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The original question was " is there a price per linear meter for fascia" I never asked anyone to price it for me :twisted: . I was just asking any decorators that work to a bill of rates in their daily workplace that is up to date. regards

Hi, Robbie they are not interested in day work anymore on this job, they are putting everything to price, so i have got to give them a figure, i can assess how long it will take but when i used to do the banks, we had a rates list, that we priced with. it kind of helps you double check your...

Hi guys, i have been told that the job i am working on is being wrapped early for christmas. I have been offered the oppurtunity to stay on and give a price for the painting of 2 coats of undercoat and white gloss finish to the fascias and rafter feet, as it is an open soffit. I used to...

Hi guys I have got to give a price for a block paved drive. I have done 100's in the past but I have only ever done them for companies. I have broken up the drive today and I will get the muck away, so the only figure I am looking for is to sand it and lay the blocks. They are a 50mm tumbled...

Thank you for your input on this subject, i went to town and went in all the major shops phone and electrical shops. the best deal on I Pad 2 was from the vodaphone shop, which was a free i pad if i got a phone contract with them £10.00 and £32.00 per month on the i pad, this was for 3gb of...

Hi gblades, so I can buy a sim free I pad and use the atrix as a wi-fi. Connection?? Is this free for me away from my house!!?

Hi, thanks for the reply, what i meant about orange being good to me is that they will knock £5.00 off 3 of my phone tarrifs, which are good deals anyhow if i get an i pad with them. Its all swings and roundabouts i think. I have a motorola matrix phone, which is all singing all dancing, i...

Sorry its been a long hard day, I PAD :mrgreen:

I have had a price from orange as i have the whole family on orange and i get quite good loyality stuff with them, the deal: a 32gb wi-fi 3g white iphone and 24 months sim card blah blah, £249.99 and £25.00 a month, works out £850.00, I def do need the 3g on it, I basically want a device...

I used to do some casual locksmithing a few years ago and the Hertfordshire Police were the worst payers i have ever come across, 120 days sometimes, and i had to chase them for that.

Hi guys, i am in the market for a tablet type device for keeping up to date on the go with my website and work etc, i have laptops and dongles but i feel the need for a quicker and easier device. My question is I Pad 2 or other regards CBM

Before you do anything else regarding these drains, you need to ascertain who owns them!!!!!!!! In our area the majority of drains in the rear of the propertys are owned by Thames water, and you need their permission to do any work regarding the drains. If you do work and then there is a...

Its a shame you guys are so far away as you could have been invited to price the job up. :|

Thanks ic1927 have already visited their site after you said about that type of paint, it looks perfect for the job, again many thanks :D

Top draw my friend, i shall instruct the client to try and find the colour in that type of paint. they are spending thousends on the job and it would be a shame to have the exterior paint let it down in a couple of years or so!!! :D

Would it be fair to say then, that if the decorator chooses his way of doing things then he is accountable for any problems that may arise?

Thanks for the reply, it is as i thought, a mist coat will be good enough as a first coat, and then apply 3 more coats??? The paint will prob be a smooth Sandtex type paint, and the bricks are very very red.

Hi guys, i am working on an old cottage and outbuildings and have walked into a project managers role to help out a friend. So i am now dealing with trades that stretch my knowledge, and a decorator has been asked to quote to paint the old brickwork. The brickwork has been steam cleaned...

Hi i am not doing this myself, the client will get quotes from suitable plasterers i would imagine, i am askinga as i am on this job and the walls soon will affect my continued groundworks. And yes she is aware that we have all said it needs capping, especially as the walls are set in acres of...

Hi guys i am working on a job where there are vast amounts of render to be applied to concrete blocks. They are all exterior garden retaining walls, and they are all a minimum of over 2 metres high and roughly 30ft long each wall. The walls will have no capping and the client wants to render up...