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Nice job Kirk. As a bricklayer now general builder i find myself finishing off and clearing up after every other trade. Electricians and plumbers are the worst. I expect it and price for it so it doesnt stress me. As i do all my own drylining i always get reveals spot on, cavity closers in and fixed. My plasterer wouldve walked off the job and whoever fitted the window without the cavity closers in first wants a rocket where the sun dont shine. Youve clearly got the patience of a saint and a bit of savvy
I beg your pardon! It's the Decorator who tidies up behind other trades. I'm coming up on 50 yrs in the trade and it's the same today as it was when I started my apprenticeship in 1976. It's also a fact that I tidy up other trades work such as poor joints in facings and skirting. Oh and skim marks and indents in nice new plaster. 😅
Nice to see plenty of dabs on the wall. Glad you recommend to put it all round the socked boxes so many don’t then it pulls back as you tighten the socket screws.
Just seen this Kirk, know exactly what you mean, builders and fitters always say Oh! The tiler will get over that, well I always did too. Now it’s up to the builder now I hung my trowels up last year when I was 75 that was 60 years of lickin’ n’ stickin’ Yahoo! no more grouting. Keep on spreadin’ 😊
Didnt see you taking out that packer on the floor! As a tiler, you can just imagine the words of appreciation we have for plasterers leaving those in , especially when they're covered in dried plaster that was dropped, and often have been screwed to the floor.. the least of which is NOT MY JOB to remove them!
Great work mate. The brickie probably left the row of bricks out thinking it would be cased in concrete and also DPC and insulation used to stop cold spots from the sil. This is how it was always done on any sites that I worked on.
Love your work mate! You make it look easy, but for most of us (without your wealth of knowledge) it is not. Great to see someone doing things properly!
Thanks for video, the initial state of that room reminds me why I do as much of my own work and avoid having tradesmen around as much as I possibly can.
I'm desperate to change jobs and work for myself - trying to learn as much as I can before making the jump in a few years hopefully. This video was great and I learned loads! Thanks a lot, gonna watch a few more now.
If the bathroom was downstairs, you can save yourself a ball ache of measuring by just simply measuring the 'depth' of window opening you need... then fit the pl board, making sure the window is 'cracked open'. Then go outside, open the window wide and cut the top part out from outside... Say about 100-150mm down, you could even just cut two squares in the top corners (100 x 100). Then go inside, measure your depth down the depth you require and the whole 'cut out' is guaranteed to be perfect with no haggly measuring. Then cut the rest of the window opening out. Show this on a video the next time you get a downstairs window. Saves a tonne of time and messing about! Remember who told you the idea - Tony.
I allways got told when I was learning you start with the reveals first. you find your tightest point and that's your measurement insuring the head cill and reveals will all be the same margins, because if your windows are out the reveals will be aswell
Yes. That is how I was taught, to do the reveals first. The way I was taught was to start in one room, put reveals on first, then put other walls on, then go back to dab the window walls once the reveals have set. Having said that, Kirk must know what he's doing as he's been doing it for years. Everyone gets taught differently.
Hi mate I've just bought a 1930s house, can you nip round and do the plastering please? And 1st and 2nd fix plumbing and electrics, internal wall insulation, underfloor heating and new roof? Cheers!
Brill video from the first second seeing the proper silver knife iv had mine ones for about 20 years beats all them posh new ones. You do exactly what my old boss taught me, every little tip, thats why we are the best out there 😁
Nice to see pay attention to nice right angled window reveals. I recently had some plasterboarding done near a window and the reveals are all over the show. Pulled them up about it and their answer was “I plaster over what’s there, if it’s not straight it’s not my fault, I’m not gonna get a spirit level on it am I?” Not sure how to fix it now tbh 😢
Great to see some work vids again! Personal Question: what do you prefer when plastering a concrete wall that meets a drywall ceiling? No ceiling and fix the wall first, or plaster against the ceiling?
Ello felle. Just come across your channel and gone through your previous videos.😂 a bloke told me awhile ago, it takes a certain kind of person do to become a good plasterer. i’m 30 years in it. We’re all bonkers..
