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roughcaster on your filling coat what did you use? bonding?

Great post micilin and thank you when i set up and go for it as a plasterer i will be looking at qualitity not quantity in my work as i know speed will come in time

yeah john we just nail it on we will probably screw the board when it comes to doing the ceilings. And thanks for the feedback mate I can't agree anymore Scob mate i only want to pay for it once ha

Thanks Roughcaster thats a great reply your way sounds a lot tidier to me as i was up to the eyeballs in bonding. My tutor explained and i got on with it, i was starting to tidy up by cutting it with a padsaw - as u can see on the top left 1 is quite square and the bottom left on the right hand...

Heres a few pics from when I was boarding and beading this week at college. After I got a nice finish on my wall the week after my tutor put a hammer through it ... i was devastated haha but it was to show me how to do patch repair work. On monday i will be skimming it so i will upload some more...

brist its a real shame mate - thanks for the thought unfortunately im stuck working in b&q trade point until i finish my course and get myself a few jobs

thanks for the advice lads am gonna go down the libary and have a look

cheers john mate

alright lads oday at college we had loads of companies in showing us new products etc - big companies in like morrisons and fhm. i had a bit banter with a contractor manager for fhm and i showed him some of the walls i plastered and he was well happy with my work so he said 'give me 5...

alright lads today at college we had loads of companies in showing us new products etc - big companies in like morrisons and fhm.i had a bit banter with a contractor manager for fhm and i showed him some of the walls i plastered and he was well happy with my work so he said 'give me 5 mins'...

use a straight edge nearly the size of the frame and put your level against it to make sure its level.then do what the other say use packers to bring the wall out.

what they say is 300mm for screws and 150mm for nails

what do you mean by time to move up external?

thanks mate i defenatly would not plaster to wood

dont want to sound thinck but whats osb board??

thanks Roughcaster i done it to my tutor standards and just polished it once he said that would good enough.I did the whole thing myself no tips or advive he just got me the gear and said theres ya wall crack on.i was a tad nervous but i just thought relax what does stu(my old gaffer) do and got...

thank you very much pal.i boarded and skimmed my first wall today was absolutely chuffed with myself.my tutor asked me if i had plastered before which i replied no.he said u sure because it was a excellent standard. i just told him i flattened in with the spread i used to work with and a little...

could you not fill the gap with expanding foam?? thats what we done when i was on the windows and doors

Alryt lads thort i would give you's a post to let you kno how ive been getting on.well i got a start with a plasterer it was basically labouring for him then started flattening in and polishing up.It started off everyday but then it started off getting quiet so was only working a couple of...

hi I'm getting into the plastering trade and working with a decent spread.I do all the boarding for him and i put a screw in every 4 inches and make sure they are slightly sunk in so it can be taped over(using scrim) hope that can help you a little