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Here's one for you. You got a ceiling to overskim. Just the ceiling but the walls have expensive wallpaper on. There's no cove to tack any plastic sheeting to so you can protect the walls when splashing around PVA and skimming. So how do you spreads protect the walls? Be nice to get a few new ideas. How would you go about it? Nothing worse than jobs like this where customer wants rid of artex ceiling but wants to keep £ shitloads a roll wallpaper.
 
I've walked away from jobs like that before, you just know you will get the blame for a splash somewhere. Easier ways to make money.
 
They are looking for a way out of not paying that's what experience will teach you, you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs tell them to **** off lol only kidding don't bother mate these types of customers won't pay I guarantee
 
I've had a few of these over the years and passed them by cos just not worth the risk. Just wondered if anyone had a method that works so you can get on without worrying about a disaster mid set.
 
aye, if its right up to the ceiling use frog tape round the top and the 25m x 2m role from wilkos. pain in the arse taping it all up but your getting paid for your time so no sweat. like this cos i couldnt find the wilkos one. PISS does them as well. common sense
 
you need to make it clear to them that although you will try your very best not to mark the wallpaper you can not guarantee that it wont get marked and will still want paying either way,, if their not happy with this then like said already walk away,, with sone good covering up you should be able to keep wallpaper clean but put a stupid price in for it
 
They won't pay mate I guarantee think of a price and then Double it then double it again they will say yes and you still won't get payed lol
 
Thing is its mostly old folk that want to keep their William Morris etc paper and they don't seem like the kind that will shaft you. Most calls I get these days are to skim over artex and I hate telling customers I wouldn't touch that with a barge pole! Cos of the wallpaper. But yeah, fcuk em ain't my prob.
 
The old ones always seem to have an over protective son/daughter so as flynny says your still no getting paid lol
 
flynnyman said:
They won't pay mate I guarantee think of a price and then Double it then double it again they will say yes and you still won't get payed lol
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you need to have faith in your fellow man. only those pakistanis a few months back have ever fcuked me around. and that nigerian guy with the post dated cheque. most people are nice. different story commercially of course. you'd end up on kalms or something
 
Jurek said:
you need to have faith in your fellow man. only those pakistanis a few months back have ever fcuked me around. and that nigerian guy with the post dated cheque. most people are nice. different story commercially of course. you'd end up on kalms or something
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I've been lucky. Never been knocked in 34 years. Had a few tussles over price before I've started with our foreign friends but that I put down to culture and haggling is path of the course with them.
 
Its just so hard to walk away from a job like this when one of your other customers has highly recommended you. You end up losing not just that job but also any other work from the customer that recommended you.
 
get them to sheet it out prior. say they'll be paying you plasterers wages to do the donkey work. they'll fall for that. then if it fails its their fault. wear these spyglasses when you agree it:

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got twopairs of these. they are unreal quality. went for a bike ride on the wirral way the other day with them. girls coming the other way etc. gonna do some POV vids at work with them
 
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not that hard..tbh.....

if they want to save the expensive wallpaper? Its an expensive sheet up. An hour i spent sheeting up..custy was paying for my time...so feck it, price it accordingly.
she was delighted and payed up no probs and passed my number on to a few others.:RpS_thumbup:
she had two other plasterers who said the paper couldnt be saved:-(

Just low tack mask tape...the trick is...when you roll out the tape stick it to your jumper-...t shirt first then tape yer sheet up:RpS_wink:
 
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not that hard..tbh.....

if they want to save the expensive wallpaper? Its an expensive sheet up. An hour i spent sheeting up..custy was paying for my time...so feck it, price it accordingly.
she was delighted and payed up no probs and passed my number on to a few others.:RpS_thumbup:
she had two other plasterers who said the paper couldnt be saved:-(

Just low tack mask tape...the trick is...when you roll out the tape stick it to your jumper-...t shirt first then tape yer sheet up:RpS_wink:
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Good job mate
 
Nice job !
Mask the ceiling edge 1st using 2 or 3 inch tape only. then tape your polythene to the tape you've just put on, saves you trying to be neat all in one go.
 
spreadylonglegs said:
Here's one for you. You got a ceiling to overskim. Just the ceiling but the walls have expensive wallpaper on. There's no cove to tack any plastic sheeting to so you can protect the walls when splashing around PVA and skimming. So how do you spreads protect the walls? Be nice to get a few new ideas. How would you go about it? Nothing worse than jobs like this where customer wants rid of artex ceiling but wants to keep £ shitloads a roll wallpaper.
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Tell them to protect it or strip it
 
Same as Fatarm, it can be done with patience and feels good when you take down all the sheets with everything skimmed as if by magic. Great job mate.
 
spreadylonglegs said:
Here's one for you. You got a ceiling to overskim. Just the ceiling but the walls have expensive wallpaper on. There's no cove to tack any plastic sheeting to so you can protect the walls when splashing around PVA and skimming. So how do you spreads protect the walls? Be nice to get a few new ideas. How would you go about it? Nothing worse than jobs like this where customer wants rid of artex ceiling but wants to keep £ shitloads a roll wallpaper.
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Personaly I would decline the job!

Seriousley your on a hiding for nowt mate or at the very least I would explain the pitfalls including scratching perimeter of paper around walls and paper lifting as water getting behind as brushing edges etc.

I would have it all down in writing stating you accept no responsibility for any damage and that its there responsibility etc
 
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not that hard..tbh.....

if they want to save the expensive wallpaper? Its an expensive sheet up. An hour i spent sheeting up..custy was paying for my time...so feck it, price it accordingly.
she was delighted and payed up no probs and passed my number on to a few others.:RpS_thumbup:
she had two other plasterers who said the paper couldnt be saved:-(

Just low tack mask tape...the trick is...when you roll out the tape stick it to your jumper-...t shirt first then tape yer sheet up:RpS_wink:
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Magic job that buddy
 
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