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i want a backpack sprayer so i can go into a room like a ghostbuster "who you gonna call"

pipe lagging either side cut an inch longer than trowel and an elastic band to hold em on sorted ;)

Builder i do some work for rang me today about an extention hes doing asking when i had a couple of days to do some skimming?when i said if i juggle a few things i could get there early next week he started mummbling on about doing it himself and that he would just put one coat on quickly as the...

maybe handy for applying polished plaster?

:o omg she wont even be able to plug some more bulky plugs in without hacking some off!!! who ever did that is not right, must of been let out for the day.

A f**k**g mazing i think fair play.

a couple of guys i know were working in a lezzers house and there was a pic of her and her girlfriend on the side n one of them got his tool out and started rubbing it on the pic saying i bet this is the first cock they've had on their faces for a while ;D

:-[ ok never noticed it shrink before sorry,maybe filler? or like kirk says explain say your redo it free over weekend sorted.

offer to mistcoat it,should be able to caulk ceiling line up and that should sort ceiling line. i would just push really hard or tap walls to see where its gonna crack and caulk the lines in nice then mist coat all the walls should be ok? should give you chance to get it all sound or reskim the...

got bits n peices on but had a couple of spreads on the phone this week looking for work dont seem to be too much about feel bad saying i cant help them out but the bits are only just keeping 2 of us going,seems like theres gonna be alot of extentions going on this year tho had the nod on 3 already.

i usaully form with a brush (make the brush into a v-shape sort of thing)and finish with polythene

would of thought it would of been alright on board but better to be safe than sorry i suppose,just out of intrest was it board you had the problem on? in the same boat really phoned up two readymix companys today as i got some concrete to lay and they both reckon its ok to lay it aslong as it...

done a job for a old boy who reckoned he was a pilot in the film dam busters should i of given him discount?

anybody else ever second coat a big set get all washed out go flattening then get to the wall round the corner or something and think f**k i never put a second coat on it >:( and you have to scramble about getting it off the other walls and out the rubbish bag.

nightmare times,i would rather work in tescos than do that council stuff.

yeah crap of the crap work that, most of the houses smell aswell, bet the good spreads wont hang around long

just asked my friend polski and he said its definitely his sponge

usually do give it a tack coat but depends what your going on? done a few ceilings & walls pvaed the day before no probs i just test it with wet fingers if they stick or tack to the wall/ceiling im happy,think its a suction thing if its not got any suction like silk paint or something i like...

yer i use them too but in the winter when the waters freezing cold they dont melt (dont know what my point is but thought i'ld mention it) maybe pva dont work when freezing cold?

if it fire harpoons it could have its uses,gettting the sparks and plumbers out your way? or you could threaten your lab with it if you get a crap mix.

i reckon it could give us some bad respiratory problems in later life breathing that stuff in while mixing up must be bad,every day i keep saying to myself i must wear a mask when knocking up but never do sometimes put my tshirt over my nose n mouth but cant see that doing much.

did u use frozen pva :D no only joking,first coat would of dried very quick on s+c probably would of firmed up after a couple of minutes of putting it on, you want to pva it up nicely put your first coat on as flat as you can then (dont wait) put your second coat on straight away then get back...

got one of them drip free ceiling rollers other week,really good for pvaing ceilings i thought.

holland theirs a bannana club there ;D

just found this on a woodworking site "If PVA is let to freeze, it will not be good anymore. It may seem to work, but the bond will not be strong. With white glue, if the glue has frozen and then thawed, it will dry a white cloudy color instead of clear. If you are not sure if your glue has been...

some might say he skimmed a wonderwall ;D

the voices say things at the end of the day like "go to the pub" :D

agree with nelly but i always get stick for using spray, they call me names like hairdresser lol but they always ask to borrow it at some point :D :D fickin mongs ;D ;D

great just cheered myself up, used the company loss calculator and its come out at over 5 grand loss a year :'( its all rough estimates but not looking good, now where's that rope?

revolt im in >:( >:( >:(

its natural stone no cavity so imo very prone to penatrating damp/salts so if its not window ect. I would either lime it (best option i would think) or thoraseal it then s+c it, ive sin people sbr then s+c with no problems 2 years on but i would not recommended that. Personaly i cant believe...

cant the doors be fixed/sealed properly then take off blown plaster dry out and re-do? if the elements arnt getting in then surely it would be ok :-\

thats an intresting one Chris could of spent many an hour scratching your head on that one glad you figured it out.

hi ian well origanal plaster has blown and failed for some reason so you need to establish why? could be a number of things probably just time and had its day but need to make sure their is not a damp issue or anything that made it fail in the first place or you could get job done only for it to...

not had a prob with plaster but the pissing bags have been ripping down the side as ive been pouring it in mix bucket resulting in quater of the bag on the floor before i can save it >:( never had a problem before but had about 6 bags do it to me this week ???

cheeky fecker well at least the guy was alright about it. ha ha dampproofer shot himself in the foot LOSER ;D ;D ;D no more work from big mart hey ;)

cotton sheets for me if i can they last a while if u pick the big bits of n shake em out,got a 2x1 heavy duty tarp for knocking up on had it for about 3 years now still going strong n i found it fly tipped :D that carpet protector stuffs good if u need to use stilts saves getting tangled up in...

??? is it something to do with something ??? do i win a cscs card??

well if he gets there at 4am should be done by 9pm thats a day 8)

i agree with you there matey wud want an extra oner on that for sure ;D

well ive narrowed it down to someone on this forum? ???

yeah a good lab im sure is worth his weight just never really used one got use to doing it all myself altho i team up with another spread alot on bigger jobs and that does make life alot easier!

no labourer equals more money ;D but also a more aching back at end of the week :-[ which one do u want ??? ive took the money last few years ;)

not nice when u get it in the eye worse than multi :o

seems a fair price to me,usually charge 300 + mats for that sort of thing, covered yourself for two days work,so what you got it done a little quicker thats your gain not his,used your tools and skill and agreed the price if he wanted it done for 225 he should not of agreed 350

anyone got a matchbox ;D

my names jerry not got sign written van or anything m8, do a far bit in chelt ,glos n ciren.

yeah been working in chelt sin ur van down tewks rd one day, did think whose these dot n dab people in town lol

i usually look hard for any original cracks and scrim em and i use bond it instead of pva not really had a problem doing that,but i always sort any blown areas aswell. fill em and sand em should sort them