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Hi, I have to form and plaster a tight curve to match a curved kitchen unit, I'm not sure wether to go for battens screwed to brick work and bend the PB or build it up with blocks and hardwall ? What you think? Cheers

Hi, I am a builder, bricklayer/plaster of 13 years and i have hit a wall of boredom at work, my boss has agreed to put me on some courses but is struggling to find any! I wondered if anyone else had tried to go on any specialist courses or had some suggestions, I am based in Cambs...

Hi, Got 2 curved 300mm units and wanted to use laminate worktop due to cost and resistance to everything. A carpenter has told me i will always see the matching in of the edging strip and the existing bull nose front on the worktop. Has anyone done this sucessfully and do you have...

Hi, can you reccomend a quality oak or walnut worktop supplier? cost is, as always, an issue. Really looking for peoples experience dealing with companies like Worktop express or Wood worktops.com, any feed back greatly appreciated. cheers :D

hi, i am putting 20mm marmox down onto screed before i lay UFH and tiles, do i need to use flex adhesive (expensive) or could i use insta stick foam (cheap) ? Do i need to pva the screed before applying adhesive as there is patch of bitumen? many thanks for your time

Hi, i have screed floor, two different levels, in an old house which i will be putting marmox board down and UFH on then tiling, two thirds of the floor will have 20mm marmox fixed with addy or fixings and the other third has 50mm to make up before the 20mm marmox. would you ; screed...

Hi, could. You please give me some help? I have a clinch wall to render and skim internal, ( hacked off to 1 m due to flood) I need to come in the same line as the top half but it is 100mm thick in places! Do I need to rough level out before eml or other way round? Existing is eml then...

Got a wall to re skim, the skim had blown from lime render and in some patches the render is crumbling, but for the most part it is sound. There was a shower the otherside that was leaking, now fixed, my question is , will PVA will break down? should i use the bond it ? and is...

Hi , just wondered what site prices are for skimming on board per sqm and rendering etc. just interested as i am am on day rate these days !

Hi, just wondered how everyone floats their hardwall up? i have been using a sponge float when quite wet and it working for me, i find hardwall to be tempramental , sometimes great sometimes a pain in the arris, great for small patches, pain on whole walls!

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...

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?

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 ????

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 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...

Hello wise strong shoulders, I have a job to do, its a 1960's ex council house , brick internal walls, The plaster has fallen off so needs re doing, right up the stairwell, and all rooms downstairs, ( blockwork walls upstairs so i think the render got better key) i think boarding will be...

Micilin, roughcaster, royc, and others, You are a wealth of knowlege, i have been plastering for about six years,and always come on here to read all of your information for guidance, hints and tips, its like having my old boss pick up the trowel for me and say , why are you doing it like...