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Jerry Martin

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I'm a 61 year old tradesman. Mainly electrician and plumber, with limited experience of plastering. I'm renovating an old house so I'm putting my limited experience to good use. I appreciate plastering is an art so I'm hoping to get lots of tips to avoid disasters!
 
Jerry Martin said:
I'm a 61 year old tradesman. Mainly electrician and plumber, with limited experience of plastering. I'm renovating an old house so I'm putting my limited experience to good use. I appreciate plastering is an art so I'm hoping to get lots of tips to avoid disasters!
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Luckily, you’re in the right place Jerry
 
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Cockney said:
Stealing grub off a plasterers table.
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It’s not though is it mate.

Imagine a world where you couldn’t buy or do anything that wasn’t related to your job.

Cant drive anywhere cus that’s a taxi drivers job.

Can’t cook anything cus that’s a cooks job.

Can’t change your brake pads cus that’s a mechanics job.

Can’t go for a slash cus it’s a piss takers job.
 
ChrispyUK said:
It’s not though is it mate.

Imagine a world where you couldn’t buy or do anything that wasn’t related to your job.

Cant drive anywhere cus that’s a taxi drivers job.

Can’t cook anything cus that’s a cooks job.

Can’t change your brake pads cus that’s a mechanics job.

Can’t go for a slash cus it’s a piss takers job.
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Can’t put rubbish in the bin cos that's a @Janitors job
 
ChrispyUK said:
It’s not though is it mate.

Imagine a world where you couldn’t buy or do anything that wasn’t related to your job.

Cant drive anywhere cus that’s a taxi drivers job.

Can’t cook anything cus that’s a cooks job.

Can’t change your brake pads cus that’s a mechanics job.

Can’t go for a slash cus it’s a piss takers job.
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Pathetic statement.
Typical jack of all trades and chancers mentality.

What about all the hard years of intense training that people have to put in to learn and hone their skills in all walks of life, is all that just a waste of time?

Do you self diagnose and medicate when you’re ill or do you go to see a doctor?

Just because you can sow a hole in your sock it don’t make you a tailor smart arse!
 
Cockney said:
Pathetic statement.
Typical jack of all trades and chancers mentality.

What about all the hard years of intense training that people have to put in to learn and hone their skills in all walks of life, is all that just a waste of time?

Do you self diagnose and medicate when you’re ill or do you go to see a doctor?

Just because you can sow a hole in your sock it don’t make you a tailor smart arse!
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Of course it doesn’t.

For one, I have the upmost respect for long served trades, and have never said anything to the contrary.

However, we’re only here for a relatively short time on this planet, so for someone to turn out with an interest in a bit of plastering (or whatever) and let’s put that into context in the grand scheme (no disrespect again to any trade) isn’t it better to encourage someone to have a go. Yes, the obvious likelihood is that they will fook it up. If they don’t, and get to a point where they’re happy (in their world), then great. It will have zero bearing on the take home pay of any plasterer (or other tradesman).

If you’re good (and can maintain it), you really don’t need to look over your shoulder.
You will always work.
 
ChrispyUK said:
Of course it doesn’t.

For one, I have the upmost respect for long served trades, and have never said anything to the contrary.

However, we’re only here for a relatively short time on this planet, so for someone to turn out with an interest in a bit of plastering (or whatever) and let’s put that into context in the grand scheme (no disrespect again to any trade) isn’t it better to encourage someone to have a go. Yes, the obvious likelihood is that they will fook it up. If they don’t, and get to a point where they’re happy (in their world), then great. It will have zero bearing on the take home pay of any plasterer (or other tradesman).

If you’re good (and can maintain it), you really don’t need to look over your shoulder.
You will always work.
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Ffs no decent. time served trades are looking over their shoulders.

I personally don’t like have a go heroes in the building trade, or any other walk of life. To me you’re depriving someone of their ability to earn a living.
 
Cockney said:
Ffs no decent. time served trades are looking over their shoulders.