One thing i always do is to foam the frame gap if its not been done it’s a bad spot for cold entry and it’s to regs that way. Not a criticism you always do a good job m8
Why did you not pack the board up to the ceiling, and do the soil pipe section separately? Assuming you need to skim it anyway (I'm new to plastering but done a few jobs so far)
Now mate a quick question for you. I have started skimming my kitchen wall with multifinish but I encountered a problem so I had to stop half way through the wall so my question is. Is it possible to start skimming again from the dry plaster I have featherd it into the wall just not sure if I need to do anything special. I am no professional plasterer but i used to work as a dry liner a good while back so no the basics and done a couple of walls at home already
Another excellent job done, continually amazed by your professionalism and ethics, you're a great man Kirk. Really wish I could find a plasterer like you in East London, long shot but if you know anyone please do let me know - happy to throw 100 quid your way for the referral.
Hi Kirk, watch your videos a lot love the advice. Could do with picking your brain though. I skimmed over an artex ceiling on Friday. Second coat was on by 11:30 thought great. Plaster was still soaking by 4 o’clock 😮 plus when I tried to towel the ceiling I wanted to tear real bad. Have you had this before?
@@Onthetrowel first thing I checked yeah plenty of date. I usually find with artex the plaster takes up pretty quick. Never seen plaster stay wet for hours and hours like that. 4 o’clock on a Friday is time for the pub haha
Why is there so little detail paid to fitting the cavity closer? Very little info on UA-cam. How was it fixed? How did you make it sturdy enought to stick your board to it?. The plastic is very flimsy. I personally think these closers are crap, prefer the old method of closing with brick/block, much stronger. Would like to see a video of you doing external render on a door for example where you have to fix some form of expanded metal lathe over the plastic closer. Got to do it at home, builder just left it because he didn't know how to finish it saying the plasterer should know. And guess what. Wish you had 100 clones working around the UK? 😅😅
You don't need to worry about fire protection on external walls mate. If anything, the architects etc would prefer for those walls to fail, lets smoke out quicker.
This is why i had to go work for myself, i always had too many people cutting corners and expecting me too, i will happily spend an extra day going balls out on a job so i know it is absolutely perfect. Way too many people who just want to get paid and fk off to the pub
I'd like to think I'm a professional plasterer.. Open the bathroom windows 1st for dust etc... Also cut the reveals 1st get them dabbed on and setting . Then board the face of the wall Good job though kirk👍 Making me want to do a UA-cam channel
Correct, my brother gets F off about all that. Pressure on to hand over the job and everything been banged about, and other late running trades are walking through or in the same space.
@@Onthetrowel looks like you went above and beyond to make the best of the error someone else has made. If it's a small job and lots of trades are coming and going doing small bits of work things like closures get passed to the next man.
I sometimes do the plastering myself before putting tiles on, but i have to say id really rather do it myself all the time. The people at my company are pigs😂 plasterer leaves more on the ground then on the walls ( and it isnt even straight either on the walls ) elektricien and plumber leaves all their mess too… and i clean everything up but god forbid if i leave a couple of tiles then i get a call from my boss that people are complaining about my mess😂
Haha ... I got fed up with spreads leaving me junk or not turning up so i learnt to do my own plastering ,,, that was 15 years ago and i have not used a spread since. I recommend it to any young decorator doing your own domestic private work
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Laid 3 bricks - "Time for lunch". Proper tradesman! 😁
Your knowledge is amazing mate I've been plastering 15 years and still learning 👍
Nice job Kirk. As a bricklayer now general builder i find myself finishing off and clearing up after every other trade. Electricians and plumbers are the worst. I expect it and price for it so it doesnt stress me. As i do all my own drylining i always get reveals spot on, cavity closers in and fixed. My plasterer wouldve walked off the job and whoever fitted the window without the cavity closers in first wants a rocket where the sun dont shine. Youve clearly got the patience of a saint and a bit of savvy
Cheers mate... always the same to he honest
Two things electricians and plumbers don’t have in their vans or tool boxes Brush & Shovel! 😂
I beg your pardon! It's the Decorator who tidies up behind other trades. I'm coming up on 50 yrs in the trade and it's the same today as it was when I started my apprenticeship in 1976. It's also a fact that I tidy up other trades work such as poor joints in facings and skirting. Oh and skim marks and indents in nice new plaster. 😅
Nice to see plenty of dabs on the wall. Glad you recommend to put it all round the socked boxes so many don’t then it pulls back as you tighten the socket screws.
