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What do you lads find easiest to fill in where tiles have pulled the plaster off the wall? Id usually use multi finish but I got a s**t load to fill in tomorrow, just wondering if there's anything quicker? (I wanna get it done early and **** off lol)
 
No, he wants to paint it. I said to fill them with bonding and reskim the wall he said "I don't want the wall reskimmed ive not long ago had them done" so normally I'd just use multifinish and treat it like a patch but I just wanna get it finished early.
 
Dirty sludgy skimming water thats been left in the cleaning bucket mixed with bonding goes off in about 10 mins quicker if you put all the sludgey muck in with it.Used to save mine in a bucket in the van.Or failing that a good hand full of cement in the bonding,takes a bit longer but much quicker than a clean water mix.
 
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No, he wants to paint it. I said to fill them with bonding and reskim the wall he said "I don't want the wall reskimmed ive not long ago had them done" so normally I'd just use multifinish and treat it like a patch but I just wanna get it finished early.
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Why let a client tell you how to do your job , when some one asks you to look at a job surly as a tradesman its up to you to decide the best way to go about it and you should not compromise your standards if you want to do it in a certain way .you would not take your car to a garage and tell the mechanic how you would like it fixed. Not having a go but just a thought.
 
I was going to fill them because that's what he wanted. He wasn't interested in my advise. It just went straight over his head. Works tight in Manchester at the minute so I thought **** it, i need the work so I'll do it the way he wants or I'll loose it. I Didn't end up doing it anyway! Gave him a price to fill in the holes, got there this morning, started mixing up. He comes in and says "we removed the extractor fan so you need to brick it up and fill that in. We also removed the worktops and they were buried into the wall so you need to fill that in. (6m long) and if you have enough time we've took this radiator off so you can skim this wall for us" told him its going to cost more he said no you already gave me a price. So... tools in the van, see you later. Lol I'm not a slave. I'm running a business. Plasterers are already slaving away on low prices. But thinking they can add extra work on and not pay more is taking the piss! I would of spent an hour going to the closest B&Q for bricks, sand and cement. What do these people think we are?!?!? He did make a nice brew though.
 
You did the right thing brother but there will be some chancer who will oblige him and so it goes on . life is tough for some of us at the mo but there comes a point where you must take a stand for whats right other wise every piss taker out there will think they can treat us all like mugs so **** em i would rather not do the job . lets not let them win just because times are hard .
 
Lol I think I've pissed him off enough lol. He's suppose to be having his kitchen fitted on Monday. He works from home in a 'office' upstairs. When he went up I had my sheets down, tools all over the place, half a bucket mixed up. I wish I could of seen his face when he come down and the room was empty. I did try to tell him I was going, but he was on the phone and after waiting 15 mins like a ****, I thought **** it. I'm gone.
 
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did you tell him the price was for patching or did you tell him your price was for the day?
 
Its a bit like a call I had today, I went to look at a extention for a friend of a friend. Its 2 days skimming and he said the boarding will be done before I get there. Arrive with my old man in the morning and the dot and dab is terrible! He says " I was up till 3am doing it for you " So we get on thinking what a mission! Then he asks if we can do a patch in his kitchen ceiling so we agree but tell him he will have to blend it with some easy fill after. Finish the job at 7.30pm think we had done a good job.

Anyways get a call from the other half saying he showing a photo of how s**t it looks round here work. He hasnt filled it before decorating even though we told him to.

You do something to help people then it comes back to bite you in the arse. Should have said no
 
i was just thinking that if you told him it was day work he prob thought hed get as much out of you for his day rate money

currier did you go round and pull his neck out
 
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