anyone else think he's bringing this forum to its knees?
peaps
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hes brought it to its knees already, im not sure its ever gonna recover
You can all run him down now, hes away on a lime plastering course. 
hopefully he'll be gone for weeks then waiting for the stuff to go off so he can rub it up with his cross grain wooden float.
that boys preaching though is ruining this forum for everyone, the mods for some reason don't want to step in and stop this place becoming a ghost town, maybe they need a separate 'lime plastering section to segregate the two trades so he can preach to anyone who wants to listen and leave the 'normal folk with normal houses etc to get on with what they cam here for... to give or receive helpful advice.
i don't know what his hidden agenda is but it's to be helpful or objective
that boys preaching though is ruining this forum for everyone, the mods for some reason don't want to step in and stop this place becoming a ghost town, maybe they need a separate 'lime plastering section to segregate the two trades so he can preach to anyone who wants to listen and leave the 'normal folk with normal houses etc to get on with what they cam here for... to give or receive helpful advice.
i don't know what his hidden agenda is but it's to be helpful or objective
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It's strange how we all run peaps down and moan about him for "belittling" us all in some way or another, for the way he doesn't seem to accept that a lot of old school plasterers (and young school plasterers) have been doing what they do for years and have made a living and give advice to others with their methods and experience. But it seems that when he is not on here the forum is dead, and a lot of the questions people ask go un answered and they go over to other plasterers forums for advice. So where does the line get drawn ? When he comes back will we all come back on and argue about the advice he gives, or just sit and read the banter that goes on with the persons who "bait" him and the persons who get "baited" by him.It seems that a lot of us look thru the posts but cant be bothered to answer some of them.I must admit I tend to look thru and if there are no new posts I dont bother posting either. Maybe we should start talking about ourselves and our interests and topical things amongst ourselves because I think that the way the forum is going there wont be anyone posting at all very soon . And it will only be ourselves to blame. This is only my opinion but what do you lot think. At least your answers will give us some "food" for thought!!
Good point TM! There is quite a few of the original posters who either don't, or rarely give advice now.Their reasons only they know why.
personally i find myself going round in circles with the same questions being asked over and over again..That's why i rarely post in plastering now.
Peaps is a knowledgeable guy as so far as traditional lime plastering is concerned, his attitude and approach regarding alternative methods to his own, causes a lot of friction in the forum.
I for one neither have the time or patience to get involved in protracted debates with peaps.
This was/is one of the best, friendly forums on diynot, i hope it returns to the way it was! sooner rather than later.
An individual cannot kill a forum! its up to the rest of us to make a bigger effort. My opinion of course.
personally i find myself going round in circles with the same questions being asked over and over again..That's why i rarely post in plastering now.
Peaps is a knowledgeable guy as so far as traditional lime plastering is concerned, his attitude and approach regarding alternative methods to his own, causes a lot of friction in the forum.
I for one neither have the time or patience to get involved in protracted debates with peaps.
This was/is one of the best, friendly forums on diynot, i hope it returns to the way it was! sooner rather than later.
An individual cannot kill a forum! its up to the rest of us to make a bigger effort. My opinion of course.
You can all run him down now, hes away on a lime plastering course.
Thought he was away to the high chaparral !
thats because hes killed it, and when he comes back there will just be arguments again thats all there is nowdays thats all thats keeping the forum alive, i cant be bothered much with it anymore the mods are not doing their job properly its as simple as that i was an admin on uk spreads i was given full reign over the forum to do as i please i could ban anybody for a any amount of time i wanted i could give them an indefinite ban if i wished and if i was an admin on here i would have banned peaps2 as soon as he showed up again i wouldn't let him upset someone like richardc who from what looks like gave a large part of his time in helping out diyers it looked like diynot was a part of his daily ritual he must have clocked up thousands of diynot hours only for a someone like peaps to come along and ruin it by by trying to belittle him and anyone else, even me he was targeting even going as far as to try and find out what jobs i've done what i've worked on ect what buildings ive worked on ect ect, why do the mods not bar him again ? they know who he is and they know hes barred yet hes still here
i feel the same , espec when the same question keeps popping up but if i wasn't so despondent with the forum i think i would be able to find the energy from somewhere to tap out the reply, as it is im just coming on and reading, half the time im not even signed in because i know im not going to post anything
exactly the problem, he obviously has way more spare time than the rest of us, no idea how he earns a living but it's not on the trowel that's for sure.
he has SO MUCH time that it's difficult for the rest of us to compete with him on here, we've all got day jobs and lives outside of that, we give a little of our time of an evening after work to help people out and share knowledge amongst ourselves, but that no longer happens because Peaps wades in, posting links to this and that from all over the net to support his own case, assuming for a start that ALL information on the net is true fact, which it isn't, with enough digging you can find something to oppose anything, we don't have the time to argue the toss.
B****Y frustrating!! maybe soon he'll find some work from someone on here and leave us and the forum alone to get back to business, hopefully it happens before he kills it completely.
he has SO MUCH time that it's difficult for the rest of us to compete with him on here, we've all got day jobs and lives outside of that, we give a little of our time of an evening after work to help people out and share knowledge amongst ourselves, but that no longer happens because Peaps wades in, posting links to this and that from all over the net to support his own case, assuming for a start that ALL information on the net is true fact, which it isn't, with enough digging you can find something to oppose anything, we don't have the time to argue the toss.
B****Y frustrating!! maybe soon he'll find some work from someone on here and leave us and the forum alone to get back to business, hopefully it happens before he kills it completely.
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Well I like peaps. I reckon he only does the very lucrative English Heritage contracts - (£100k plus), and that he has a bunch of lads doing the work.
A lot of the stuff he says makes good sense, especially about not mixing old systems ( breathable lime) with new ( waterproof cement).
He's a good addition to the forum and genuinely cares about our heritage.
A lot of the stuff he says makes good sense, especially about not mixing old systems ( breathable lime) with new ( waterproof cement).
He's a good addition to the forum and genuinely cares about our heritage.
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shoot one down roy we can all come over for hog roastJust seen a herd of pigs flying over our house!!!!
mmmmm hog roast!!
not saying he doesn't know his stuff joe, i agree he seems knowledgeable about 'traditional' methods.
he seems less knowledgeable about modern methods though and there is sometime and argument for both/either.
bit too preechy and i think the main problem is the way he stamps around the forum pis***g on everything, he's killing the forum, we all know there's more than one way to get most jobs done but in his eyes (it seems) it his way or it's wrong.
not saying he doesn't know his stuff joe, i agree he seems knowledgeable about 'traditional' methods.
he seems less knowledgeable about modern methods though and there is sometime and argument for both/either.
bit too preechy and i think the main problem is the way he stamps around the forum pis***g on everything, he's killing the forum, we all know there's more than one way to get most jobs done but in his eyes (it seems) it his way or it's wrong.
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