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casplas said:
question do you all use twitchers angle trowlels on floating work aswell ?
i was taught on hard angles , both board and 2 coat work i now soft angle board work but still hard angle skimming backing coat
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its all skimming why do it different?
 
i find hard angles easier on floating,probs because it pulls in quicker personnel preference i guess and way i was taught, do you one coat backing coat spunky?
 
ive seen some strange methods in my time and still dont judge, theres a million ways to plaster a wall, but wat do's it matter if finnish product is ok!



just a thought.
 
looks ok from home , cant see ya problem , hang ya coat on it , wont charge you extra ! heard a few in my time , i havnt got the cheek to use any, i walk away happy and confident my jobs good .
 
Cant believe that some people insist on using corner trowels as they think it is a better finish
I totally disagree reason being.

Whether you dab or float a wall we get the corners square then check with a square
Then why when we skim do you want to put a slight radius in a corner making it round.
i agree skimming opposites is much better and any one who says they can "twitch" one neater is very mistaken.

This is my own personal view and that of 2 other plasterers who now dont use them as they have been shown the light :)
 
av always worked 2 wet angles.celings on first.then walls off same scaffold as far down as u can reach.drop scaffold catch the bottoms.
 
JamieMac said:
av always worked 2 wet angles.celings on first.then walls off same scaffold as far down as u can reach.drop scaffold catch the bottoms.
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Can you expand a little further it sounds an excellent technique and truly unique, one does the ceiling then the top of a wall then one hops of ones scaffold to do the other part of the wall we call the bottom ......amazing well done just out of interest how would one tackle a 40m ceiling and 70m on the walls
 
ELplastering123 said:
Cant believe that some people insist on using corner trowels as they think it is a better finish
I totally disagree reason being.

Whether you dab or float a wall we get the corners square then check with a square
Then why when we skim do you want to put a slight radius in a corner making it round.
i agree skimming opposites is much better and any one who says they can "twitch" one neater is very mistaken.

This is my own personal view and that of 2 other plasterers who now dont use them as they have been shown the light :)
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noone checks a wall with a square if its that bad its a splayed angle
 
spunky said:
Can you expand a little further it sounds an excellent technique and truly unique, one does the ceiling then the top of a wall then one hops of ones scaffold to do the other part of the wall we call the bottom ......amazing well done just out of interest how would one tackle a 40m ceiling and 70m on the walls
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i believe its called rush and sweat!!
 
Ill make it square so yeah if i have to bring it out an inch or so i will, but in my mind thats what can make can difference knowing its been done correct its the same as if a wall runs out vertically you level that up so why not square the corners as that was proberly meant to be done in the first place.
 
ELplastering123 said:
Ill make it square so yeah if i have to bring it out an inch or so i will, but in my mind thats what can make can difference knowing its been done correct its the same as if a wall runs out vertically you level that up so why not square the corners as that was proberly meant to be done in the first place.
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**** me they must be **** builders you work for
 
ELplastering123 said:
Ill make it square so yeah if i have to bring it out an inch or so i will, but in my mind thats what can make can difference knowing its been done correct its the same as if a wall runs out vertically you level that up so why not square the corners as that was proberly meant to be done in the first place.
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I would level and square reveals if the client pays extra for the work, otherwise I wouldn't bother :-)
 
spunky said:
Can you expand a little further it sounds an excellent technique and truly unique, one does the ceiling then the top of a wall then one hops of ones scaffold to do the other part of the wall we call the bottom ......amazing well done just out of interest how would one tackle a 40m ceiling and 70m on the walls
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One is being very posh with ones post spunky ?wot ,wot ,wot .:-0
 
ELplastering123 said:
Several small one for reveals a large one for internal and external corners
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If it ain't square it ain't square FFS!!............. When you put up your first plasterboard on a ceiling you will know whether the place is square mate, so you can burn that big square now :RpS_thumbup:
 
ELplastering123 said:
Ill make it square so yeah if i have to bring it out an inch or so i will, but in my mind thats what can make can difference knowing its been done correct its the same as if a wall runs out vertically you level that up so why not square the corners as that was proberly meant to be done in the first place.
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i would square reveals, heads and nibs up but i would not be squaring rooms up.
what type of meterage are you covering in a day doing that?
 
essexandy said:
I know this job has gone tits up but here's my opinion on some comments.



You've accepted a job on his terms and then turn round and say you're going to go against his wishes, you are in the wrong and don't deserve the work.



Anyone worth their salt would be able to tell if an internal trowel/twitcher had been used.



I to would want to run a tape round to confirm the metreage and have never heard of pricing by the bag but I've never known a site agent that would have a clue as to the metreage of the plots.
When I had sites on the go I always gave the guys a plot price and if they asked for a metreage I just told them to measure themselves as this saved any arguments i.e. I say it's 454m2 and they come back saying "no it's 460m2". That's the price per plot take it or leave it.

Personally I prefer to do opposites and find it a quick and efficient method which leaves really sharp internals but if a client said they wanted all internals done with a internal trowel I wouldn't bat an eyelid.

Also if this bloke had been genuine and a house did take 35 bags no one allows 10m2 per bag throughout a house they'd feel lucky to get 9m2. This would have meant there were 315m2 per plot at £980, that's £3.11 m2 and the first thing you do is come on here moaning about how he wants it done. Weirdo!
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No im not a weirdo, first of all 10 meters is about right for me, 2nd I asked if anyone had been told that before, and 3rd the bloke was full of shite because who the fcuk gets 15 meters out of a bag so I do deserve the work.
 
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