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Great video Kirk. What I love about your videos is the little tips! The way you cut the spotlight hole in the board with out the tools is genius! Thanks buddy!
Great to hear your voice is back pal, another good video, the new apprentice seems like a good lad too, my only slight concern is stay away from them so called Turkish barbers….. they usually are laundrettes for criminal enterprises if you know what I mean 🧐
I like you Kirk I like your videos, very informative for beginners, but you can’t justify a ton for each of them patches especially if there for plumbers and electricians that give you work
What would be the length of time you were asked Amey where somebody needs to go home make this amount of money today? I’m sure it’s a range depending on the person
Go with someone for a few times m8 can’t beat hands on advice and practice small areas in own house and advertise for small jobs no one wants, I went to college for 6 months and didn’t find the one to one great but managed to get on with a council contractor just patching and built up from there but it wasn’t till I teamed up with another plasterer on a big job that I learned all the fine tuning timings etc👍
@@globalital no worries, if you watch some of Kirk’s techniques videos and plastering for beginners they do start to finish on the full process then go practice on a chimney breast and a porch ceiling then maybe do a garage ceiling when your getting better also just ring around a few spreads and say could I come with you 1 day week or weekend for free just to learn basics, I would do it for someone who was really interested in the trade m8 try it👍
@@Onthetrowel wago connectors and encapsulate that in a enclosure such as a Wago box. Least you used connector blocks I have seen many times people twist the cables together and just tape that 😂😂
Haha, I enjoy meeting new people to be honest mate but you do get some... I felt like jumping out the window on a job once, customer was telling me everything that was bad that had ever happened to him in his life 🙈🙈🙈🤣
@@DocumentingReality-ol9espeople don’t seem to understand wages. Footballers earn a fortune because they generate fucking millions upon millions. The nhs doesn’t generate millions upon millions, so they don’t pay more. It’s common sense
Lots of skills on show to earn £500 a day. Most tradesmen, although good wouldn’t have all of those skills. Some would’ve fallen at the first hurdle when electrics was involved
Kirk, I never see you putting a level or straight edge on those small corner beads. Do they keep their own shape to remain straight, unlike the old larger corner beads?
Hey mate, so basically, if I was plastering a wall from brick then you use the beads as screens, so you get them level and work from them to get the wall straight and true. I'm just mainly reskiming so the plasterer before me will have already done that and I'm just putting a thin coat over the top. Hence the thincoat beads. Hope I've explained that properly mate
@@Onthetrowel I hear you Kirk. It saves a good bit of time too! My late father run his own plastering business for 40 odd years. I got dragged in (as you do) as a teenager. Served my time, but ended up joining and serving 24 years in the Paras. I’m now 54 and your vids have made me appreciate what I had at the time. Never appreciated it at the time. My Dad was old school and would have loved your videos. Tempted to dust my old hawk and trowel off and try my hand at some patching and repairs. Not fit now (through injuries) to do big stuff. But could make a few quid doing patching and repairs I’d think. He would have loved “Half Time…. No need to fire some white cement in to set it quicker. Keep the videos coming Kirk and I wish every success on UA-cam, you deserve it buddy!
love your videos kirk top of game but basically 2 sockets of gear £210 i get not worth your while any cheaper with time and travel but i duno i never found anyone what would pay that for a socket fill and that tiny hole at side of shitter £100 😅
Next time someone calls you for a patch just tell them you have a minimum fee of £100... I'm not being funny but I ain't going to do jobs for £40 There's more than me plastering so if they want cheap then they can get someone else. I've never actually had anyone who said no it's to expensive to be honest mate
@@Onthetrowel totally agree with you from your side i just think i would get chinned saying that price 😂 i normally wouldnt entertain a call like that for reason i wouldnt want to do it for nothing but would feel awkward saying a price like that but good shout on my minimum call out fee is…..👍
Hi kirk. I have to skim over plasterboards that have be up a few years. Can i sbr them a few days in advance of skimming over them or sbr the same day. Thanks. Love the channel
Problem nowadays is.. these I won’t get out of bed for less than £250 a day guys just aswell wash their sheets an lay in. I always say little ones make big ones in terms of jobs. Not worth turning anything away 👌
Hey pal, if you make £500 a day how much tax do you pay? I don't personally see the incentive in this modern society of maximising my daily income, instead reducing my daily outgoings, and that includes avoiding the tax man (worked the last 15 years going on emergency tax and never having a rebait calculated for me 🤷♂️ giving myself a rebait now)
So it all just gets thrown into one total at the end of the year and the accountants sort it out. Bare in mind as self employed, we have no sick pay, no holiday pay, no pension and nobody pays you for days that you get cancelled or messed around. You have to make hay while the sun shines. Some people might say it's a rip off or it's to much money, they don't come to help you when there's no work on and your sat at home though 🙂👍
Very skilled man who seems like a decent chap as well.
