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Cheers Martin. Good luck with work. When I first got into plastering I worked for free labouring for a few plasterers and learned loads worth it's wait in gold. It opened my eyes to how much I didn't know but drives you to learn and improve. I was lucky I was fitting worktops and met lots of...

That's great advice cheers. By too weak does that just mean very little cement (if any) or too much sand?

Hi Martin Im new on here as well and based in Gateshead now but from Newcastle. Do you mind me asking where you did your C&G/NVQ as I'm just about to do the same in a few weeks.

Hi everyone just after some advice on identifying the mortar used on my house as need to do some re-pointing. Its 1950 semi, with damp course and cavity, so I would expect cement based mortar rather than lime. However, if scraped across surface with a key the grains of sand fall away with...