes plaster bonding agent, £11-12, 3kg tub, does the same job as thistle bond it but a lot cheaper, it makes any wall (any reasonably flat wall) seem like plasterboard. in my opinion anyway.

sorry forgot to mention i went in at £180 plus mats on top and that was about 3 months ago

ive done a similar job mate, i took 2 days over it, 1st day scraped back artex, pva, then i spread a neat coat of bonding over the top of the lot ( just enough to cover the high points of the artex ) when that had gone off, i stuck a coat of wba on top, next day went back and skimmed it, hung...

i just use a hand bottle matey, £1.50 from bnq, works a treat, i only brush my angles now

is it really that bad? i have a feeling it would be sht cutting straight lines as youve got nothing to work against ie straight edge/ ruler can you use it on 9.5 or just 1/2 inch + 15?

mousetrap???????????????????????????

its a brit site i found it on, first ive ever seen it, its a shame like, thought i'd found sumat to replace flaming tin snips

its my sons initials plus birth date, bit of a gob full i know but at least no one else has it

wondering if anyone could shed any light on this little gadget. https://www.transtools.co.uk/store/extra/prodImages.php?productId=6850 has anyone used it before? does it cut the bead or just fix it in place? is it just for plasterboard or can it be fixed to s&c, lime, old skim etc etc?

hello, been looking at this site for a while now and i must say im impressed, im up in the north east, been plastering for a couple of years now, domestic work, find its a bit like marmite i either love it or hate it (but mostly love it).