raggles
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That's all well and good but, i've just had a quote from another Plasterer and he says he will do it for £40 quid i'd really prefer you to do it so do you think you could better his quote :RpS_unsure:
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That's all well and good but, i've just had a quote from another Plasterer and he says he will do it for £40 quid i'd really prefer you to do it so do you think you could better his quote :RpS_unsure:
jesssop
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yeah no problem :RpS_thumbsup:
timeservedspread
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Correct, @Olican and @zombie
All this get it tested **** comes from the course brigade.
How about us lads who've been at it decades get our lungs tested for all the gypsum and black lime we've breathed in?
Testing artex!
No fkers gonna pay for testing when most mugs are doing the ceiling for a ton all in anyway. Lol
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stuart23
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Disagree mate, we test asbestos regularly and whenever I mention it to customers most are pretty keen to have it done. £21.60 hardly going to break the bank. The way I see it is I'm an employer and I have a duty of care to employees, these things could come back and bite you in the arse. If your working on your own and your not arsed then of course scrape away but if your telling someone to scrape away it's a different ball game.
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Arti
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Its got nowt to do with coursers.............Customers are more clued up nowadays and whether its minimal or not its still asbestos
TheWand
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Duty of Care
TheWand
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?......I'm agreeing with your post. You need to look after yourself and your labour force. It's worth every penny of £21.60 even if it's negative
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KRISW1888
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Agree with you stuart
how many come back as positive stuart, as in don't touch harmfull mate???
stuart23
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I've had quite a few come back positive, don't know about don't touch harmful but asbestos all the same.
im not knocking it mate, would just love a bit of clarity realy, personaly if I was paying id want to know at what levels is safe or not etc or whats the point?.
As said in 20 yrs ive scraped and same with everyone ive ever worked with in Barnsley.
i can honestly say if i was to go do this whole testing for lab results malorky in my region i wouldn't be able to survive as a domestic spread in my region.
i would say 1 out of every 3 domestic jobs in Barnsley involves some artex which if i was charging/suggesting couldn't skim apose to boarding etc would instantly put me out of the frame for the job!
More to the point if its got asbestos then even overboarding and screwing through a lid should even be a no no then surely???
surley then if your going down this route you should send in a specific asbestos removal company @ £££££ in which case where does it end?
to me its either ok or its not???? i dunno?????:RpS_confused::RpS_crying:
As said in 20 yrs ive scraped and same with everyone ive ever worked with in Barnsley.
i can honestly say if i was to go do this whole testing for lab results malorky in my region i wouldn't be able to survive as a domestic spread in my region.
i would say 1 out of every 3 domestic jobs in Barnsley involves some artex which if i was charging/suggesting couldn't skim apose to boarding etc would instantly put me out of the frame for the job!
More to the point if its got asbestos then even overboarding and screwing through a lid should even be a no no then surely???
surley then if your going down this route you should send in a specific asbestos removal company @ £££££ in which case where does it end?
to me its either ok or its not???? i dunno?????:RpS_confused::RpS_crying:
so what would you do with a ceiling that's had water damage or whatever and the artex has lost its key? as you would either have to totally scrape back or overboarded.
if this was the case and you result came back as positive then surley if your going down this route you would have to arrange for an professional asbestos removal company to remove first?
not looking for an argument mate honest just curious to know how far you go/would go with this?:RpS_confused:
stuart23
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I wouldn't touch it mate, I'd advise customer to have it removed.
well that me fukin stumped stuart thas dun me pal!!!:RpS_thumbsup:
stuart23
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Haha, I just like going home and spending time with my kids and I'm not risking that for a few hundred quid no matter how small the risk.
nice one pal!...mine are little feckers so il just carry on scraping!!!:RpS_thumbsup:
stuart23
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Hahaha, I've thought about sending the missis in to scrape the ceilings for me.
jamesthefirst
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Do these companies just remove or do they then also get the job of reboard and skim?
stuart23
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Skimmed a kitchen for b and q few years back and the customer had had artex asbestos removed and they had just boarded it, really badly as well.
BobbyJack
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Was @beddy behind you doing the pounding.
I wear a mask and always scrape. I'm a believer of your time is your time. Never had anything tested. Pulled down an old asbestos roofed wooden garage once years ago when I was younger. Thing was ancient. If I'd have been old enough to grow a beard I would have tucked it in my mouth. Still alive now and I'm putting it down to me being mustard. A weaker man would have been dead by now
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