Just seen this Kirk, know exactly what you mean, builders and fitters always say Oh! The tiler will get over that, well I always did too. Now it’s up to the builder now I hung my trowels up last year when I was 75 that was 60 years of lickin’ n’ stickin’ Yahoo! no more grouting. Keep on spreadin’
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Enjoy the rest mate, you've earned it 👌
Didnt see you taking out that packer on the floor! As a tiler, you can just imagine the words of appreciation we have for plasterers leaving those in , especially when they're covered in dried plaster that was dropped, and often have been screwed to the floor.. the least of which is NOT MY JOB to remove them!
Didn't take it out as the board/adhesive needs time to set but I get what you're saying 👍
An absolute pleasure watching a skilled professional at work.
Great work mate. The brickie probably left the row of bricks out thinking it would be cased in concrete and also DPC and insulation used to stop cold spots from the sil. This is how it was always done on any sites that I worked on.
just realising that there is no concrete sil ( probably just a pvc one ? ) hmmm maybe he just ran out of bricks lol :)
I love the way you explain stuff, really simple and straightforward, easy to follow.
Love your work mate! You make it look easy, but for most of us (without your wealth of knowledge) it is not. Great to see someone doing things properly!
Some days your the dog some days your the lamppost. Excellent work again kirko 👍👍
Thanks for video, the initial state of that room reminds me why I do as much of my own work and avoid having tradesmen around as much as I possibly can.
I'm desperate to change jobs and work for myself - trying to learn as much as I can before making the jump in a few years hopefully. This video was great and I learned loads! Thanks a lot, gonna watch a few more now.
Ha ha ha ha! Love the way you became a brickie - is there anything you can't do!? Dry wall adhesive as mortar - brilliant!
If the bathroom was downstairs, you can save yourself a ball ache of measuring by just simply measuring the 'depth' of window opening you need... then fit the pl board, making sure the window is 'cracked open'. Then go outside, open the window wide and cut the top part out from outside... Say about 100-150mm down, you could even just cut two squares in the top corners (100 x 100). Then go inside, measure your depth down the depth you require and the whole 'cut out' is guaranteed to be perfect with no haggly measuring. Then cut the rest of the window opening out. Show this on a video the next time you get a downstairs window. Saves a tonne of time and messing about! Remember who told you the idea - Tony.
"I like to give the plumbers a 5 star luxury experience" That last one properly cracked me up!
Hi Kirk, good to see you back. Would it not have been easier to cut out the window and then carry it in holding from inside the cut out?
Joiners are the ones that cover up all other trades 🤣
Thank you Kirk. Your videos have put me in the right direction with my plastering. Cheers.
I allways got told when I was learning you start with the reveals first. you find your tightest point and that's your measurement insuring the head cill and reveals will all be the same margins, because if your windows are out the reveals will be aswell
Yes. That is how I was taught, to do the reveals first. The way I was taught was to start in one room, put reveals on first, then put other walls on, then go back to dab the window walls once the reveals have set. Having said that, Kirk must know what he's doing as he's been doing it for years. Everyone gets taught differently.
I swear this is a form of art! Great skills, well done!
Hi mate I've just bought a 1930s house, can you nip round and do the plastering please? And 1st and 2nd fix plumbing and electrics, internal wall insulation, underfloor heating and new roof? Cheers!
I had a giggle the other day. I was on the trowel and going in the shit big time. I laughed out loud and said "Where's Kirk?" 🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🦸♂️
We need more builders like you love the videos learning loads 👍👍👍
Brill video from the first second seeing the proper silver knife iv had mine ones for about 20 years beats all them posh new ones. You do exactly what my old boss taught me, every little tip, thats why we are the best out there 😁
Always is,i did a skim job this week and the dry lining was a disgrace not once did they use a level.Great video thanks
Nice to see pay attention to nice right angled window reveals. I recently had some plasterboarding done near a window and the reveals are all over the show. Pulled them up about it and their answer was “I plaster over what’s there, if it’s not straight it’s not my fault, I’m not gonna get a spirit level on it am I?”
Not sure how to fix it now tbh 😢
I Laughed My 🥥🥥 at the Sticking adhesive brick work, it has More of a Chance of being around in 100 years than the rest of the Wall 😉 🤣😂🤣
Great to see some work vids again! Personal Question: what do you prefer when plastering a concrete wall that meets a drywall ceiling? No ceiling and fix the wall first, or plaster against the ceiling?
Depends what type of ceiling.
