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Some great advice in there mate, keep up the good work. An old boy I worked with years ago would always say "every day is a different day" and as I finish doing just over 50 years in the trade I think how right he was. The hardest thing for me over all that time has been adapting to new materials, new tools and the methods needed to use them. When I started on the long road it was sand/cement and the old grey Sirapite, there were no beads or whisks, just wooden rules, a stick and bucket and one trowel for everything lol. I've enjoyed my time in the trade and because I've paced myself for most of it I have no plastering related health problems, as I approach the big 70 I can still go out and do a bit. Be sensible about what you do and how you go about it and you to could have a long career in the game. Happy spreading guys and lots of luck to you all ... Mick
Well said mick I'm 66 at it over 50 years now I'm known for excellence not how many bags I get up that's why I have a monster customer base never put my name around all referrals Plus knocking your bollocks out when your young kills your body later on bazz
I agree with every word, done site work for shit meterage for years all it does is knacker yourself up and your van. Ive been doing private work for the last 10 years and unless ive obviously got a big ceiling or big walls to put on the most I use in a day is 2-4 bags. Theres alot of prep involved in domestics sheeting up, taking off switches, taking down lights, taking rads off and knowing your backgrounds to not get caught out.
Been in the plastering and building trade since 1977, i'v just turned 64 and still at it, but what you are saying is bang on the button, arm pains, leg pain not to mention back pain. It's all manual work no way round it, so as you say work to suit yourself you have nothing to prove to any one, if it takes longer so what, so long as end result is good. Came across your channel by chance and i have to say the advice you give is 100 per cent and put across in a calm and relaxed manner, keep it up as it will help those coming into the trade to ignore the shite they are fed,
Bang on mate. I just do domestic work and 3 bags a day is more than enough. Started my apprenticeship in 96, been out on my own now for 9 years. Best thing I’ve done, never looked back.
Great video as always Stu I don’t do more than two bag sets on my own can’t see the point running myself into the ground keep working smart not hard my friend 👌
i'm living and working in the philippines i am basically a trainer construction superintendent ,there are no trade qualifications here i;m now in the process of starting a trade academy ,i show the trainees videos all the time i will be showing them this video it explains so much , respect to you brother.
Agree 100% as a domestic spread. Been dancing around a solid oak double bed, high temperatures and 6 month old boards in an attic today on my onesie. No chance I was mixing more than 1.5 bags per coat. Sensible practice for an enduring business imo. 👍
Great chat👍 I only mix what I can comfortably do and make a professional clean finish, if you do too much you end up rushing and missing things, I went self employed just over a year ago and I didn't do it to burn myself out and be too tired and aching to spend my evenings and weekends with my family
47 years now changed company’s 3 years ago after slogging my guts out for 20 years at old company and getting no rewards , now steady and happy doing roughy 2 and half bags a set if circumstances allow and only minor ailment is shoulder pain now and again but totally agree with all aspects of you video and I adjust my amounts and methods to suit job and how I’m feeling and as I get older I will reduce my load to suit to prolong my plastering life keeps up the amazing works guys 👍🏻
great advice and video.im starting to get arthritis in my right knee(moms genes).53 and been at it 18yrs now..i try to get 3 mixes a day on .but i hardly stop for dinner break just a quick sandwich in between..i do what i feel comfortable now..otherwise come the weekend.too tired to enjoy yourself and seize up ..i do pilates once a week and it really helps me stay flexible and great for core strength especially with ceilings...do what you can handle.dont be a busy fool..
