Search results

Am I right In thinking you just stop bead above Dpc with mono. That you don’t need to use a drip?

Has any one had a problem with these wobble lights? I've got a defender wobble light had it for about a month and the thing is literally falling to bits. The thermal button has fallen out and when I turned it on today it makes a terrible sound. So I have taken the base off, to find 3 of the 4...

Alright lads having to move from Oxford to Watford bit to far to commute everyday. So looking for work round the Watford area. Have 7 years experience confident on internal plastering. Not done a lot of rendering, I can do it just not that confident. Have experience with spraying machines.l...

The Nela premiums are nice trowels but you heard right take a long time to break in. Well they do for me as I don't get to do much rendering or floating that much. Nela s*p*r*lex are pretty decent but wouldn't say you can lay on or first trowel with them as they flex to much.

I've found that pre gritting Artex, bonding then skimming you have trouble to getting it to pull in. Just hangs around forever. I think your better off pvaing,bonding,skimming or pre gritting day before then just skimming but then the ceiling needs to be nice and flat! I have heard that you...

ive seen a few of you lads use these trowels.do you lot use them straight out the box? My main skimmer has a nasty little ding in it that I can't seem to get out and looking for decent trowel I can break in quick. Every trowel I use at the moment is horrible

Hi Guys ive got a rendering job to do roughly 33 square meters how much sand and cement will i need, ive done a few rendering jobs working for other people where they supply the materials. never had to work out how much i would need. i believe a ton bag would cover roughly 35m2??? and how much...

Its on pretty thick may be Tad wet Sent from my C6903 using The Plasterers Forum mobile app

Hello any one used this product I've put the inside of a chimney on with it and can't seem to float it up, just has a load of stones in it. Sent from my C6903 using The Plasterers Forum mobile app

hello people ive got a conservatory to do on bradstone going to dot and dab it but just wondering if i can get away with pva the bradstone and sticking it. will that stay on the wall or does it need a coat of bonding? cheers guys

Im getting tiger stripes when skimming on board lately and ive never had problems with it before not changed anything ive been doing such a pain in the ass did a big ceiling today and it striped like mad i did get them out in the hard trowel. you cudnt feel them on the surface but could see...

I got a vw just before xmas such a nice van pricey but so far so worth the money, is my only transport so use it for pleasure to. heres a picture :) http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r716/Rory_Drinkwater/IMG_1120_zpsfd8607f4.jpg

yea i skimmed the ceiling and dot and dab the reveals yesterday because im **** at floating them ;). its all scrimed 5050 around the edge. yea wires was a bit of a piss take now ive skimmed the ceiling ive just tangled them up close to the ceiling. the whole jobs a bit of a mess got bricks...

they dont want dot and dab other wise i would they got some special kitchen going in, think im gonna pva bond then hardwall it.

i can use hardwall sand and cement might be a right pain to use just because of where the kitchen is and getting all the gear plus i havent got a mixer, thanks for the help john.

hmmm cant delete that post went to post a image http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r716/Rory_Drinkwater/IMG_1301_zps79b443a3.jpg IMG_1302_zpscf15d1d4.jpg Photo by Rory_Drinkwater | Photobucket theres the photos the red arrow is a big lintel sticks out a mile so will have to build...

hmmm cant delete that post went to post a image http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r716/Rory_Drinkwater/IMG_1301_zps79b443a3.jpg IMG_1302_zpscf15d1d4.jpg Photo by Rory_Drinkwater | Photobucket theres the photos the red arrow is a big lintel sticks out a mile so will have to build the wall...

<a href="http://s1363.photobucket.com/user/Rory_Drinkwater/media/IMG_1302_zpscf15d1d4.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r716/Rory_Drinkwater/IMG_1302_zpscf15d1d4.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_1302_zpscf15d1d4.jpg"/></a>

Alright lads got a question ive got a kitchen to float and skim which is pretty much all red London brick the walls are all over the shot, so will probably have to build it out in a few coats. the customer is a right pain in the ass been on everyone's back there very picky so got to make sure...

that made the fat boy sweat not as easy as people think!

how do u finish with those plastic trowels, i only flatten with mine because it leaves very fine lines in the finish. i tried it on a ceiling this morning tried to finish with it, but after the first pull i saw it was leaving some nasty marks so went back to my ss.

ive been fresh pallets of boarded finish for the last 2 months and they have been awful little lumps in nearly every bag, its driving me insane

all i can seem to use the plastic trowel for is flattening down the first coat which it does make very easy and mayb first trowel but it leaves very light lines in, when do you use it to cross towel after u have layed on?

Haha cheers guys yea we been laying it on flattening down then laying back with fresh gear. But I just come off a job with normal plaster board skimming fine using same method this and getting a lovely finish. This stuff is a nightmare we do get a good finish in the end just is a right pain...

Hey guys few quick questions 1. Any of u lot skimmed on acoustic board not a big site with hundreds of meters of the stuff and it skims so horrible. Trowel it up seems so much hard then normal board. Have any of you noticed anything different with it? 2. Any one know what causes finish...

where abouts in oxford are you could maybe help you out

i am an apprentice and i get 200 a week. but i can skim , started on 150 :).

intresting we got told we were the only people to moan about the gear its weird i think the reps are just full of s**t myself

haa anybody had any dodgy plaster, we have had a whole week of terrbile plaster from 3 different build centers. We ran british gypusm and they said we are the only person to moan. yet we have rang a few plasterers round the local area and one from up north who are all having probelms with it...

not been to work all week, at first i thought it was fun now im starting to go a bit mad. ::)