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Is there an attachment you can get that just fits any 18v battery drill? Had my makita 18v autofeed screwgun nicked from my van a while ago and have been using the drill and a hanfull of screws and its painfully slow. Dont wana spend another £300 odd on another makita at the moment. See...

When typing an estimate, you have an item list to refer to, i.e plasterboard ceiling, remove blown plaster from walls etc... Each item is meant to have a rate assigned to it i.e £50.00, £100.00 etc... Is there a way of not assigning a rate as each job (item) varies so much on, customer, how...

Is there a stop bead you can get that allows you to skim up to an archway reveal with out having to skim inside the reaveal aswell? Have a hall to do tomorrow and it has 2 arch ways. The reaveals dont need skimming. The only bead I can see are the flexible pvc arch angle beads, but this would...

My limited company has been set up since Nov 2009. Im thinking of leasing a van, will this be an issue? Do they credit check me? I have something on my credit rating that doesnt come off untill Aug 2011.

Ok, i only ever do the classic sand and cement render? Im looking to learn a new type of render system? There are quite a few different types. What is the most commonly used? What is mostly in demand on the domestic market? i like the idea of rendering in the prefered colour, saving on...

Lately, i have had so many customers moaning at me for the mess we make. I explain that its impossible not to make a mess when putting something that is practically a liquid on the wall. I lay tarps every where and we cover the windows as best as poss. We then wipe windows, hose and brush the...

Anyone know where I can order some easibead? https://www.easibead.com/ is impossible to contact along with Decger Building Supplies which i assume are the same company / supplier as there details are on the easibead website. Need to know the exact sizes ther come in, widths, depths and lengths...

Anyone else have problems with this? Using sand and cement is tricky to get them on there with out making a funcking mess, the to try and plumb them up without the funckers dropping off is impossible!! Anyone use board adhesive? Surley it would be ok if its under 2 lays of render and a few...

I work in london and is funcking boiling! Any one have a fan or some sort of colling unit that they put in the room they are working? Does it affect the plaster at all any more than the heat? Gotta a loft to do with know windoes at the weekend and its like an oven in there. Was sweating just...

Rendered a bungalow, looks really nice. Noticed some cracks just above the each corner of the front window ledges (4 corners, 2 winows). It sounds hollow when i tap it for a few inches surrounding the crack. I re-did a section and the same thing has happened. Any ideas? Do i need something...

Anyone ever attempted to render the boards found on the front of tudor style houses? I went to quote a job who wanted the same as next door who had all boards removed, the front hacked off, then re-rendered, then they beaded it all up in the original formation of the struts and rendered them in...

Done some rendering today. Looks the boll0x from one side, when I stand the other end where the sunlight was on it this afternoon it looked rough in my opinion. anyone experienced this? any way to avoid it?

Had a request to add these to my mix as the wall we are doing has suffered from alot of cracks in the past. Where can i buy these? Do they come in a big bag? How much do they cost? Do I add it to the scatch, top or both coats? Thanks in advance.

I did a job a month ago for a loft conversion company for £1400.00 and have only had £500 payment so far. I gave 2 quotes, 1 for the loft rooms and one for the landing area. I carried out quote 1 and it was flawless even though the boarding had been totally bodged by the polski's. The MD of...

Do you get construstion companies contacting you saying that they are tendering for a project and want you to submit a quoatation? They usually send about 10 pdf files with drawings and specifications. Do you sucessfully manage to quote from these files / drawings? Do you find you need to...

As far as external rendering goes, I only offer the basic to coat sand and cement render, applied by hand. This is either left plain or we paint it for them. I see a hear alot about k-rend, Monocouche and other finished being applied or sprayed on, without having to paint. Will sand and cement...

Hi, i usually do domestic jobs on price. Latley, I have had a few calls asking me to price per m2 for some bigger refurbishments/site jobs. So my questions are... what do you guys charge for... Dot, dab and skim (labour only) Board & skim ceilings (labour only) Board ceilings (labour only)...

Well handy if like me you sometimes use stilts and other times just work of a hop up. Not cheap at £80, but its proper heavy duty one.

This morning I went to do a job and the lady said that her husband was meant to call me to cancell (he didnt). So now I have no work for 2 days as its too short notice to re-arrange anything and im £600 out of pocket. The job has been booked in for 3 weeks. Does anyone charge customers a...

Hi guys, Just wondered what you charge for a spread and a labourer per day? What do you pay a decent labourer who wants to learn to plaster? Do you get them to meet you at the job or do you pick them up on route? Thanks

According to the national statistics there is 55,000 plasters in the uk but there is 149,000 decorators! does the figure for plasterers seem low or high to you?

Any ideas, just wondering...

I remember seeing a vid on the net ages ago advertising what appeared to be a brilliant tool. I think it was called 'fish tail' or something similar due to its shape. It was designed for cleaning skirting and door frame edges. One swoop and you have a perfectly clean skirting board and perfect...

check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBAVsWAIVr8 if anyone has used one of these can you tell me if they are woth the £40.00? do they save much time and effort? Cheers ;)

anybody know the cheapest place to order this from? Have a whole house of ceilings to board and skim and want to put the idea to the customer. :)

anybody tried one of these? Look like they could help get a good finish with less effort. Page 110 of the new refina catalogue (the red one). ;)

My makita demolition hammer just stopped working ??? No power at all. Changed fuse ect but no joy. Its quite old. Anyone had this problem? Know how to fix it? Or is it a case of binning it and getting a new one?

Hello, nice forum. Need a bit of help if poss... Can you tell me the rough exterior square metreage of a 3 bed semi? I know they are all different but just need an approximte figure. If i helps, these 3 bed semi's are very popular in kingston upon and the surrounding areas. They look a bit...