Hi guys just looking for a bit of advice. I've got to skim a wall ( using multi finish) onto an internal cement render wall in an old house. The cement render hasn't been scratched so it has no key. I was just wondering whether i'd be ok to just PVA it a couple of times or whether i'd need to use gypbond or something similar. Only trouble is i don't think the customer would be too keen on paying 40 odd quid a tub for it. I'm a brickie by trade but was learned to skim but have only ever really done it on board and hardwall surfaces so any advice would be great. Cheers, josh.
plastering on internal cement render
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PlasterCraftDundee
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Brace yourself Josh...
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Pva seal then pva bond
Superpva by unibond is the best, instructions are on the bottle.
Superpva by unibond is the best, instructions are on the bottle.
stiltwalker
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Another brickie/roofer or painter needs educating we are fools to ourselves
Olican
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our trade is under attack by other trades taking work off us----- brickies skimming, joiners boarding and taping decorators fixing decorative cornice and dado--------gardeners taking over our pole dancing -------oops wrong forum
A Slovakian carpenter was constantly on my shoulder whilst skimming out some flats recently, constantly asking questions. After 2 weeks he tells me he has a plastering job on at the weekend.
"Oh I didn't know you could plaster" [emoji15]
"I have learned much watching others, will be fine...I do good job"
The following Monday;
"How did your job go?" I ask
"Vurry gud, four valls. £200! Vury gud day"
"Did you leave a bag of easi-fill? "
"!!!!!"
Lol put your garlic and crosses away lads i won't harm you or your money. I've been on the trowel on big sites just doing brick and blockwork for about a year now but did 7 years as a general builder with a firm and i picked up skimming there. To be honest if like to ditch the brickwork and get on the spread full time but it's starting from square one again. Thanks for the responses.
stiltwalker
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Thought there is a shortage of brickies and the money is sky high at the moment? So I have heard
The job is for a close freind's sister. They had a qualified plasterer ( a friend of their dad) come in and do 1/2 of the room. It was originally wooden larf which he removed and tacked plasterboard onto the studs without seeing whether they were level which has resulted in a 3 inch gap from one end of the skirting to the other. Couldn't make it up. Could have only troweled across the wall as it was waving all over the shop. 1/2 inch gap on the doorframe to the wall where the architrave goes to boot. So the walls had to come down and i have the cement one to do also.
The money is very good at the moment but i'm an improver. Worked for my old firm as a brickie but the did so many different things i'd do all sorts and could go 6 months without laying a brick so when i get on the big sites and don't have the speed as you would expect. Lost heart in it anyway.
stiltwalker
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And golden trowel are uping there courses so that's a sure sign .
stiltwalker
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Plastering is all heart.. To get out of bed every morning and do it takes alot of determination I still struggle now 23 years on,
How old are you bud
How old are you bud
26 bud. To be honest i hated plastering when i first started. Went on as an apprentice brickie and got sent to do a plastering job out of the blue with one of the other blokes and when i said i don't wven have a trowel i got "well you best go f*****g get one then"
Bit of a shock. Hated it at first, then learned to leave it alone and stop playing about with it and loved it.
Je
Jesus mate i asked for advice on PVA not your trowel and client list.
Marshy
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Nevermind all that is this mates sister worth nailing or not thats what we all need to know bollox to the job !!
jeanclaudevangyproc
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I can't go a day without laying a brick never mind 6 months [emoji15]
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Nicm
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Was talking in general.No offence meant.
Marshy
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Dont apologise tell him to post pics of his mates sister instead
Fair enough bud just took it the way i read it. Sending apologies your way.
I think the problem was that one of the studs was a mile out on the original wall that has thrown it all over the place. It's as proud as a first shag in the middle and you'd run into all sorts of trouble dotting and dabbing regarding the skirting etc etc. It literally looks like the sea on a breezy day. When the guy trowled it he must have looked like he was doing a peter crouch robot dance. If you saw it you'd understand.
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