Great to watch almost hypnotic videos.
Cheers mate thanks for the nice comment
Great video Kirk. What I love about your videos is the little tips! The way you cut the spotlight hole in the board with out the tools is genius! Thanks buddy!
Great to hear your voice is back pal, another good video, the new apprentice seems like a good lad too, my only slight concern is stay away from them so called Turkish barbers….. they usually are laundrettes for criminal enterprises if you know what I mean 🧐
Your like the David Attenborough of plastering. Really good on camera. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
Enjoying the vids m8 and all the handy tips 👍 always making the jobs look easy
Cheers mate
Everytime we went through the mersey tunnel, my dad would be " I wired that "
Class
I knew the bloke that carved the stone with the dates on.
Old boy called Dave Cowell.
Used to drink in the same pub as him
My dad does exactly the same when we’re in London, “I did the air conditioning there, and there, and there, and there” until we all fall to sleep.
For those patches get some easy fill 20 on the van that stuff is amazing 20 min set
He’s a plasterer, not a decorator. Why would he use easy fill which would be a return visit to sand it when he can skim it and be finished that day
@@NiktheEnglishGreekCypriot easy fill 20 goes off in 20mons and you can trowel easy fill up
That’s how I work, get on with it and you will make money, another top video. Brilliant watch
Do you think it is feasible to earn more than a doctor in the trade? That is my aim.
@@DocumentingReality-ol9es earn how much you want to earn, it’s all about how much your willing to work
If you believe, you can achieve
Great video as always. I passed you in Mold the other week, looks like you were heading for Gwernafield 👍
Top vid mate ! From a Sparkys point of view i can honestly say ive never seen a plasterer take such care! Top job
That’s because sparkys have never seen a brush 🤣
I always try and keep a bag on bonding 60 with me for little patches like this then put the half time in the finish, works a treat 👍
Makes me smile when I see a new video mate keep up the work kirk pal
Likewise, makes me smile when I see a comment from you mate 👌👍
Mix cement in with bonding it will go off in a couple of minutes if you put enough cement in.
Cheers bud keep them coming 💪🏻💪🏻
Mr J your class.
Superb video
More of the same please Kirk. Excellent
Hi big yin just found your channel and it solid, i want to skim my artex ceilings can i use one cover of SBR then skim on the same day?
Yes, absolutely
Fantastic work as usual you made me more cleaner!! How do you dispose of your mucky plaster water
Another great vid, I think you may have mentioned it before but what is the yellow scrim called and where can I get it please.
I’d definitely start by getting your gear delivered
Another great video Kirk.
Why do you have soo many trowels in the van?
Do they all get used?
I wear in new trowels all the time mate, I seel some when they are ready
I like you Kirk I like your videos, very informative for beginners, but you can’t justify a ton for each of them patches especially if there for plumbers and electricians that give you work
What’s the composition of that plaster mix?
Just a random one pal. You use sbr instead of pva. Do you dilute the sbr or just neat.
Just use it neat my mate
What would be the length of time you were asked Amey where somebody needs to go home make this amount of money today? I’m sure it’s a range depending on the person
No insulation in that ceiling kurt. I know its not down to you..but i wouldnt have carried on.
Well spotted, I did notice myself but there is insulation in the ceiling above 🔍😀
@@Onthetrowel ahh i see its a pitched roof.. i thought it was a flat roof porch. Sorry bud. I been plastering over 20 yrs.. you graft hard mate!.
