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I told him id like some money before i introduced him to the customer, it was a decent job about 10k and he got it, so is it worth it to him to keep me in his good books to get more referrals?

Hi, just wanted to get a feel for peoples opinions on this situation, i have a mate that is a s/e builder, i am on the books for a different company, i have a lot of contacts from running my own building co before i went paye, i built up a some good clients that trust me and they still ask...

thanks expertgasman, woody - thats what i hope to do, might finally have some money and some time off! Breadnbutter are you serious???? your saying i shouldnt do weekend work as i have a job, I should leave it for the S/E ? seriously??? its not greed , its called being motivated and...

Hi, I thought i would give you an update. I got an offer of 27k plus a van! pretty decent i thought? looking forward to the stability, selling my van and NO INVOICING!![/code]

what are people getting at the moment for subbing, PAYE or own work? I am a plasterer/bricklayer, and do loads else, i charge £ 160 a day for my own work, £ 120 - 140 for subby work and wonder what i would get on the books?

Some valid points cropping up, i have been SE for 11 years, and my mate who is a chippie has only ever been PAYE, it has been interesting over the years to see the pros and cons to both. he does seem to have come out of it slightly better off fiancially, but with less experience in business...

Hi, i have just been offered a job boarding ceilings, standard height, bare joists, 36 sheets of 12.5 8x4 for £ 280 and they will give me a carpenter to assist me, sounds alright ? Would you do it for that?

I personally and hoping to change from self employed to PAYE, got a job offer, need the money in the bank every week, and whats the point of the flexability if your always chasing money or quotes. Just wondered what everyone else reckons to it ????

am i looking at a big trowel on a pole?? what is the method versus normaly spreading? how much exactly? and are they the tits or will you look like a **** pulling that out the van?

everyones opinions are great , its like your all giving me a pep talk before the big show down!! im gonna hit it and ill let you know how it goes, thanks gents

ive not pva'd new p/b before, would anyone add dri wal addy instead or everyone pva? would i do it as if i were going to skim over artex ? many thanks fellow spreads

it about 50msq, if flat woulnt really worry. it is all new p/b and a good height to work at so prehaps i could,. Would you add anything to slow it down at all, i just hate that point near the end where you think ' feck, i ve lost it im never doing a ceiling again ' and then as if by magic it...

i have some very large ceilings in a loft conversion to do, i have to roll the joint at the top therfore dooing it all in one set, where would you put a break in the set if at all or would you add something to the mix to slow it down and do the lot in one? i know in an ideal world i would get...

I wondered if anyone could give me any tips. i am using super flex addy, and hoped that, as it is good enough for underfloor heating, it would be good enough for round a wood burner?? dont want them dropping off after a month!! many thanks

i did decent dabs even up the edges, i did not pva the board! good skim and well taped, good finish, i dont think it has dried to quickly, cool house no strong draughts. the cracks are sooo thin you can barly pick them up with the human eye! the customer will not want me to scrim and feather as...

i tried to use a really decend amount of dabs, and the boards are tight as, some of the boards had under 1mm gap, would it be because the boards are wet then dry then wet then left to dry completly for a week?

i am currently d n d'ing a house and skimming, all the plastering is to a really good finish as the customer is VERY fussy, he and i have noticed where the boards join along a wall there is hairline cracks on alot of the joints, i have used scrim and done everything as usual. i think two coats...

been doing some patching and making good, some decent walls some fiddly bits, but i was really really struggling to get the pva level right, trying to find a balance between having 1 second to trowell it or it pushing about! anyone got any hints? or tips, I gave it all a good coat of pva say a...

happened to me a couple of times, i now alway chuck a good handful of either hardwall or sharp sand in with my pva, seems to work for me everytime, sometime lose any key when you pva well. this makes it like a pva rendered wall ish

the non pva painting thing i understand, might as well cover the new skim in cling flim!, however the comment about pva then tiles... i know alot of people who always pva before tiling, please enlighten me