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    generator size?

    just a quick question for yas folks, will a 850w genie power a jigsaw to cut 40mm laminate worktop?
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    sprained, NOT LIKELY

    8 weeks off work? OUCH!!!!! plenty physio down sharpley for you, nice n easy on the doxford ;)
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    sprained, NOT LIKELY

    nightmare mate total nightmare, nee fishin for you for a while :cry: get well soon hunnie :wink:
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    ghost decal removal

    cheers for the replys folks, used tar n glue remover, t cut then gave the van a good wax, worked a treat van looks like new ( well from a distance in bad light lol )
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    ghost decal removal

    just had me van in the sign writers for some new decals, and to be honest the new ones look great, but the lazy so n so's never washed the van after removeing the old ones, if they had asked for a clean van fair enough ad have scrubbed the old girl up, so now the problem i have is ghost decals...
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    Free Estimates and the price of fuel!

    aye jimmy mate things are on the up mate, seem to have plenty good graft comeing in at the min, so just gotta pray it keeps going the way it is, hows tricks your end bud?
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    How much should i expect to pay for a kitchen fitting?

    you arnt paying him for 2 days labour, your paying him for his skills, which you dont have, pay peanuts get monkeys! i just hope you dont come back here twisting that the fella who fitted it for £150 did a crap job
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    smooth tread work boots/shoes

    why not give them disposable over shoes, they cost next to nowt
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    Free Estimates and the price of fuel!

    If you are honest and take the time to explain everything to the customer showing that you really do have good knowledge of the work they want undertaken, you stand a really good chance of getting the job. pay cheap pay twice is my motto yip well said mate, av lost count of the amount of...
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    What plaster board for ceilings and best practice?

    12.5mm boards, square edge, screws wise ad use 40mm yes the boards screw directly into the ceiling joists, remember to stagger the joints of the boards
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    you have to laugh

    works very slow mate, just trying to pay the bills now, and a aint wet a line in a while mate, will be out over xmas like, am sure theres a dbl figure cod out there with my name on it lol, and aye al have t joins yas 1 day up at sharpley mate its only 5 mins from me door, enjoy xmas mate all the...
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    you have to laugh

    darn plastic geordie cowboy rip off merchant! lol only jokein jimmy mate, had the same done to me bud, and it its not nice when ya put a really good price in tryin to be nice cos of the time of year, and then some pillick undercuts y by a royal mile, they'll see the error of there ways soon...
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    a new axe

    when i was an apprentice thye old boy a worked with bought me an estwing axe for being a good boy lol, that was over 16 years ago, and although it it dosent get used as often as it once did, it still holds a good edge, so i'de have to recomend the estwing
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    Traffic Wardens!

    last traffic enforcment officer i had dealings with walked away with some rather strange marks around his neck, looked just like i had grabbed him by the throat and tryed to throttle him, me throttle a traffic enforcment officer in my sign written van on a public highway in daylight, noooooo, i...
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    floor polish

    it's a laquer finish
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    floor polish

    i put a solid oak floor down in my front room this time last year ( 18mm pre finished) although it still looks great is there any kind of polish or anything on the market just to sort of revive it? just want it all looking nice ready for santa comeing ;) cheers
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    best hammer

    av tried a few brands of hammer over the years, and always go back to my trusty estwing, me mate on the other hand like his stanley antivibe, use what you feel happy with
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    T and G flooring

    cheers for the reply mate, and i already got a trusty paslode :wink:
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    T and G flooring

    right lads n lasses iv;e been asked to price to floor a bungalow with t n g flooring, now haveing done a fair bit of it in the past that was always on a day rate, now do i put a price in per day, or is per metre the best way? if so whats the going rate per metre cheers steve
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    Using a worktop jig

    thats the way i was shown years ago, and still the way i do it today
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