6mm Ply

We get it with all the shops ply wall we have done it for thirty years no problems lol but the guys tell me the bricks are always falling off pra-ts :yikes:
 
I have done a lot of work for a pub and hotel chain I would say the last 14 years all there toilets and bathrooms walls and floors get plyed, over the years I have tried to educate them that the way to go now is cement board but do they listen no.Even tell them that theres not much difference in price but the owner listens to the carpenters and sticks to ply the times I have been back and chopped tiles out where the ply has moved on the studs and hair line cracks appear and internal corners opening up,Ive told him time and again it cost him more in the long run it was only in the last couple of years that he agreed to have the showers tanked, it takes a lot to change peoples ways,cannot refuse to do the work as it has kept me going for some time, but always have my say before I start a new job for them ,they all say that I dont stop moaning.
 
Just finished subbing for a bathroom company because they wanted me to dot and dab 600x300 ceramics onto lath and plaster with bal grip, no tanking in wet areas. Outright refused unless I could reboard with hardy and use bagged addy. This was after the gaffer watched me cut a key hole slot in a WC vanity by eye inside the boarders of the pan then complained that it didn't look very neat. he's a plumber so plumbing had to be perfect but the tiling? as long as it looked good enough he didn't care that it was wrong. Turned away 3 bathroom refurbs because they offered regular work, now im sitting and waiting for the phone to ring again
 

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