If the ceiling isn't being plasterd then definitely skim the wall first and fix the ceiling later
Ello felle. Just come across your channel and gone through your previous videos.😂 a bloke told me awhile ago, it takes a certain kind of person do to become a good plasterer. i’m 30 years in it. We’re all bonkers..
Hi kirk last time i cut two vertical slots 100x50mm inside the window cutout and used them like handles once i got the board in the room just
Nice idea
Great stuff, please keep them coming.
Oh Subbed. Lol.
Well done Kirk
Another master class
Looking forward to seeing the next video
Take it easy
If you dot and dab 4 long screwdrivers on the 4 corners of the window frame, leave it for an hour you can press the board on it and theres ya marks 👍
You can tell a channel is good when there's minimal armchair experts ripping you a new one. Excellent content, thank you!
One thing i always do is to foam the frame gap if its not been done it’s a bad spot for cold entry and it’s to regs that way. Not a criticism you always do a good job m8
Hi Kirk, really like your channel. You’re clearly a good bloke. I hope you start wearing a dust mask especially when you’re removing old plaster
Whoever done the brick and block work couldn’t be further from a bricklayer 😂
"There's a wall!" - proceeds to get a better angle 🤣
fantastic...I have learnt so much from your channel..Thank you
I always thought Eddie Hall as heavy handed, who knew he was such a talent on the tools
Why did you not pack the board up to the ceiling, and do the soil pipe section separately? Assuming you need to skim it anyway (I'm new to plastering but done a few jobs so far)
That was a good wee watch, well done bud.👍
Nice job Kirk. I have to disagree tho. Bridging the cavity is just plain bad workmanship, and lack of insulation is shocking.
Your not disagreeing. We are both on the same page 👍
@@Onthetrowel Yes mate👍. Great channel if you were an aspiring plasterer. Always well explained.
Have missed your content Kirk. Chuffed to see you back
Do your trade a favour n get an apprentice. In fact watching this video you could probably handle two ! Sovini Ed.
Great to see another video missed them
My dad was a tiler and he sometimes had to finish the plumbing so that he could work.
Another great video Kirk. Keep up the good work an passion
Now mate a quick question for you. I have started skimming my kitchen wall with multifinish but I encountered a problem so I had to stop half way through the wall so my question is. Is it possible to start skimming again from the dry plaster I have featherd it into the wall just not sure if I need to do anything special. I am no professional plasterer but i used to work as a dry liner a good while back so no the basics and done a couple of walls at home already
Yes just feather it in 😊
Back a bit back, no back back back he was last seen in the back garden is this OK yes now you are down there make a cup of tea 😂
🤣🤣🤣
Nice job mate, its a good job I watch your videos the amount of plaster patching and skimming I have to do following so called tradesmen
I hope the "bricklayer" is cringing watching you clean his snots bridging the cavity. Good on you for cleaning it out. You, my friend are a tradesman👍
wouldn't mind betting that external wall will condensate to buggery especially if the studs and ceiling around it are insulated
Good to see you back
That's funny I've always wondered why everything is left to the tiler 😂
Or the chippy
Finally a Video 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Keep it up Kirk
Nice work mate as always
Love the videos. So much gold!!
Finally Kirk been looking forward to a video 😁🤩
DIYer here. For longevity shouldn’t moisture resistant board be used in a bathroom?
They usually just put them in showers pal but in my opinion, you'd be better using cement board rather than any plasterboard.
Been a while, but i love playing the maracas .........
thats neatest i seen a window bordered 😂👍
love your vids, always cheer me up! thanks!
That plasterboarding that the plumber did needs at least double the amount of screws in it compared to what he had done
Another excellent job done, continually amazed by your professionalism and ethics, you're a great man Kirk.
Really wish I could find a plasterer like you in East London, long shot but if you know anyone please do let me know - happy to throw 100 quid your way for the referral.
Hi Kirk, watch your videos a lot love the advice. Could do with picking your brain though. I skimmed over an artex ceiling on Friday. Second coat was on by 11:30 thought great. Plaster was still soaking by 4 o’clock 😮 plus when I tried to towel the ceiling I wanted to tear real bad. Have you had this before?
Was the stuff in date mate.
@@Onthetrowel first thing I checked yeah plenty of date. I usually find with artex the plaster takes up pretty quick. Never seen plaster stay wet for hours and hours like that. 4 o’clock on a Friday is time for the pub haha
Rough with render on exterior walls is proper way, but for a quick job, gotta do what you gotta do i guess 👍
Another great video, mate 👍
Have you ever used this new “storm” plastering accelerator?
