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Have to say, the aftersales service from John @PFTscotland is amazing! I phoned him on a Sunday from an unknown number as I had no signal and he answered and fixed me straightaway. Man's deadly as is Elaine .

Maybe a wee while in this cooler damp weather, it's pretty forgiving stuff, I try and get an elevation on and then jump back and hit, stupid statement but watch your eyes, it's nasty and very abrasive on skin and seems to travel much further than s&c wet dash.

It's lovely stuff, far better than s&c, a lot messier though. Once dash receiver is on I just mix two bags at a time with a whisk in a large tub then split into 2 gorillas and fire it on and repeat till elevation is done.

In what way is it amazing ?

Finished slating this, ridge on and stripped scaffold ready for underbuilding.

Also, the aftersales service is amazing, best I have ever experienced.

@PFTscotland no mtec but they sell good machines.

Cheers, I love sand and cement but unfortunately the stuff up here at builders merchants is wank and the local quarry sand is to inconsistent, ok for building though.

Sorry for bringing this back @essexandy I probably missed it but why did u not use the machine ? Are u just happy with the traditional way? Sorry for being a nosey c**t lol.

Yeah just taped..

Yeah it's big.. top coat by hand. Bit awkward..

Day went great in the end had a blockage, purely because I didnt 100% listen to guy who taught us and tried to do something from youtube. I'm a fanny.. Anyway, job done, got to top coat it and the guy wants it done to look rustic so gonna hand apply top coat cos awkward and machine to fast lol...

No, last time I did that was a secondary school in southfields, london about 2002. It's usually cavity closers so insulation can get right up to reveal. Mostly timber frame up here though and windows etc sit flush with outside of cavity surrounded by a fire stop. Usually a 150mm minimum...

Ok. Up here every opening usually finishes flush with outside of cavity.

Well it doesn't make sense. You cock. Draw me a picture.

The way you guys do it. Goodfcknnight. I know theres a cover trim on there which makes reveal smaller but hopefully the gist is gotten. Away to lie doon..

Reveal on left. 100mm plus 20mm render. The way we do it.

Nice job tom. So the face of those windows are almost halfway out on outside skin ( if it's a cavity wall) ? Hence the smaller reveals?.

Shut up you clown that makes absolutely no sense. Your welcome.

Basically what I was asking is was why do you set your window/door frames only about 20mm from face of render/brickwork? Whereas up here in scotland the outside of window/doorframe is flush with outside of cavity.

External FFS. If it was internal I would have posted in the plastering discussions.

Right, I'll start again. Let's think timber frame. Timber frame , 50mm cavity, block/brickwork. 100mm reveal. Lots of render pics I see on here there is only a 20mm or thereabouts reveal. Why is that? Why are the door/ window frames out so far?

Why, in most pictures from you guys down south are your reveals only 20mm wide ? Up here we build houses with cavities cavitys (not sure correct spelling). Anyway we place the frame flush with outside of cavity giving us at least 100mm of a reveal. Wtf? Am I missing something??

Sorry to blow your cover...

Today I was working with the dude that laboured to u at the stag, tarbert and Dunoon etc. Said your the tidiest, most particular, cleanest guy he has met..

Lol. That's not yours Casper!!

Skegness. F*****g luv the place. UK speed weekend. Stock cars thursday night, saturday and Sunday. In between mixing with all the other ( holidaymakers) lol and pretending your not scottish when you see all the abominations wearing cellic and the rangers manky tops... love the beaches and met a...

Brilliant machine, first thing I made my apprentice(son) purchase. Blows the makita out the water for sound. No more listening to pishy radio either. Spotify all day long.

How does my drone work then??

Where I stay, its getting busier as everyone who has adhered to the rules are saying fuckit ( with very good reason) Balfour Beatty are doing a pylon upgrade and these c**ts are driving about everywhere sharing Van's, in and out of local petrol stations and shops. They have been going home at...

Cheers. Is it the sp6h genny you have? Forgot they had gennys for sale, thinking back I'm pretty sure he told me multiple times

Bit of plumbing today. Idea blatantly stolen from interweb..

Cheers tom, unfortunately I'm in the stix so sometimes water pressure is an issue and a few builders I do work for dont have power on till near end of build, but thankfully a few I do work for get it on at start. Just want to be sorted for all situations. Hopefully getting her out next week...

Just about to sort a genny tom, is there anything else I need? What I mean is how would you power the machine and water pump? Do you get a 32 to 16 amp reducer plug to power machine and use the 16 amp outlet for water pump. Or can you just use one outlet and split it between machine and pump...

Shed's no very strong

Cheers Tom, is the one in my link a shiter?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263740671454 Would this suffice?

Good to go. Just need wee Nicola to give me the green light and we'll maybe get a wee shot of it. Just need a genny. Any recommendations appreciated?. Found a couple, one 8kva and one 9.5 but not sure if they are suitable. Will try and post links up and hopefully someone with a bit more savvy...

Yeah, but what about the blade?

This is the time you work out what builders you wont be subbying to if/when this blows over.

Was a few years back. I never owned it though and it was bought more for floor screeds than render however, was great learning curve for applying renders and did a lot of houses with it. Now though this is for me and my son and the time is right. John could have sold me the slimline but I'm...

F'kin right I did. They can take ma playstation but they'll never take ma ritmo.. Shed getting serious security upgrades this coming week..

Picked up our new baby courtesy of @PFTscotland yesterday, brilliant days training from John and canny wait to get going. She's staying in the spare room till her first job..

SPASTIC? What age are you ya F*****g mouth breather?

That's very, very well built stone, you are the man..

In fairness those lights are a c**t, however this morning I spotted a miss the size of my forearm.

Makes the premier inn I stayed at last night acceptable..

Show us some of your work mate? Or did u do it first time lol..??

Trying to talk builder into thincoat rather than k1, onto block. Am I right? f**k**g hate scraped finish..

Has anyone got one fitted?, just ordered one. Self contained, just remembered the cold condensation issue over the winter yesterday when I jumped in van.