I personally don’t like have a go heroes in the building trade, or any other walk of life. To me you’re depriving someone of their ability to earn a living.
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We do all sorts of stuff now, much like Chrispy. It was never intentional (apart from the decorating), but driven by clients more or less pleading us to tackle other projects.
Currently well through a full house refurb on a job where we initially went round to look at reskimming some ceilings. Client is so happy with us that we're going to another family members to do similar after this one.
I don't feel any guilt towards other trades, but nor am I going on their forums asking basic questions.
I do ask Chrispy though.
 
Cockney said:
Ffs no decent. time served trades are looking over their shoulders.

I personally don’t like have a go heroes in the building trade, or any other walk of life. To me you’re depriving someone of their ability to earn a living.
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I get that mate, but I do believe in encouraging people to have a go as long as they aren’t going to kill themselves or others. World would be boring if everyone stayed in their lane, although some should definitely do that!

If someone is genuinely interested in having a go at something else though, most will just go ahead and do it anyway, and then it’s down to their own perseverance and conscience to consider if they’re any good at it.

What I’ve personally found by chancing is that it gives you more insight into the whole process and is more beneficial when stand alone trades do come in on a job. You better understand what they require to do their job better and easier and gives you more respect (or it should) for the genuine expert.

There are unfortunately real chancers out there who only think about money and don’t care what they do to get it. They usually get found in the end.
 
essexandy said:
We do all sorts of stuff now, much like Chrispy. It was never intentional (apart from the decorating), but driven by clients more or less pleading us to tackle other projects.
Currently well through a full house refurb on a job where we initially went round to look at reskimming some ceilings. Client is so happy with us that we're going to another family members to do similar after this one.
I don't feel any guilt towards other trades, but nor am I going on their forums asking basic questions.
I do ask Chrispy though.
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Exactly that. I’m like a small local convenience store to my customers. I don’t offer everything, but more than enough to do the job well. If I need more help/expertise, then I’ve got a few people who I trust and can bring in.

For quite awhile, I didn’t take on any stand alone plastering jobs. It was just convenient for me to do what bit of plastering I needed on my jobs as there were no hold ups if things didn’t pan out in the schedule of say a bathroom refurb.
I generally still don’t take on much plastering work, but if it works with the diary then why not. I’m not the best, but more than good enough.

Fook the tile. I’m the main man who knows how to rock it and shock it for awhile. Remember the name DJ ChRisPY.
 
ChrispyUK said:
Of course it doesn’t.

For one, I have the upmost respect for long served trades, and have never said anything to the contrary.

However, we’re only here for a relatively short time on this planet, so for someone to turn out with an interest in a bit of plastering (or whatever) and let’s put that into context in the grand scheme (no disrespect again to any trade) isn’t it better to encourage someone to have a go. Yes, the obvious likelihood is that they will fook it up. If they don’t, and get to a point where they’re happy (in their world), then great. It will have zero bearing on the take home pay of any plasterer (or other tradesman).

If you’re good (and can maintain it), you really don’t need to look over your shoulder.
You will always work.
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What grovelling bítch àss shít is this?

Tell the southern tw@ to kick rocks.

Tell him
 
Stevieo said:
What grovelling bítch àss shít is this?

Tell the southern tw@ to kick rocks.

Tell him
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Good try at s**t stirring, now get back to your hovel quick fast, the local smackheads need their fix.

Once a failure always a failure.
 
ChrispyUK said:
Exactly that. I’m like a small local convenience store to my customers. I don’t offer everything, but more than enough to do the job well. If I need more help/expertise, then I’ve got a few people who I trust and can bring in.

For quite awhile, I didn’t take on any stand alone plastering jobs. It was just convenient for me to do what bit of plastering I needed on my jobs as there were no hold ups if things didn’t pan out in the schedule of say a bathroom refurb.
I generally still don’t take on much plastering work, but if it works with the diary then why not. I’m not the best, but more than good enough.

Fook the tile. I’m the main man who knows how to rock it and shock it for awhile. Remember the name DJ ChRisPY.y
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You tell em Admiral.
They'll be laughing on the other side of their miserable face's when this takes off so they will.
www.CHD.com/Chrispy-Crypto
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