The Plasterers Strike Again

[Kyle Knowles]

 

[J Sid]

your not surprised are you, never found a good Plasterer yet

 

[Italy]

This has beaten Italians

 

[Kyle Knowles]

Not suprised one bit plasterers are all crap the first time I had a bash at plastering I was better then 90% of plasterers out there there's no excuse for crap plastering u can get a set of speed skims 600mm 1200mm and 1800mm for about £150 and get the walls as flat as with minimal effort

 

[Kyle Knowles]

I had to fill the other wall out with adhesive coz there was more hollows in the shower area so straight away I'm behind I wanted to tank the shower today I hate plasterers the suck

 

[Old Mod]

This should get interesting later! Hehe

 

[Flintstone]

Was probably in a rush to get to William hills

 

[macten]

Your spirit level looks so clean!

 

[Kyle Knowles]

I usually give them a wipe with builders wipes at the end of jobs lol

 

[widler]

Hi folks I'm back
Mmmmm what can I say , I shall keep my mouth shut, for now

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I don't know why 'Tilers' complain so much about the state of walls!
If it's a floor we jump with joy that we can earn a few bob more for levelling.
If you've learnt your trade you should be able to make a professional job of the finished tiling but then again if it was easy everyone would do it themselves - after all tiling is just a DIY job to most!

 

[Andy Allen]

Mr happy's back.....^^^

 

[Italy]

I don't know why 'Tilers' complain so much about the state of walls!
If it's a floor we jump with joy that we can earn a few bob more for levelling.
If you've learnt your trade you should be able to make a professional job of the finished tiling but then again if it was easy everyone would do it themselves - after all tiling is just a DIY job to most!

after all tiling is just a DIY job to most!.............( I puzzled......)

 

[Spare Tool]

after all tiling is just a DIY job to most!.............( I puzzled......)

Sarcastico amigo

 

[Italy]

Sarcastico amigo

amico.........ahhahah

 

[hmtiling]

I don't know why 'Tilers' complain so much about the state of walls!
If it's a floor we jump with joy that we can earn a few bob more for levelling.
If you've learnt your trade you should be able to make a professional job of the finished tiling but then again if it was easy everyone would do it themselves - after all tiling is just a DIY job to most!

I think i'd be complaining too if someone has been paid to plaster like that. I'd certainly be charging extra to rectify it.

 

[Spud]

I dont moan about it I just show the client/ builder how rough they are and explain that his plasterer has just cost him an extra few hundred pounds and he will need to ring the follow on trades and explain there will be a delay to the job, it never goes down well and if they get too funny about it I just pack up my gear and say just call me when you decide who is straightening the walls me or the guy you already paid to do it

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Gary - that's the way to do it!

 

[widler]

there are plasterers and then there are skimmers, plasterers can plaster, skimmers can just about use a trowel , give a skimmer a bath a rake and a feather edge he would look at you like a 14 year old virgin who had seen his 1st pair of boobies

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Such a way with words.

 

[White Room]

there are plasterers and then there are skimmers, plasterers can plaster, skimmers can just about use a trowel , give a skimmer a bath a rake and a feather edge he would look at you like a 14 year old virgin who had seen his 1st pair of boobies

Skimmers, there new breed of plasterer

 

[Aston]

Now when I write this, I haven't got my plastering head on or my tilers head on, I've got my common sense head on!

I always shake my head with bemusement when I read these type of threads because as TJ say's ''competent'' tilers, should possess the ability to deal with floor AND wall preparation. AND if you were capable of doing your own sub prep to a good professional standard, then surely you would see this as an ''OPPORTUNITY'' to make money, rather than an obstacle because you can't do it and as a result the job takes you longer??

So, if you are complaining and you can't do what your trade states you should be able to do, then maybe you need to assess your self before you critisise others with flippancy or ignorance. (its a fair point?)

ps, if a wall has been plastered to that standard, then they are obviously not a professional plasterer but surely you must know that, shouldn't you???

There's good and bad in every trade, but if you are regular working at the bottom end, then there's a good chance you are only going to come across are the bottom end workers??

As my grandad used to say, keep working on yourself son and don't worry about what anybody else is doing.

Oh and my grandmother used to say, never be a ***** or a snitch!! She told me that when I visited her in prison ;0) Just kiddin, just kidding

 

[Kyle Knowles]

This was a man in his 50s not some young up start if he was new to the game I could almost forgive him but 35 years or more experience he should know better

 

[Kyle Knowles]

The old bible saying sumat about him with no sin cast the first stone don't get me wrong I'm not perfect but I would never leave a job in that state

 

[Aston]

It doesn't matter how old he is, that's not the work of a time served professional tradesman, anybody with eyes in their head can see that.