hook on angle beads ?

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Alrite lads just wondered if any of you use the hook on angle beads they look good really strong, stronger than catnic id say.
Just bought a box at the right money, was just seeing if any of yous use them ?
 
Somebody on here spoke if them a while back, sound good, not used them myself, let us know how you get on with them. How much did you pay for them??
 
reveiwed these a few months ago, contract beads sent me a box and i found them invaluable, worth keeping on stock , very good
 
yer we are paying 1.20 for them now. They are good but they are starting to price them out of the game. Good but three times the price good????
 
Just had a look at contract beads, we have been getting ours through Minster but i think that will stop as they seem to be over charging.

They are back to being good
 
Clemo i spoke to wack wholesale the other day about opening an account and they said theyre gonna send some free hook on beads as a tester. Doubt they will send over to you but they may have a contact over there
 
Silly question maybe,I guess they are mainly used for plasterboard work but would the hooks be robust enough to tap into plastered walls for re-skim work?
 
lilharbs said:
I think I must have missed the bit where they checked them for plumb.:glare:
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Plumb, what do you mean checked for plumb?
These are for plasterboard work and as spreads we are not paid to plumb up the stud walls are we, that's the job of those useless tossers the chippies isn't it?
If you've done the D&D you'll know that it's true (hopefully) won't you, so either way, smack on the beads as tight as you can and crack on.
 
So if the wall isn't plumb you
let the bead follow it?im sure you don't,yes it should be right but sometimes it just darnwell isn't.it only takes a chippy with a lazy eye,and blam!!!more outta plumb than a Paralympic cyclist standing on the track in the velodrome
 
lilharbs said:
So if the wall isn't plumb you
let the bead follow it?im sure you don't,yes it should be right but sometimes it just darnwell isn't.it only takes a chippy with a lazy eye,and blam!!!more outta plumb than a Paralympic cyclist standing on the track in the velodrome
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I always follow the wall, why the **** would we plumb up a wall using finish beads?? the wall is what it is, If we are getting paid to straighten it out and getting paid to be there twice as long, then so be it, but if its only a skim we are getting paid for, it is what it is.

Plumb up a wall with skim coat, **** me, heard it all before now, the most you could pull a bead out either end is probably about 5mm so if the geezers that fussy he can go **** himself :)
 
lilharbs said:
So if the wall isn't plumb you
let the bead follow it?im sure you don't,yes it should be right but sometimes it just darnwell isn't.it only takes a chippy with a lazy eye,and blam!!!more outta plumb than a Paralympic cyclist standing on the track in the velodrome
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Well I can assure you I do.
I'm plasterer, and I'm told a good one but I'm not mother Theresa
 
follow whats there as andy says if i diddnt make the wall then its not down to me to straighten it out with a skim bead, if i did construct the wall then i know its true
 
Freerider said:
I always follow the wall, why the **** would we plumb up a wall using finish beads?? the wall is what it is, If we are getting paid to straighten it out and getting paid to be there twice as long, then so be it, but if its only a skim we are getting paid for, it is what it is.

Plumb up a wall with skim coat, **** me, heard it all before now, the most you could pull a bead out either end is probably about 5mm so if the geezers that fussy he can go **** himself :)
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If it was your kitchen you were reskimming then wouldn't you make sure the beads were right even if the existing were wrong.and even if the whole wall isn't spot on then wouldn't you want the corners to be right and look right?
 
yes but then its not a reskim job anymore is it theres only so much you can adjust a skim bead anyway so its not goin to make much of a difference
 
essexandy said:
Well I can assure you I do.
I'm plasterer, and I'm told a good one but I'm not mother Theresa
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I'm not questioning your skill andy.but it states that they are for reskim also,and 8 out of 10 reskims I do the original guys beads were wrong.so I put them right.i understand on site that speed is king and you rely on the man before you's work being right.
 
But what you're talking about ain't a re-skim anymore mate, hope you're charging a bit extra for building it all out for them :RpS_thumbup:
 
I honestly can't see how you can plumb up a reveal by only using a skim bead? so what happens if the reveal is more than 5mm out top to bottom, and you bring the bead out as much as you can but its still not level? I know what you're saying dude and a job should be right, we all agree with that, bit its a reskim, making whats already there, paintable, nothing more, nothing less.
 
Well said freerider. You can't plum to perfect on a reskim. Reveals would need boarding which means hacking off old plaster. This in turn would end up costing more and price you out of job. Every one your pricing against will not be doing this.
 
lilharbs said:
For me that is part of the reskim.Fair enough,can see I'm against a brick wall being buggered here.next thread.
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You must get through a s**t load of bonding just doing a reskim.
If something is obviously well out, I point it out to the customer and we can agree a price to pull it out level, if they wish, but generally the level dont come out on a skim, just eye the beading up against the window or door frame so it looks right.
 
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