Need to get yourself an olfa H-1 knife mate… they are awesome.
Well done sir!
Talk about putting the effort in fair play 👍
Ur a great man kirk!
Why is there so little detail paid to fitting the cavity closer? Very little info on UA-cam. How was it fixed? How did you make it sturdy enought to stick your board to it?. The plastic is very flimsy. I personally think these closers are crap, prefer the old method of closing with brick/block, much stronger.
Would like to see a video of you doing external render on a door for example where you have to fix some form of expanded metal lathe over the plastic closer. Got to do it at home, builder just left it because he didn't know how to finish it saying the plasterer should know. And guess what.
Wish you had 100 clones working around the UK? 😅😅
As always thinking of others, and doing others jobs 😊
I've had a month straight like that , things only looking up now some builders are just chancers
After the trash tradesmen ive had since owning a house its nice to see a professional
Try being the cabinet guy. I've been blamed for holding up a roof installation.
You don't need to worry about fire protection on external walls mate. If anything, the architects etc would prefer for those walls to fail, lets smoke out quicker.
Just how we had to do every wall when we were on site pal
@@Onthetrowel I get it, I do. It can be hard enough to expect a plasterer to tape a joint, let alone think about fire protection. Keep em comin !
One day I want to build a house with all the top traders from UA-cam!
I actually liked this video about 3 seconds in before i even watched it. Simply because, I know Kirk knows what he's talking about 😂
I'm still trying to convince the missus after 20 years 🤣
@Onthetrowel Haha, we can't win them all, big man 🤷🏻♂️😂
It’s not! It’s all left to us decorators, that includes fixing your half arsed plastering!
His plastering is never half-arsed.
That aside how do you fix bad plastering as a person who does colouring-in for a living
This is why i had to go work for myself, i always had too many people cutting corners and expecting me too, i will happily spend an extra day going balls out on a job so i know it is absolutely perfect. Way too many people who just want to get paid and fk off to the pub
Love these videos keep them coming 👍
Hi Kirk what did you put in the cavity , plaster board or cavity closers
looked like PIR insulation
I hope you report the people who do shoddy work.
This is not a tradesman's code, those are thieves and liars!
As a plasterer myself it is amazing how many times you run into shite like this, they get charged simply as that👍
Being after the plasterer being a painter they always leave us tidying up there bits of filling & mess around smoke alarms or sockets etc 😠
Not me pal
I'd like to think I'm a professional plasterer..
Open the bathroom windows 1st for dust etc...
Also cut the reveals 1st get them dabbed on and setting .
Then board the face of the wall
Good job though kirk👍
Making me want to do a UA-cam channel
I used to do reveals first but came across to many windows not in square so now I just get the wall where I want it and make the reveals to fit mate
not enough wall ties should be every course around windows
Left for the painter!
I'd have thought the wall would have been floated with sand and cement.?
What about decorators? They put right all the other trades cock ups
Correct, my brother gets F off about all that. Pressure on to hand over the job and everything been banged about, and other late running trades are walking through or in the same space.
I could write a book on this subject. The amount of time I’ve lost due to other trades in my 40+ years as a decorator. It’s criminal.
And tilers cover up the bows in the walls plasterers leave 🙄
Window board should be fitted first and should of put off cut on the bottom.
Tiled wall mate, no window board unfortunately
closures should be in before the windows so long before you get on site lol
If you were in my shoes what would you do mate?
@@Onthetrowel looks like you went above and beyond to make the best of the error someone else has made. If it's a small job and lots of trades are coming and going doing small bits of work things like closures get passed to the next man.
Bloody bootiful big Kirk 💪🏻
Received my pink Sbr. So exciting 😂
Legend.
I sometimes do the plastering myself before putting tiles on, but i have to say id really rather do it myself all the time. The people at my company are pigs😂 plasterer leaves more on the ground then on the walls ( and it isnt even straight either on the walls ) elektricien and plumber leaves all their mess too… and i clean everything up but god forbid if i leave a couple of tiles then i get a call from my boss that people are complaining about my mess😂
Haha ... I got fed up with spreads leaving me junk or not turning up so i learnt to do my own plastering ,,, that was 15 years ago and i have not used a spread since. I recommend it to any young decorator doing your own domestic private work
Sheer quality....👌