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The wizard made the jump, it was a great leap of faith. Being known as the fastest site plasterer known to human kind was a hard title to leave behind. I done it for the money, I spend half my time these days prepping up. Then putting 40m2 on, double coated may I add, I know, I know...... For...

Very rare you see boarding like that ever, I'd probably say your average boarder on site would be about one step up from the original photos

Tax returns put off until 2021 now aswell F*****g hell

The que in the bargain booze at the bottom of my road was out the door lads buying couple of crates each

Mad mad times I was born in 92 and have honestly never seen world governments reacting to anything like this in my life time.

In all due respect mate, we haven't got a clue. I highly doubt a Tory government would want to destroy its own economy because that's what's happening A virus that didn't exisist on the planet 15 weeks ago has managed to get a decent foothold on nearly every continent on the planet.

To be the people who think this isn't going to happen, aboustely brain dead. You can like it or not but right now it's not even up for debate, we are going into Spain, France style lockdown very very soon.

I dont think width of blade has much effect on finish. Arguably a wider trowel can hold more gear so you could say it could help you get it down faster You can trowel up with a speedskim with a blade less than a 1mm

Is he offering £6.80 a metre on a room that less than 15 square metres? That's less than £100 with materials if so

You can plaster on every single site I've ever been on with a green card (labourers) card. This is pretty much common knowledge to any one. So what is the point in being qualified and holding the blue card?

Just add this stuff to the the many reasons I swerve 99 percent of all domestics. Most customers don't have a clue and will expect a ceiling skimming for 40 quid. I honestly love hearing customers on here moaning about the standard of plastering they've had done in a room for £80. They deserve...

No amount of bonding or scrim is gonna stop a crack caused by movement in the building, these buildings weigh 1000s of kgs, unfortunately scrim and bonding isn't rated for that. Removing all old wood around windows or chimney breast before beading will help stop the wood suck moisture out of...

There is firms out there now that if you can't one coat a 100 metres in a day they just take you off site and shoot you.

Throw a few handful of cement powder into the bonding mix and you've got yourself bonding 15

Everyone my age or younger loves to quit, that's why. They won't stick nothing out. 30 plus lads started the 3 year NVQ that I did, 3 of us passed out and finished. 90 percent of my course were only there because the government at the time were paying them EMA to be there

Haven't had a probelm in 2 years with the security firm being there, soon as the security firms contract ends the site gets robbed?? Sounds dodgy as f**k to me

You can do this with a metal speedskim aswell if the plaster is on a stand. I've found it's mainly tapers who do that wierd thing of putting gear on trowels with a 6 or the bucket trowel It's pointless, can load a handboard with a few scoops and get far more on

Totally agree paulf, the bookies have stopped taking bets on his next ploy being...... "Sorry mate can only withdraw £250 today" (less than what I'm owed)

To be honest, I admire the sheer audicity of the c**t. It wouldn't be half as funny if I wasn't covered for the money I tell u though.

He's playing me like a fiddle. Didn't answer the door when I turned up. I've just received a text saying "got your money here mate will withdraw it first thing in the morning for you" You don't get any of this on site, work is all signed off by someone and your contractor pays you what your...

No I'm still waiting mate, got hit with a sob story on how his mortgage company have taken money on the wrong date. Assured me he will have money tommorow. Totally full of crap. I've told him I've lost interest with the excuses and he has got till tommorow to pay me or am coming back to blow...

I wonder if it's got anything to do with me insisting on he comes to see the job naked

Am a plastering wizard a true thoroughbred bred to plaster from an early age, I skimmed a full room when I was 7 and for Christmas that year I asked for a Refina mega mixer. These mere mortal customers don't deserve this level of craftsmanship is my attitude on this.

Just another reason to add to the list of why domestic jobs aren't worth the hassle

It's a daft road to go down to be honest mate, no one wins and I could even get hit with criminal damage etc if I cause more damage taking it off or damage anything - its not worth it for a room

I can hear the chants in the distance of Hack it off, hack it off, hack it off!

Done a full room after work, customer was begging for it to be done, finished about half 7, he come round said all was good and he would bank transfer me the money that night. Nothing comes across that night. Text on Thursday asking what happened to the bank transfer, got told yes, only to be...

It shouldn't even be legal to put a shine on a wall like that

Am serious ye, its nothing to do with fitness or keeping in shape either. I ran a 5k this weekend in 17.58. That doesn't stop my hands cramping like a girl after a decent hit.

Ye at the grand age of 28 and 11 years plastering as a site money I've deffo got a weird form of plastering based arthritis. Hands locks up and my wrist cracks constantly. Add a bit of cold into the mix and I'm nearly finished already

Anyone else get really cold or numb hands plastering, even bad aches in your fingers?

Keep us update Mo I like the way this lad is playing this

Nobody upsets me mate I see the plastering trade for what it is We work the hardest and probably get the worst money, keep on being a plastering hero and two coating fresh plasterboard for as long as you like, I'm honestly telling you it doesn't need it. The wizard

Do you mean why have they used the boards with the hollow/recess on them? Haven't got a clue mate but I've been on countless jobs were I've had to skim tapered edge boards Bet it's something to do with costs of the boards or pricing for taping originally, I honestly don't know

I've genuinely got no clue what you mean?

They normally have a little hollow a couple of mil they are full of scrim and the gear pulls in nice, I fill them first it's normally only straight joints You can definitely get away with not filling them first though, just be prepared to have give the tapered edges another coat later on in the set

My mate finishes with Totally agree, you will get slated on here for saying it though. One coating on nice fresh decent boarding isnt rough if you do it right Fill your tapered joints first, wait a couple minutes, nice thick first coat on as much as possible, drop back and flatten whenever...

Marshalltown from start to finish with a bit of plastic thrown in is still the fastest way to finish a set For reasons I haven't quite worked out, if you touch it once with a s*p*r*lex you've just added 30 minutes to the set.

I agree, I won't do it on domestics. Those nice fresh plasterboard on site are asking for it though and like I've said before a million times if the site agents are passing one coat work and paying me for it, that is not my problem.

If your work looks mint when wet but bad when it's dry, isn't that normally because your using too much water or fat late on in the game, it looks mint wet but a few days later when it's all dries out, that nice shiny top coat has shrunk and left it looking dodgy Could aslo be Not trowelling...

For decent size areas......Get it on with a steel mt, flatten with speedskims, mt comes back out for any areas the speedskim is struggling with. how can a 14 inch trowel be faster than a 900 or 1200 speed skim for flattening

Good to see I’m still one of the fastest lads about

If you've got the time the grit everytime, but their lies the issue, you can't pva a room with grit and skim it the same day, you can with pva though. 90 percent of the time pva is fine anyway

It's not Silk paint is it ?

The wife is too upset to talk to you over a honest mistake that hasn't hurt no one is pathetic though, f**k domestics

Not really, I work threw the same few people, who seem to get a good portion of the hotels, schools being built. Not uncommon to spend months on the same job ie....15 floors, 24 rooms a floor plus corridors, working our way up the building

Dont bother with the internet for advertising mate try and get on site and get talking to as many people as possible. None of my work comes threw the internet

You can't judge what is happening within the plastering industry by using my builder 90 percent of lads I know all work for the same little group of companies either threw someone or direct these companies definatly have the monoply on the bigger projects - hotels, schools, etc

You can't just say its the poles or foreigners doing this though, British firms will happily throw 4 lads in a plot, 2 upstairs, 2 down

Dirty water does the job, but it does what it wants. Every mix is a gamble Will it set in 20 minutes or will it be an hour, know one honestly knows.