I am one of these plasterers that has a knackard back Shoulder and knee 43 years at it but my god do i feel it now , I just do small stuff now So my advice is take it easy dont be like me when i stagger in from the van and get the ice packs on , your good for 25 years after that you will feel it
Good to see an honest plasterer I’ve been in the trade from 17years old I’m now 56 and like you say get off site work main contractors only want to pay £5-£5.50 max per meter I’m feeling it know. I’m glad to here your a 2 bag hit man same as me know 👍great vid
Spot on there mate👍 I have been at it 30 odd years and the last 20 on my own doing domestic work and just go steady . I would normally do the ceiling one day and prep the walls and then do them the next day. That’s the beauty of doing your own work you chose what you do and when. Lol it reminds back when I started on site hearing all the tales of how much gear being put on and how much money they were making and Harry Enfield had his plasterer character called Loads of money based on his comedy partner Paul Whitehouse who actually used to be a spread🤣i
Site work and subcontractors are a no no. Its tough work don't do it to make some one else money. I'm 53 plastering since I was 19still going strong. This man is correct pace yourself it's OK to do some site work when you're young.
Great video buddy , totally agree with all you have said , and I wish I was more like you when I was your age , 20 years also a plasterer. . But I was a fool , worked far too hard in my twenties , ( 2 x 50 meter sets of Sirapite a day ) tried keeping it up in my thirties , ( 3 sets of multi finish a day ), knackered by the time I was forty ( which is still a young age ) Left the trade at 42 , now at 61 I'm arthritic all over , knees have fluid on them all the time and I have a heart condition . But I loved being a plasterer at the time , the job satisfaction for me was huge , just wish I paced myself instead of chasing the money .
I use the 3 bag refina for 1st coat so about 2 n half to 3 and 1 and a half second coat. But what you’ve said is bang on so many different factors. I did a long but thin hallway stairs landing over skim this week. It makes you feel a fool with all the messing about
Hi pal good advice there,I've been plasterering 25 years and I've done site work etc. It's not for me anymore.I prefer smaller private jobs where I do the whole thing ie plastering,joinery, tilling painting etc. It's a lot easier than banging plaster on day in day out.I can get the same money for a ceiling repair after a leak and taking time to leave it spotless cleaning wise than plastering a medium size room on site so it makes sense. Also a one trick pony gets worn out quicker ,they can keep there ten bags a day lol 😂A lot of site plasterers can't do private work to a standard that keeps the work coming in. It's also about cleanliness and good customer relations and been professional. Not trailing plaster round on ya boots swearing while skimming on board all day.And been spoon fed the work for peanuts
Some many different factors affect your ability to trowel - occupied property? Empty property- moving furniture- sheeting up - taping up. Yeah big open buildings, with no obstacles- you can put loads on. There will always be work for trowels -: refurbishing and renovating properties.
this is how I want to work. renovating a property atm but will be back on the tools once it's complete and I just cannot be working till 6 or 8pm everyday again. I feel like I wouldn't get to see my daughter if I wasn't careful of the time. Anyway, I do love these videos about plastering in reality cos it is easy to have your confidence knocked by some of these "10 bags a set" lads Big respect 👍🏼
I’m a reasonably quick plasterer. I can hold my own on price on new builds, but do a fair bit of domestic now too. Some plasterers who I work with think I’m fast, but I know lads who would consider me slow. There’s always gonna be people out there capable of doing the seemingly impossible, point being, if your leaving a good job, working how you want, and earning a living your happy with, your winning, so never let anyone knock your confidence, most of them guys are under 40, and they won’t be doing it forever
I'd love to be able to put on a full 2 bag mix before it starts getting hard without the use of a retarder, but I can't crack it. I don't think I'm that slow, but multifinish goes off a bit too quick for my liking when I do ceilings/big walls that need 2 bags. I hate spreading plaster that isn't soft anymore and remixing half way through a set isn't ideal. Got no choice but to use eazymix.
@@waynebungay6496 Yes. I struggle on a first coat too. I've been told plaster goes off slower on a spot board table, but I haven't got space for it, just work out of buckets.
