Cozy
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Help Needed.... building workI'm looking for a decent builder/plaster in the Cleckheaton area.
I need a Window turning into French Doors, my current back door/window bricking up and turning into a window and the kitchen, dining room and staircase skimming.
Would ask Pikey but I only have a limited budget and I'm not sure I'd chance it.... 
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Gopher
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Go on, ask him, his own house is nearly complete and still standing. What could possibly go wrong???
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NE1
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Re: Help Needed.... building work | Cozy wrote: | I'm looking for a decent builder/plaster in the Cleckheaton area.
I need a Window turning into French Doors, my current back door/window bricking up and turning into a window and the kitchen, dining room and staircase skimming.
Would ask Pikey but I only have a limited budget and I'm not sure I'd chance it.... |
what about Armley, he's a plasterer, I think.
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Mort
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and Gopher knows a lot about being plastered!
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raveydavey
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A mates brother is in the trade - I'll have a word and let you know... 
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ArmleyWhite
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Replied to your PM on MOT mate!
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cardboardbox?Youwerelucky
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Cozy - if you haven't got this sorted let me know
A mate of mine is a cracking plasterer (er...is that good  )
Not the brightest button but his plastering skills are second to none
I've heard the intelligence problems runs through all plasterers
Isn't that correct AW 
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ArmleyWhite
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| cardboardbox?Youwerelucky wrote: | Cozy - if you haven't got this sorted let me know
A mate of mine is a cracking plasterer (er...is that good )
Not the brightest button but his plastering skills are second to none
I've heard the intelligence problems runs through all plasterers
Isn't that correct AW |
Aye, we have to put up with idiots who think plastering is like painting their walls!! Constanly asking "is that right?" and "i wouldn't have done it like that" 
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cardboardbox?Youwerelucky
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| ArmleyWhite wrote: | | cardboardbox?Youwerelucky wrote: | Cozy - if you haven't got this sorted let me know
A mate of mine is a cracking plasterer (er...is that good )
Not the brightest button but his plastering skills are second to none
I've heard the intelligence problems runs through all plasterers
Isn't that correct AW |
Aye, we have to put up with idiots who think plastering is like painting their walls!! Constanly asking "is that right?" and "i wouldn't have done it like that" |
When the said gentleman I was referring to above had plastered our spare room I was livid - it was grey and bobbly and I couldn't believe how shit it was - I angrily rang my brother who had recommended him - who told me that was the "preparation" stage - thank flip I didn't ring (especially as he used to keep an alligator in the bath )
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ArmleyWhite
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Preperation stage? What exactly did you have plastered and how deep?
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raveydavey
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| ArmleyWhite wrote: | | Preperation stage? What exactly did you have plastered and how deep? |
Put it this way - he used to have a kingsize bed in there and now he's got bunkbeds!
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Gopher
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| ArmleyWhite wrote: | | Preperation stage? What exactly did you have plastered and how deep? |
I think he meant 
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ArmleyWhite
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| raveydavey wrote: | | ArmleyWhite wrote: | | Preperation stage? What exactly did you have plastered and how deep? |
Put it this way - he used to have a kingsize bed in there and now he's got bunkbeds! |
I just don't understand "preperation stage" If the entire plaster has gone back to the brick, then one of two aproaches can be done.
A. Browning coats, usually two, then skim
B. Plasterboard then skim.
Maybe the prep stage is the browning. Thinking about it, that stuff is grey and rough, so most likely that. Never heard it called preperation stage though.
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cardboardbox?Youwerelucky
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My brothers a gas engineer
Preparation is a big word for him and he probably just heard it on talksport minutes before I phoned him - it was the "stage" before he came back and skimmed it (which was incredible I have to say)
So it was the "pre-skimmed" stage (is that any better  )
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ArmleyWhite
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| cardboardbox?Youwerelucky wrote: | My brothers a gas engineer
Preparation is a big word for him and he probably just heard it on talksport minutes before I phoned him - it was the "stage" before he came back and skimmed it (which was incredible I have to say)
So it was the "pre-skimmed" stage (is that any better ) |
Aye, obviously the 1st coat, Browning! Not a lot of plasterers use that these days, usually board and skim now!
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raveydavey
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Cozy, just be grateful you've not employed the skilled craftsmen Yorkshire Transformations have got working on my gaffe... 
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Gelderdender
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| ArmleyWhite wrote: |
Aye, obviously the 1st coat, Browning! Not a lot of plasterers use that these days, usually board and skim now! |
I love it when you get technical 
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nlag
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| ArmleyWhite wrote: | | grey and rough. |
No need to be rude about Gopher 
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Cozy
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Builders are like rocking horse shit at the moment, eveyone's stacked out. I've managed to have a quote done today which seems reasonable. Is there any websites where you can do a bit of research on the company/builder and see if anyone has had any problems previously with them to see how reputable they are?
The builder who has come today seems to think he could do the work within the next couple of weeks which whilst is good in that respect but does leave me wondering why he can do it so quickly when everyone else seems to be worked up 
Probably just me been too wary but I do like to check these things.
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raveydavey
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| Cozy wrote: |
The builder who has come today seems to think he could do the work within the next couple of weeks which whilst is good in that respect but does leave me wondering why he can do it so quickly when everyone else seems to be worked up
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What he means is he'll turn up mid-morning the day after he said he would and then drink lots of tea.
At some point he'll launch into a destructive frenzy and rip out half the job. This will tire him out, so he'll then bugger off and you'll not see him for a week and his mobile will always go straight to voicemail.
Eventually he'll turn up for another half day when he'll finish off the ripping out phase. This will tire him out, so he'll then bugger off and you'll not see him for a week and his mobile will always go straight to voicemail.
You will soon get so used to your house looking like a building site that you'll forget what it looked like before and you will come to appreciate the layer of brickdust covering your prize possessions.
He'll finish the job just before Christmas whilst dropping lots of hints about Christmas bonuses and what a bad year he's had (despite him spending all summer working in Doncaster charging 3 times the going rate for flood repairs and then subbing all the work out to 3 Polish university lecturers who will work for minimum wage).
Hope that helps.
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Gopher
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| Quote: | What he means is he'll turn up mid-morning the day after he said he would and then drink lots of tea.
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Nothing wrong with that.  It`s the way to do it. I`m always subtle when starting a job in a house, "I will have to turn the power off for a bit to connect up your alarm panel, so if you wanna make the tea now that will be ok". And a few dropped hints during the day about "whats that letter after S?"
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Cozy
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My uncles a plasterer, he and his lads all have 'company' branded T-shirts each with their name and prefered tea/coffee options i.e 'Tea - Milk and One Sugar' which they wear for jobs.
I've decided to let the builders get on with the job, 'should only take a day' I was told earlier when speaking with him. Unfortunately I failed to clarify whether a day meant the job would take 24 hours over the space of several weeks
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Gopher
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And thats just for starters mate. Tesco`s have an offer on teabags this week, best get down and get some.
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