North_East_spread
Member
hi there
just found this site and find it a great read,
about me, I have been a spread  for 35 years, and i am still pretty fit,i have done house bashing for the last 14 years as a sub contracter, for the same major builder in the North, thats dot/ dab skim and cove all rooms, before that i was a propper plasterer lol, thats the real trade of float and skim but I am glad its more or less finished because thats where the hard work was a 2and1 squad had to do around 120 meters a day to make decent money, thats backing and skimmed in the same day, now most work is dot/dab and skim, believe me its alot easier and can be learned in a few weeks/ or months as apposed to browning and skim to new builds could take a couple of years,
I am trained in most outside work , thats permorck systems and similar this system is usually used on tower blocks outside where u drill and fix an insulation block to a wall then mesh it, then render and dash it, again hard graft but decent money,
My advice to anyone and I can only speak for people from the north East looking to learn to be a spread is dont bother, the new builds are finished up here, and the private work has to many plasterers chasing it
Over the years i have never once been out of work, but I am now, the firm i have spent the last 14 years with has had to finish all subbies thats abot 10 squads of spreads gone, they are cutting their work force by more than half, and this same applys to most other big buiding firms in the north East, where do we go from here? I can still throw 130m of skim on new work working 1and1 to a first class job in a day, but there just aint the work up here any more,
The prices in the north are roughly £2m skim £1.50m tack or dab and £1.50m cove, thats new work,havent done float and set for 14 years but then it was £2.25 m  so at a guess now i would say £4 for browning or hardwall and set, private work a reskim av bedroom decent walls and cieling and cove supply and fix 40m £220, can I ask u guys is there anywhere in the country where pays more than this and has work?.
ok thats my rant over with, and Danny u got a top site here mate
just found this site and find it a great read,
about me, I have been a spread  for 35 years, and i am still pretty fit,i have done house bashing for the last 14 years as a sub contracter, for the same major builder in the North, thats dot/ dab skim and cove all rooms, before that i was a propper plasterer lol, thats the real trade of float and skim but I am glad its more or less finished because thats where the hard work was a 2and1 squad had to do around 120 meters a day to make decent money, thats backing and skimmed in the same day, now most work is dot/dab and skim, believe me its alot easier and can be learned in a few weeks/ or months as apposed to browning and skim to new builds could take a couple of years,
I am trained in most outside work , thats permorck systems and similar this system is usually used on tower blocks outside where u drill and fix an insulation block to a wall then mesh it, then render and dash it, again hard graft but decent money,
My advice to anyone and I can only speak for people from the north East looking to learn to be a spread is dont bother, the new builds are finished up here, and the private work has to many plasterers chasing it
Over the years i have never once been out of work, but I am now, the firm i have spent the last 14 years with has had to finish all subbies thats abot 10 squads of spreads gone, they are cutting their work force by more than half, and this same applys to most other big buiding firms in the north East, where do we go from here? I can still throw 130m of skim on new work working 1and1 to a first class job in a day, but there just aint the work up here any more,
The prices in the north are roughly £2m skim £1.50m tack or dab and £1.50m cove, thats new work,havent done float and set for 14 years but then it was £2.25 m  so at a guess now i would say £4 for browning or hardwall and set, private work a reskim av bedroom decent walls and cieling and cove supply and fix 40m £220, can I ask u guys is there anywhere in the country where pays more than this and has work?.
ok thats my rant over with, and Danny u got a top site here mate