@@user-Wojciech Maybe you're taking longer than you think putting on. Which shouldn't make you want to rush. There's a balance between not messing with it too much but applying it neat. You don't need to race like a maniac to put on quick. It's more about technique to apply flat, getting a nice long spread and moving on. I also start from the bottom. In one spread I get head height (6ft 4"). My trowel is 16" so I'm getting a decent amount on one stroke. Go up, back down, back up and move on. Steady pace, no looking for a finish yet. Don't need to overlap your strokes too much or your just making it uneven. Most rooms I only need to bring the ceiling line down 2ft so 2/4 hawk fulls will do the tops of a wall. You should start from the top left. But if you're not dropping it down the wall then I find your doing longer spreads, less messing by doing bottoms first. Just practice being efficient rather than racing. You'll get there
That first Forum?? ... It wasn't 'The Plasterers Forum' by any chance ?? ....... WHAT!! a load on Nob-Heads accumulate on THERE !! ??? .......... I feel really sorry for the Folk who go there 'genuinely' looking for Help .... They get the 'Wind-Up' like You couldn't imagine !! .... I used to go there when it first started up and it was a GREAT little Community .... I think the chap that Owns it has just left it to it's OWN devices and just reaps in the Advertising Income ........ You DID make some great valid points here though ..... As a victim of the 'Yardage Generation' from the 60's/70's/80's I can Concurr !! ...........
Im on price atm, i do between 60 and 100 mtrs a day, i rush about for it but im on site for 6am and im leaving by 2-3, £4psqm walls £4.25 lids, im earning anywere between 1200- 1600 a week and i do 4 days, sometimes 3... my body hasnt felt better bcoz i get alot of rest now
@@blakeevans2963 no 2 sets i mix 2.5 bags lay that on and flatten mix another bag and half lay that on flatten then mix around 2.5 and lay the whole lot in! 2 sets... around 4 hours a set
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3bag a day is enough for anyman in my opinion. Me and my mate split 3 n half in a big tub and add another bag in to lay on . That will do most decent size rooms with 2 coats .
work on private jobs is different from work on construction sites, it involves a lot of preparation and also knowledge, in a site work you don't have to worry about the floor and many other things
good shout, sometimes even a 3 bag day can be hard its all about the prep on domestics. site work with long straight runs is great but you get shit meter rate
How ya Stu.... littlegarbie from Dublin here. Thought I'd drop you a message to say fairballs to ya. Ive watched a few of your videos now and in many ways we're different plasterer but in alot more we're very alike. Whoever broke you into this knackers game, trained you well. The 2 old timers that trained me use to laugh at me because I wanted to be like them. I am now after 25years of it (never gonna be as good as them mind you) but they must have seen some sort of passion in me because they never made it easy and seriously looked after me at the same time. One of them fucked of and died on me the bollox and the other is still on the trowel and I mean today. They looked after me, its my time to look after them. But looking at your work, listening to your talk and attitude towards the game.... fuck sake, they could've trained you an all🤣... Anyway hats off to ya pal, you know your stuff. Keep pasting that knowledge on because its the right type of knowledge, rare and priceless. Here in Ireland it feels like they're trying to kill the trade.... until they need the likes of us🙄 PS.... the 2 old timers im talking about is my father and uncle, who were trained by a real plasterer, their own father🤣🤣🤣
Littlegarbie great comments mate thanks for the kind words I was taught by a few goodens which I took lessons from them all but when I went solo I learned so much more through getting things wrong & having to put right with my own money lol thanks for watching the channel appreciate it 👍
this is exactly how i work, 810 start 3 o’clock i’m out the door, prep and gauge, or set up day before and two mixes, all the builders lads moan i’m “part time” while they have two 40 min breaks and day, spend one hour of their day at the merchants, i gauge then 15 min break then mix again, then i’m out the house like a bat out of hell
Good vid. Been at it 20 years now and as a massive stereotype plasterers are thick as shit, the lowest intelligence life form in the trade except for scaffolders. Always amuses me hearing the idiots yapping on about how much they’ve put on for £2-£3 a metre. Brain dead attitude. Nice to see some common sense and pride for a change.