Cheers mate
Hi kirk, thanks for the video,whats the quickest way to learn to plaster please mate,what would you suggest?only thing is im 41 ,thank you.
Go with someone for a few times m8 can’t beat hands on advice and practice small areas in own house and advertise for small jobs no one wants, I went to college for 6 months and didn’t find the one to one great but managed to get on with a council contractor just patching and built up from there but it wasn’t till I teamed up with another plasterer on a big job that I learned all the fine tuning timings etc👍
Cheers mate,I just can't find anyone to go with,god knows,cheers for the advice
@@globalital no worries, if you watch some of Kirk’s techniques videos and plastering for beginners they do start to finish on the full process then go practice on a chimney breast and a porch ceiling then maybe do a garage ceiling when your getting better also just ring around a few spreads and say could I come with you 1 day week or weekend for free just to learn basics, I would do it for someone who was really interested in the trade m8 try it👍
Yes good idea,I have actually thought of doing that,it's all about how hard you want it isn't it mate ,thanks alot ,much appreciated 👍
Now Kirk can I sbr the day before I skim it over old grey plaster or best to do it the same day
Better to do it next day as it seals it Better mate
that old connector block and electrical tape joint, love it 😂😂
🤣🤣 what would of been a better way mate?
@@Onthetrowel wago connectors and encapsulate that in a enclosure such as a Wago box. Least you used connector blocks I have seen many times people twist the cables together and just tape that 😂😂
🤣🤣
Thanks for the advice mate
Great video
Another belter bud
Hey kirk grate vid mate hope ur well
I'm very well thankyou. All the better for hearing from you my old mate 👍👍
@Onthetrowel cheers mate keep up the top class work 👍🏻 👏
Looks smart that trowel pal😂
Love it
I personally love the little jobs. Easy money
100% mate
Like you've just shown mate, you could easily do 3 or 4 of those a day without breaking a sweat. Small jobs big profits
A hate people watching in occupied house they always trail white footprints all over the house without realising 😅
I know all about it... then they try and blame you 🤣🤣
Pleasantries of the customer another words f*** off I am busy😂😂😂
Haha, I enjoy meeting new people to be honest mate but you do get some... I felt like jumping out the window on a job once, customer was telling me everything that was bad that had ever happened to him in his life 🙈🙈🙈🤣
Wow I dont charge enough for patch jobs!
That's why I'm making this video my mate... only to help
Hole saw bro
£110 for a socket fill 😮
Too right. As he said, it’s not worth working for anything less. Add on the fuel and your time and it’s deserved
I think doctors should ask for a payrise,they get less saving lives.
Tell the footballers about it'
@@NiktheEnglishGreekCypriot I guess fuel is now 40 pound a litre and insurance is 2000 pounds a year, am I right?
@@DocumentingReality-ol9espeople don’t seem to understand wages. Footballers earn a fortune because they generate fucking millions upon millions. The nhs doesn’t generate millions upon millions, so they don’t pay more. It’s common sense
110 quid to fill a hole? Lol😅
Am I to cheap? 😝
Easily😂be honest, most plasterer or other trades earn just over grand a week on average,
Bloody he'll how many tiger stripes
It was a thing of beauty, the camera just doesn't do it justice 🤣
I watch kirks vids often and I thought it looked rough like not his usual high standards
Great work once again yes beening self employed is hardwork its none stop.
Lots of skills on show to earn £500 a day. Most tradesmen, although good wouldn’t have all of those skills. Some would’ve fallen at the first hurdle when electrics was involved
To be fair, that was a suprise for me.
It's a good job the customer noticed otherwise there wouldn't be a light 🤣🤣
I’m not being rude Kirk but why the hell would someone pay you to do those 2 tiny patching jobs when you can easy fill and sand it yourself?
No idea mate. I get loads of bits like this all the time.
I just say if it's a patch, send me a picture and I'll send you a price.
Kirk, I never see you putting a level or straight edge on those small corner beads. Do they keep their own shape to remain straight, unlike the old larger corner beads?
Hey mate, so basically, if I was plastering a wall from brick then you use the beads as screens, so you get them level and work from them to get the wall straight and true.
I'm just mainly reskiming so the plasterer before me will have already done that and I'm just putting a thin coat over the top.
