What one change have you made that changed the way you do things?

Danny

Danny

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What change did you make that was positive for you and your plastering that you have kept to today?

For example, I use to use a massive splash brush but on here I was told about a spray bottle... never looked back since...

I wonder if flexible trowels will still be as popular as they are today in 5 years?
 
Danny said:
What change did you make that was positive for you and your plastering that you have kept to today?

For example, I use to use a massive splash brush but on here I was told about a spray bottle... never looked back since...

I wonder if flexible trowels will still be as popular as they are today in 5 years?
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how do you clean your angles with a spray bottle ???
another useless tool sir !!!
spray bottles are for pva.

for me its telling contractors to fuuck right off.
because its gone from a working mans game to a greedy business mans game.
shiit heads running firms who have never seen a trowel before.
its all just gone to shhit.
drylining companies now are "stealing a living".
 
For me it's all about how you present.
I'm domestic only 99% of the time and I think that (take the cowboys out of the equation for arguments sake) the first impression you give a customer can win or lose you a job.
For me it's proper work clothing.
Printed tops and jackets etc.
A nice looking business card (doesn't have to cost a fortune).

When I first started I used to turn up in any old gear trackies etc but it's not very professional.
Fair enough you go price jobs after work so are dusty and sometimes covered in shite but the amount of times I've been told I initially got the first job because I was professional and also talked properly to people explaining things and being punctual is ridiculous.
I know cowboys can talk the talk but can't dance the dance.
Buy I believe and also make people understand I know exactly what I am doing and talking about.

Each person is different and has different values to their own business model.
 
Them flexible trowels are a load of b*ll***s. Let's be honest. Anything flexible can't be good for skimming.

The best choice was to do less work.
 
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reeves1985 said:
For me it's all about how you present.
I'm domestic only 99% of the time and I think that (take the cowboys out of the equation for arguments sake) the first impression you give a customer can win or lose you a job.
For me it's proper work clothing.
Printed tops and jackets etc.
A nice looking business card (doesn't have to cost a fortune).

When I first started I used to turn up in any old gear trackies etc but it's not very professional.
Fair enough you go price jobs after work so are dusty and sometimes covered in shite but the amount of times I've been told I initially got the first job because I was professional and also talked properly to people explaining things and being punctual is ridiculous.
I know cowboys can talk the talk but can't dance the dance.
Buy I believe and also make people understand I know exactly what I am doing and talking about.

Each person is different and has different values to their own business model.
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I turned up at a large roughcast job I was pricing up with the scaffolder so he could measure up and get me a price. The lady of the house came out to talk to us and the scaffolder had both hands down his joggies playing with his baws while he spoke to her, was horrendous to watch him.
 
stuart23 said:
I turned up at a large roughcast job I was pricing up with the scaffolder so he could measure up and get me a price. The lady of the house came out to talk to us and the scaffolder had both hands down his joggies playing with his baws while he spoke to her, was horrendous to watch him.
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haha my misses complained about our tiler doing the same and he had his eye brows shaved like a woman....i rang him and told him il do it myself.

im sure he thought he was god himself !!
 
Danny said:
What change did you make that was positive for you and your plastering that you have kept to today?

For example, I use to use a massive splash brush but on here I was told about a spray bottle... never looked back since...

I wonder if flexible trowels will still be as popular as they are today in 5 years?
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Upped my game lately but best thing I changed ?

Sheets, I got some proper bad boy ones now

Can't beat good sheets
And good brushes
 
stuart23 said:
Explain how you upped your game, genuinely interested mate
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Tbh stu starts with the van everything has it's place in there and absolutely spotless that Carries on with everything I do from then on , nothing is never lobbed in the back all things in there has persific place therefore always ready for next house and sheets are the key in both house and van for upping,
Plasterings the easy part
 
Vincey said:
Tbh stu starts with the van everything has it's place in there and absolutely spotless that Carries on with everything I do from then on , nothing is never lobbed in the back all things in there has persific place therefore always ready for next house and sheets are the key in both house and van for upping,
Plasterings the easy part
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I agree good sheets really help, I got Egyptian cotton 400 thread count. sleep like a baby every night, wake up fresh as a daisy
 
algeeman said:
haha my misses complained about our tiler doing the same and he had his eye brows shaved like a woman....i rang him and told him il do it myself.

im sure he thought he was god himself !!
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What's up with that lately blokes with better eyebrows than birds
 
Vincey said:
Tbh stu starts with the van everything has it's place in there and absolutely spotless that Carries on with everything I do from then on , nothing is never lobbed in the back all things in there has persific place therefore always ready for next house and sheets are the key in both house and van for upping,
Plasterings the easy part
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I've done that before...


Lasted one job
 
Danny said:
What change did you make that was positive for you and your plastering that you have kept to today?

For example, I use to use a massive splash brush but on here I was told about a spray bottle... never looked back since...

I wonder if flexible trowels will still be as popular as they are today in 5 years?
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Same as the EZE spat, I can't get used to the bottle. I just went back to the brush same day I tried the bottle. In saying that thou, I bought a cheap version bottle and thought it was useless.
 
I changed my attitude and my approach to this I don't stress and am pretty laid back now I was the bloke who could start a fight in a phone box so about 3 years ago had a real look at how I conducted myself and changed every thing im not that w**k*r on jobs anymore and i get a lot more work from fellow trades now can still have a banter but gotta realise there are a lot of sensitive souls in the world so it's judging the person
 
stuart23 said:
I turned up at a large roughcast job I was pricing up with the scaffolder so he could measure up and get me a price. The lady of the house came out to talk to us and the scaffolder had both hands down his joggies playing with his baws while he spoke to her, was horrendous to watch him.
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This this one I usually have with me for all the Slabbering work however anytime I'm pricing, I've told him if he leaves the van to come near me and the client, I'll kill the fvuker. As soon as he opens his mouth I'd lose the job. An example of one time the fvuker didn't listen to me. I get called back to do stone work, plastering, concreting and another building work for this cple. They are all Jehovah witnesses. Their son was out helping graft with me for few days on their job and I told this fella who works with me, no f**k**g about talking about s*x,drugs,drink or any other madness. Half an hour the fvuker lasted before he opened his mouth! All I could hear was him saying to this younglad does he visit the local prossies in town, which this young lad replied no. My mate went on to tell him he should, they are 50euro, you want see this one and that one, she let's you fcuk her up the arse for an extra 20, these 2 ya can get together and fcuk each other with strapons for same amount. The poor fella didn't know where to look! I actually think he ended up getting few sessions of counseling after meeting this fella lol.
 
stuart23 said:
I turned up at a large roughcast job I was pricing up with the scaffolder so he could measure up and get me a price. The lady of the house came out to talk to us and the scaffolder had both hands down his joggies playing with his baws while he spoke to her, was horrendous to watch him.
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The other side of things when the lovely looking customer got her hand in her pants to rearrange the knickers :baba:
 
I never used a splash brush, just a sash one, as little water as possible, I try all the gadgets but from time to time I go back to my Mt from start to finish.
 
Render scrim on Victorian reskims, ceilings that might crack, extra stability, less headaches, I love the stuff.
 
Spray bottle for me aswell never used to have one, proper carpet protection, spat on a pole for bigger ceilings. I suppose we all evolve our techniques. If you can't adapt to change you won't go far.
 
I let a lad go who couldn't drive and needed his arse wiping every 5 minutes and took back on my old apprentice who is now a decent hard working spread .
 
The biggest change for me was magnetic plaster, for years I was trying to stick magnets on walls and they wouldn't stick, then along came magnetic plaster :)
 
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