hi Mateus, I think the bags of browning and skimming were 50 kilo, I was a 15 year old apprentice plasterer, I was lucky I worked with a plasterer and a labourer so I was straight on the trowel from day 1, first week bored stiff just putting it on and off the handboard until I could cut it without dropping anything, 2 nd week the dreaded cuboards, and while I was getting stressed with plaster all over floor, I was told to give Les our labourer a hand to off load an artic half full of 8 stone bags of browning and skimming I was 5ft 10 and 9 stone, the bags were 8 stone, that was one massive shock to the real world☹☹☹
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Been spreading 30 odd years..Stick to 2 quality sets a day that you know you are going to get paid for.I’ve never done more than 6 bags a day on my own.
Any bloke who thinks it's better throwing a few more bags a day on is brain dead In my eyes. Im fed up of my kneck aching its feels like I'm always on ceilings🤣
Why is it that when I get all these plastering vids all I ever see is skimming work . What about - Render ( traditional) K - rend Acrylic render Pebble dash ( rare ) Hardwall works Coving Dry lining Lath and plaster works Lime works Floor Screeding. Where are these vids 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
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Some great advice in there mate, keep up the good work. An old boy I worked with years ago would always say "every day is a different day" and as I finish doing just over 50 years in the trade I think how right he was. The hardest thing for me over all that time has been adapting to new materials, new tools and the methods needed to use them. When I started on the long road it was sand/cement and the old grey Sirapite, there were no beads or whisks, just wooden rules, a stick and bucket and one trowel for everything lol. I've enjoyed my time in the trade and because I've paced myself for most of it I have no plastering related health problems, as I approach the big 70 I can still go out and do a bit. Be sensible about what you do and how you go about it and you to could have a long career in the game. Happy spreading guys and lots of luck to you all ... Mick
Well said mick I'm 66 at it over 50 years now
I'm known for excellence not how many bags I get up
that's why I have a monster customer base
never put my name around
all referrals
Plus knocking your bollocks out when your young kills your body later on bazz
Fair play mick 👍🏻👍🏻
Good on ya pal 👍
Well done mate I’m 45 years and still going and no chance of giving up and your dead right every day is different 👍🤷♂️🐒
Good on ya Mick, there's no tradesmen like a older tradesman like the story of the young bull and old bull lol
I agree with every word, done site work for shit meterage for years all it does is knacker yourself up and your van. Ive been doing private work for the last 10 years and unless ive obviously got a big ceiling or big walls to put on the most I use in a day is 2-4 bags. Theres alot of prep involved in domestics sheeting up, taking off switches, taking down lights, taking rads off and knowing your backgrounds to not get caught out.
Been in the plastering and building trade since 1977, i'v just turned 64 and still at it, but what you are saying is bang on the button, arm pains, leg pain not to mention back pain. It's all manual work no way round it, so as you say work to suit yourself you have nothing to prove to any one, if it takes longer so what, so long as end result is good. Came across your channel by chance and i have to say the advice you give is 100 per cent and put across in a calm and relaxed manner, keep it up as it will help those coming into the trade to ignore the shite they are fed,
Good honest talk mate, no point hammering on the metres and getting pulled on the quality. We are the same 2 sets a day normally 👍
Bang on mate. I just do domestic work and 3 bags a day is more than enough. Started my apprenticeship in 96, been out on my own now for 9 years. Best thing I’ve done, never looked back.
Very well said Stuart. Quality over quantity. 👍
I totally agree with you
Great video as always Stu I don’t do more than two bag sets on my own can’t see the point running myself into the ground keep working smart not hard my friend 👌
i'm living and working in the philippines i am basically a trainer construction superintendent ,there are no trade qualifications here i;m now in the process of starting a trade academy ,i show the trainees videos all the time i will be showing them this video it explains so much , respect to you brother.