Hence the thincoat beads.
Hope I've explained that properly mate
@@Onthetrowel I hear you Kirk. It saves a good bit of time too!
My late father run his own plastering business for 40 odd years. I got dragged in (as you do) as a teenager. Served my time, but ended up joining and serving 24 years in the Paras. I’m now 54 and your vids have made me appreciate what I had at the time. Never appreciated it at the time. My Dad was old school and would have loved your videos. Tempted to dust my old hawk and trowel off and try my hand at some patching and repairs. Not fit now (through injuries) to do big stuff. But could make a few quid doing patching and repairs I’d think. He would have loved “Half Time…. No need to fire some white cement in to set it quicker. Keep the videos coming Kirk and I wish every success on UA-cam, you deserve it buddy!
Thanks mate and I enjoyed reading that.
Cheers mate
love your videos kirk top of game but basically 2 sockets of gear £210 i get not worth your while any cheaper with time and travel but i duno i never found anyone what would pay that for a socket fill and that tiny hole at side of shitter £100 😅
Next time someone calls you for a patch just tell them you have a minimum fee of £100...
I'm not being funny but I ain't going to do jobs for £40
There's more than me plastering so if they want cheap then they can get someone else.
I've never actually had anyone who said no it's to expensive to be honest mate
@@Onthetrowel totally agree with you from your side i just think i would get chinned saying that price 😂 i normally wouldnt entertain a call like that for reason i wouldnt want to do it for nothing but would feel awkward saying a price like that but good shout on my minimum call out fee is…..👍
You should join my sales and marketing course mate.
I basically just do jobs like this all the time pal
Hi kirk. I have to skim over plasterboards that have be up a few years. Can i sbr them a few days in advance of skimming over them or sbr the same day. Thanks. Love the channel
Problem nowadays is.. these I won’t get out of bed for less than £250 a day guys just aswell wash their sheets an lay in. I always say little ones make big ones in terms of jobs. Not worth turning anything away 👌
Do something you enjoy and you will never work again in your life. All the best mate love the vids
Kirk would it be okay to sbr over bonding that’s been left for a few days with no problems
Treat yourself to some core bits for your lights a lot quicker
9:15 That looks quite bumpy mate ? Or is it just my eyes 😂😂
Just thebway it's setting, the bonding was turning the finish dark 😅
That said it does look rough on camera 🤣
@@Onthetrowel ahh makes sense I saw it and thought that ain’t upto Kirk standards but make sense now 😂😂
Its light and dark patches as its drying etc
Hydrated lime in bonding sets quick.
2nd 😂
You were in there fast baz, fair play... let's see if your quicker on the next vid pal
Casual Rolf Harris reference when patching a light switch ffs 😅
😅😅🤣🤣
Are the plumbers and sparks down your end all scared of plaster those patch jobs were crazy to get you in ......but saying that easy money 😂👍
They just know I won't let them down and the job will be nice... they pay for peace of mind
@@Onthetrowel let's hope they make a few more holes then 🤣
Due a skin fade Kirky boy 👍🏻👍🏻 top work as always
Cheers mate
Great video as always Kirk 👍 👌
Cheers mate
Cracking video my shirt arrived today will look the part tomorrow lol cheers
Top Man. Thanks for the support
Not sure if you got my email the other day but I used my money from the job I mentioned to get my shirt to support your channel.
@michaelbell3002 fantastic. That's great mate
Good message at the end mate a lot of people forget
Hey pal, if you make £500 a day how much tax do you pay? I don't personally see the incentive in this modern society of maximising my daily income, instead reducing my daily outgoings, and that includes avoiding the tax man (worked the last 15 years going on emergency tax and never having a rebait calculated for me 🤷♂️ giving myself a rebait now)
So it all just gets thrown into one total at the end of the year and the accountants sort it out.
Bare in mind as self employed, we have no sick pay, no holiday pay, no pension and nobody pays you for days that you get cancelled or messed around.
You have to make hay while the sun shines.
Some people might say it's a rip off or it's to much money, they don't come to help you when there's no work on and your sat at home though 🙂👍
Top work mate 🧱 👌
Thanks 👍