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@John j reckons it'll do at least three one bag a week. He also said he thinks it could do considerably more if he plugged it in, but then the motor wouldn't last as long.

You site slag you.

Rj you really, really don't want to be giving @JessThePlasterer your phone number, several of us have made that mistake. How many restraint orders have you got against you now Jess? Got to be in double figures.

Dave mate, you are not a bit stupid at all.

Shut up Walter you delusional clown.

I love doing coving. Used to earn really well out of it, I wish every house had to have it. Apart from mine of course.

Stop being a tool and do it properly.

BG coving is absolutely shite now. The paper used is simply not fit for purpose.

It might be worth talking to both Building Control and whoever is involved with the 'buildings of historical interest', as to what their expectations are, should you remove your current render. My place was built around about 1800. Red brick, no cavity and for many, many years rendered with a...

As I said before, I bet you're f**k**g hopeless at float and set. Slow as f**k, with no idea about doing it at pace and to a high standard. C & G, don't make me laugh, 100 attempts at getting a wall right ha ha ha.

I used those trowels for all my floating and rendering for years mate. Apart from when I was wearing in one of the grey handled stainless trowels I used for skimming.

He was probably s**t at that mate.

I knew the root of your dislike of Jewsons was Tottenham/religion based. I've not dealt with any merchant who gives me better prices than Jewsons across the board.

As Spit said, it's all about building up a relationship with the merchant. If you walk into any merchants straight off the street the prices will appear crazy expensive compared with what you'll pay as an account customer with a good relationship. I doubt many people pay the prices Jewsons have...

Says someone who is clearly useless at float and set. I'll bet you've never float and set ten full houses on the bounce, ever. f**k**g clueless.

You've got to remember I haven't got a pair of crossed hammers tattooed on my forehead, so probably get treated better than you?

Jewsons mate. Been using them almost exclusively (not small items) for fifteen years or so.

If you're buying decent quantities of course you're reliant on the merchants, but trust me we get looked after pretty well.

A lot of spreads, myself included, prefer/insist on tacking the ceilings ourselves. It is very, very rare that a DIY person will fix the board correctly. In fact I'm not sure if I've ever witnessed it? In the grand scheme of things the saving you would make by tacking the ceilings yourself is...

I'd just got up then you nugget. We hardly ever use 6 x 3's but considering quite a few of our jobs will require three or four different types and sizes of board spread over three, four or more pallets I don't really see how a bigger van would help?

Because Bonding is the wrong material for the substrate you have (99% certain). There are an awful lot of 'plasterers' these days that are clueless about float and set and think Bonding is for everything, when in fact it's for very little really. Soot requires a whole other level of prep work to...

I used to run an elwb Vito and even then you couldn't keep everything, for every eventually in it. A few years ago I decided to only run the one vehicle for everything, work, fishing and just generally getting around and my double cab truck was it. To be honest the truck really wasn't the best...

As some have said, one of your biggest problems will be finding someone who can do a decent job of float and set nowadays, should you prefer that option. Tip: if someone mentions Bonding for the job, f**k them off straightaway. Personally I think you should be paying at least 40% more for the...

To be honest if it's a small job you can get a few 6 x 3 in the back of needed, plus plaster etc. The payload is actually very impressive for a small van and it needs to be with a fat c**t like me driving it. Most jobs we do the gear is coming straight from the merchants anyway.

I assume you're referring to the being a peasant bit? In which case, yes.

Well that leaves poor peasants like myself in a mire.:cry:

Funny you should say that

Ah just as we all suspected. It's good that you feel you can talk about it and regard this as a safe space (shut up @000).

I'm all good cheers Dave. Yep it takes 3m beads no problem. The top half of the main passenger seat folds forward and there's a little door in the bulkhead, so things don't lay in the footwell, they're on the back of the seat. The third seat is f**k**g tiny and in truth barely useable. My son...

@ChrispyUK I see you've disagreed with wayners, which part exactly were you disagreeing with and what would be your course of action? I've done a thorough search of the CHD archives and can't find any relevant information.

I'm absolutely loving the lwb Transit Connect mate. It has the load through passenger seat, so even 3m beads, rules etc. aren't a problem. I barely ever use the roof bars.

Bloody hell mate, what have you got against the poor cow to point her towards the train crash of a tradesman that is @JessThePlasterer ?

Yeah and with a shitty nappy on.

Back when I was probably 18 or so (years not st.) a guy where I fished had a normal looking household phone on top of a big wooden box that he took to the lake with him. That really must have been one of the very earliest mobile phones?

Their branch in Chelmsford is open something like 363 days a year. The counter is always well staffed and the staff are polite, efficient and helpful. It's like the complete opposite of using Barclays.

But why do you think you had the right to take it from someone's property and give it to the previous owner? I've got to say I'm a bit baffled mate.

We moved our business account from Barclays to Metro, the difference in service is like night and day. I'll be opening a personal account with them before too long as well. If there's a branch reasonably nearby I'd recommend anyone gives them a look.

What a dopey t**t.

My house is to calm mate, his little head would implode.:LOL: You don't have any of these...

Same reason screed still cracks with steel mesh embedded mate. Outside forces. Rendering will be for a multitude of different reasons. All you can do is take as many precautions as possible. You'll know as well as I do that on site the same plot types will have cracks in the same place, that's...

The fibres I first bought were made for the concrete industry you thick c**t. They work in two ways. Millions of fibres criss crossing in the mix give added strength (hence why fibres are spec'ed for screening in place of steel mesh for most applications) and if cracks do form they follow the...

Not the good ones, haven't been able to find them in years. Still use the crappy ones in both screed and rendering.

That money legally belongs to the new property owners I think you'll find.

Yes mate I did and do, mainly because that's what the manufacturers called them.

Possibly, but I thought the original ones were polymer fibres not fibreglass?

I used to buy it from a local ready mixed concrete company up to about 2004. Definitely the best one that has ever been available. A quick stir into your mixing water and the fibres completely separated, never a single clump of them. I used them for both screeding and rendering.

I reckon the original Fibremesh (?) brand used to be 40mm long. Finer than a human hair and never had any problems with them. In fact they were way better than the modern clumpy crap that's available now.

So a little idea that has been rattling around in my noggin since I was about nine years old came to fruition recently. We've built these underground 'hides' for the anglers to fish from.

I reckon you'd be right as well.

@John j