Love the bullnose perfect. Your advice is spot on 😃
Agree 100% as a domestic spread. Been dancing around a solid oak double bed, high temperatures and 6 month old boards in an attic today on my onesie. No chance I was mixing more than 1.5 bags per coat. Sensible practice for an enduring business imo. 👍
Great chat👍 I only mix what I can comfortably do and make a professional clean finish, if you do too much you end up rushing and missing things, I went self employed just over a year ago and I didn't do it to burn myself out and be too tired and aching to spend my evenings and weekends with my family
Great information. I’m new to plastering and I follow the FB group. So glad I found you mate, really helps my confidence 💪🏼🛠
Willy waving!! :-D Ive never heard that before!! :-D Brilliant :-)
47 years now changed company’s 3 years ago after slogging my guts out for 20 years at old company and getting no rewards , now steady and happy doing roughy 2 and half bags a set if circumstances allow and only minor ailment is shoulder pain now and again but totally agree with all aspects of you video and I adjust my amounts and methods to suit job and how I’m feeling and as I get older I will reduce my load to suit to prolong my plastering life keeps up the amazing works guys 👍🏻
Great vid Stu, I always thought I was slow but now I feel ‘ normal ‘ if you get my drift. Cheers mate
great advice and video.im starting to get arthritis in my right knee(moms genes).53 and been at it 18yrs now..i try to get 3 mixes a day on .but i hardly stop for dinner break just a quick sandwich in between..i do what i feel comfortable now..otherwise come the weekend.too tired to enjoy yourself and seize up ..i do pilates once a week and it really helps me stay flexible and great for core strength especially with ceilings...do what you can handle.dont be a busy fool..
Good advice 👍 will take it on board
Wish I had the sense to work like it years ago
Love trowel talk stuf me and and a mate when ever thing is prepped we can do 12 13 bags a day
Same bro. If it ain’t on by 14.00 don’t bother
I am one of these plasterers that has a knackard back Shoulder and knee 43 years at it but my god do i feel it now ,
I just do small stuff now So my advice is take it easy dont be like me when i stagger in from the van and get the ice packs on , your good for 25 years after that you will feel it
Bugger that working to the metre mugs game
deffo not a mugs games just dont be a mug and work for crap rates.. 🤟
Well said mate. Domestic is a totally different ball game to site work. Thanks for your honesty. 👍
lovely job on the bull nose, and the rest of the wall's, fellow spreader
Absolutely superb advice mate!
Thank you 👍
Your spot on mate 25 years in and house bashing and working like nut will put you in the ground,I work on a day rate labour and materials 👍
You've done well today 👏
Good to see an honest plasterer I’ve been in the trade from 17years old I’m now 56 and like you say get off site work main contractors only want to pay £5-£5.50 max per meter I’m feeling it know. I’m glad to here your a 2 bag hit man same as me know 👍great vid
££5.50 pm2 I don’t know any that would pay that! Send their number mate
Spot on there mate👍 I have been at it 30 odd years and the last 20 on my own doing domestic work and just go steady . I would normally do the ceiling one day and prep the walls and then do them the next day. That’s the beauty of doing your own work you chose what you do and when. Lol it reminds back when I started on site hearing all the tales of how much gear being put on and how much money they were making and Harry Enfield had his plasterer character called Loads of money based on his comedy partner Paul Whitehouse who actually used to be a spread🤣i
I don’t care how bags people put on I just do what I’m comfortable with as long as it’s a good job 👍
Thanks stu great video your advice is really helping me with the starting of my business
This is why I'm going down the airless plaster route I don't want to destroy my body any more
Loved that video!!
Best spot on advise 👌 👏 as always
Site work and subcontractors are a no no. Its tough work don't do it to make some one else money. I'm 53 plastering since I was 19still going strong. This man is correct pace yourself it's OK to do some site work when you're young.
Great video buddy , totally agree with all you have said , and I wish I was more like you when I was your age , 20 years also a plasterer. . But I was a fool , worked far too hard in my twenties , ( 2 x 50 meter sets of Sirapite a day ) tried keeping it up in my thirties , ( 3 sets of multi finish a day ), knackered by the time I was forty ( which is still a young age ) Left the trade at 42 , now at 61 I'm arthritic all over , knees have fluid on them all the time and I have a heart condition . But I loved being a plasterer at the time , the job satisfaction for me was huge , just wish I paced myself instead of chasing the money .
Sorry to hear Richard. Plastering is so enjoyable & when your 20 - 30 years old these injuries never cross your mind you feel invincible!
I use the 3 bag refina for 1st coat so about 2 n half to 3 and 1 and a half second coat. But what you’ve said is bang on so many different factors. I did a long but thin hallway stairs landing over skim this week. It makes you feel a fool with all the messing about
Excellent video with some useful tips. Thank you.
work looks mint.
Thank you and those are some great insights and helped allot great vids 👍
Hi pal good advice there,I've been plasterering 25 years and I've done site work etc. It's not for me anymore.I prefer smaller private jobs where I do the whole thing ie plastering,joinery, tilling painting etc. It's a lot easier than banging plaster on day in day out.I can get the same money for a ceiling repair after a leak and taking time to leave it spotless cleaning wise than plastering a medium size room on site so it makes sense.
Also a one trick pony gets worn out quicker ,they can keep there ten bags a day lol 😂A lot of site plasterers can't do private work to a standard that keeps the work coming in. It's also about cleanliness and good customer relations and been professional.
Not trailing plaster round on ya boots swearing while skimming on board all day.And been spoon fed the work for peanuts
Bang on Darren 👍👍 have you joined the group mate?
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@@troweltalk2719 Hi pal no I don't do Facebook,I've just subscribed btw .It's a very good channel keep up the good work
Bull nose & curve looking awesome brother
Do a video on how you achieved them clean curves
Nice video buddy. Good advice. 👍 we need to meet up to do that collaboration. 😎😎
Yes now that would be a great watch 👍 hope that big job you’re doing is going well.
Sensible words 👏 👍
Well Sayed I used to do that meter work kills you builder aways wins I Price by day or by week
Spot on mate💥
Some many different factors affect your ability to trowel - occupied property? Empty property- moving furniture- sheeting up - taping up.
Yeah big open buildings, with no obstacles- you can put loads on.
There will always be work for trowels -: refurbishing and renovating properties.
Brilliant video so true wot you sed
I ust to do 3 sets a day 2 bags a set but I am 42 my shoulder is fooked so only 2 sets now and won’t mix up after 2:30 now
Yes most spreads will be causing themselves injury by putting on too much everyday but they don't feel it until late 30's early 40's
this is how I want to work. renovating a property atm but will be back on the tools once it's complete and I just cannot be working till 6 or 8pm everyday again. I feel like I wouldn't get to see my daughter if I wasn't careful of the time.
Anyway, I do love these videos about plastering in reality cos it is easy to have your confidence knocked by some of these "10 bags a set" lads
Big respect 👍🏼
I’m a reasonably quick plasterer. I can hold my own on price on new builds, but do a fair bit of domestic now too. Some plasterers who I work with think I’m fast, but I know lads who would consider me slow. There’s always gonna be people out there capable of doing the seemingly impossible, point being, if your leaving a good job, working how you want, and earning a living your happy with, your winning, so never let anyone knock your confidence, most of them guys are under 40, and they won’t be doing it forever
I'd love to be able to put on a full 2 bag mix before it starts getting hard without the use of a retarder, but I can't crack it. I don't think I'm that slow, but multifinish goes off a bit too quick for my liking when I do ceilings/big walls that need 2 bags. I hate spreading plaster that isn't soft anymore and remixing half way through a set isn't ideal. Got no choice but to use eazymix.
Do you second coat with fresh plaster from clean buckets?
@@waynebungay6496 Yes. I struggle on a first coat too.
I've been told plaster goes off slower on a spot board table, but I haven't got space for it, just work out of buckets.
If it's old walls 2 coats of pva ,plaster board put a coat of pva it will kill the suction and the 2nd coat go on a treat
@@Ireland-bc2gx It goes off too quick in the bucket for me. The last 1/4 at the bottom is a bit hardened by the time I get to it.
@@user-Wojciech Maybe you're taking longer than you think putting on. Which shouldn't make you want to rush. There's a balance between not messing with it too much but applying it neat. You don't need to race like a maniac to put on quick. It's more about technique to apply flat, getting a nice long spread and moving on.
I also start from the bottom. In one spread I get head height (6ft 4"). My trowel is 16" so I'm getting a decent amount on one stroke. Go up, back down, back up and move on. Steady pace, no looking for a finish yet. Don't need to overlap your strokes too much or your just making it uneven. Most rooms I only need to bring the ceiling line down 2ft so 2/4 hawk fulls will do the tops of a wall.
You should start from the top left. But if you're not dropping it down the wall then I find your doing longer spreads, less messing by doing bottoms first.
Just practice being efficient rather than racing. You'll get there
45 years old tennis elbow small hits now
Spot on mate!👍👍
in the past I've thrown up ten bags of hardwall in a day and 20 odd dot and dab sheets in a day
but it kills u
had 3 ops on me arm two on my knee
Class video as usual mate, the content is always spot on 👍🏾
Nice job too bruv 👍
That's true but if I work 4 days a week smashing out the metres I can take the Friday, Saturday and Sunday off and spend with the family
That first Forum?? ... It wasn't 'The Plasterers Forum' by any chance ?? ....... WHAT!! a load on Nob-Heads accumulate on THERE !! ??? .......... I feel really sorry for the Folk who go there 'genuinely' looking for Help .... They get the 'Wind-Up' like You couldn't imagine !! .... I used to go there when it first started up and it was a GREAT little Community .... I think the chap that Owns it has just left it to it's OWN devices and just reaps in the Advertising Income ........ You DID make some great valid points here though ..... As a victim of the 'Yardage Generation' from the 60's/70's/80's I can Concurr !! ...........
Im on price atm, i do between 60 and 100 mtrs a day, i rush about for it but im on site for 6am and im leaving by 2-3, £4psqm walls £4.25 lids, im earning anywere between 1200- 1600 a week and i do 4 days, sometimes 3... my body hasnt felt better bcoz i get alot of rest now
What area you from? Going rate now is 6.50 / 7 on ceilings in West Wales
@@Wetangle suffolk... i dont know anywere across the uk paying that on site... private and domestic mayb!
100 metres what's that 3 3 bag sets
@@blakeevans2963 no 2 sets i mix 2.5 bags lay that on and flatten mix another bag and half lay that on flatten then mix around 2.5 and lay the whole lot in! 2 sets... around 4 hours a set
Work to the thistle not the whistle 😀
Top videos as always Stuart 👍🏻 would love to work with you and Matt in the future when I get my driving license back. Is the refina bucket 50L or 75L?
Looks to me like a 50ltr.
3 two bag sets, home for 5
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3bag a day is enough for anyman in my opinion. Me and my mate split 3 n half in a big tub and add another bag in to lay on . That will do most decent size rooms with 2 coats .
work on private jobs is different from work on construction sites, it involves a lot of preparation and also knowledge, in a site work you don't have to worry about the floor and many other things
good shout, sometimes even a 3 bag day can be hard its all about the prep on domestics. site work with long straight runs is great but you get shit meter rate
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How ya Stu.... littlegarbie from Dublin here. Thought I'd drop you a message to say fairballs to ya. Ive watched a few of your videos now and in many ways we're different plasterer but in alot more we're very alike. Whoever broke you into this knackers game, trained you well. The 2 old timers that trained me use to laugh at me because I wanted to be like them. I am now after 25years of it (never gonna be as good as them mind you) but they must have seen some sort of passion in me because they never made it easy and seriously looked after me at the same time. One of them fucked of and died on me the bollox and the other is still on the trowel and I mean today. They looked after me, its my time to look after them. But looking at your work, listening to your talk and attitude towards the game.... fuck sake, they could've trained you an all🤣... Anyway hats off to ya pal, you know your stuff. Keep pasting that knowledge on because its the right type of knowledge, rare and priceless. Here in Ireland it feels like they're trying to kill the trade.... until they need the likes of us🙄 PS.... the 2 old timers im talking about is my father and uncle, who were trained by a real plasterer, their own father🤣🤣🤣
Littlegarbie great comments mate thanks for the kind words I was taught by a few goodens which I took lessons from them all but when I went solo I learned so much more through getting things wrong & having to put right with my own money lol thanks for watching the channel appreciate it 👍
Use a plastic bag on the cervs it works mint
Two 35 m sets
A good spread should can do 50 meters on site work , House bashing is £ 400 a room .
400 a room?! That’s ridiculously cheap. Even a small room is 500 plus materials
I'm 40 years old. I've skimmed a shit load. Now I go through 3 bags a day including prep. Ceilings over 12 m2 really hurts. I'm fucked
i put on what my body lets me really which is 4 bags a day 👍🏻
this is exactly how i work, 810 start 3 o’clock i’m out the door, prep and gauge, or set up day before and two mixes, all the builders lads moan i’m “part time” while they have two 40 min breaks and day, spend one hour of their day at the merchants, i gauge then 15 min break then mix again, then i’m out the house like a bat out of hell
I put 30 bags a day on , monday to thursday then go over it all with the angel grinder on friday works for me .
I do that too. Also I snort cream of tartar, it helps slow the stuff down so I can get more on. 1 line per bag
Good vid. Been at it 20 years now and as a massive stereotype plasterers are thick as shit, the lowest intelligence life form in the trade except for scaffolders. Always amuses me hearing the idiots yapping on about how much they’ve put on for £2-£3 a metre. Brain dead attitude. Nice to see some common sense and pride for a change.
Focus on keeping it flat and tidy.. So many start to rush then leave it like shit then on hot days can always get caught out
Was 40kg bags when i started an soon to be again if this shower of a gov have anything to do with it!
hi Mateus, I think the bags of browning and skimming were 50 kilo, I was a 15 year old apprentice plasterer, I was lucky I worked with a plasterer and a labourer so I was straight on the trowel from day 1, first week bored stiff just putting it on and off the handboard until I could cut it without dropping anything, 2 nd week the dreaded cuboards, and while I was getting stressed with plaster all over floor, I was told to give Les our labourer a hand to off load an artic half full of 8 stone bags of browning and skimming I was 5ft 10 and 9 stone, the bags were 8 stone, that was one massive shock to the real world☹☹☹
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Been spreading 30 odd years..Stick to 2 quality sets a day that you know you are going to get paid for.I’ve never done more than 6 bags a day on my own.
Well said as a customer I would rather have a flat quality finnish
Ide say 4 bags
Call backs are costly, not as costly as injury! Real Plasterers are able to cover all aspects, skimmers are not plasterers!
Any bloke who thinks it's better throwing a few more bags a day on is brain dead In my eyes. Im fed up of my kneck aching its feels like I'm always on ceilings🤣
Why is it that when I get all these plastering vids all I ever see is skimming work .
What about -
Render ( traditional)
K - rend
Acrylic render
Pebble dash ( rare )
Hardwall works
Coving
Dry lining
Lath and plaster works
Lime works
Floor Screeding.
Where are these vids 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Rendering & hardwall vids on my channel. I specialise in internal wall insulation mostly these days I suppose we can only do what's asked of us 👍
Yeah but look at the finish of these people that are putting on 10 bags a day, looks like they have never done it before.
20 30 bags a straighting 10 15 finishing that's real plastering per meter
And it's a hard work for nothing
Who cares
Plastering is a life long marathon not a sprint pace yourself you're body will wear out soon enough