cracks in new float and set work but no coincidence but why?

[roy c]

Because of the different trades and areas of the building trade that I have been taught over the years besides plastering, I have been able to take on other "jobs" besides plastering ones and keep myself in work. I have only had three or four slack weeks over a period of over twenty years, If you are shown or willing to be shown different trades and can master them (Knowing how to do them and knowing what to do if you come across a problem) then this is another way of earning money if there is no work in your own trade. I was taught roofing by a retired roofer who came out of retirement to do work for the guy I was working for in Guernsey. He was also a lecturer on roofing at the local college, and everything he told and taught me, he repeated over and over again so it sank in. There are not many of us who can shorten ridge tiles with a claw-hammer,(not that we need to now) but before angle grinders how do you think they did it? So what my point is knowledge is a great thing and can earn you money when your trade is slack. And you say you don't use sand and cement because you work on your own, well I have mixed mortar up in customer's houses (Many times) with the carpet still down !! And no mixer... and still do.. Oh and I've always got some slates in the van

 

[roughcaster]

That is so true what you said Roy. Flexibility can keep you in a job whether you are self employed or an employee. All to often nowadays when people are asked to do something outwith their usual trade/job by a boss, such as ,, "give the floor a sweep over,, "the answer would probably be,,, "that's not my job". They are normally the first ones to be paid off.
I would never say that to my boss,, the wife.

Roughcaster.

 

[roy c]

Your a man after my own heart RC, just off to turn the dishwasher on...

 

[Richard C]

I've had to clean the windows (inside) & wash the floor today

 

[roy c]

Join the gang Rich

 

[roughcaster]

I've had to clean the windows (inside) & wash the floor today

See these women,,,,they treat us blokes like skivvies.

Roughcaster.

 

[roughcaster]

Your a man after my own heart RC, just off to turn the dishwasher on...

Iv'e just read your post again Roy,,,, you're lucky,, i am the dishwasher.

Roughcaster.

 

[trowelmonkey1]

i used to b e the dishwasher too until i moved into a house with a big enough kitchen for a real one, ended being moved to the laundry department then but seem to have been moved from there a while back and have been promoted to head chef these days, MUCH better than ironing

maybe i'll get into some S&C roy, inexperience holds me back sometimes, trying hard to absorb all the knowledge i can as just knowledge of other trades i find is making me a better all round plasterer, i quite like the variety of doing different stuff too, you know what they say about variety!

Being clean is my next pursuit, trying to get it into my routine as habit now, work with some other spreads occasionally and they are just not as clean as i'd like to be, not that they're particularly dirty that is, but i made good some chases yesterday, before i left i sponged the walls and skirting down and ran around with my henry, customer was well pleased.

 

[roughcaster]

Good lad TM,,, that's what i like to hear.
I quite often go into some houses, and the customer will say,,, " Oh,,, don't worry about the carpet/s, cos wer'e getting new ones", but i still cover them up,,,,, just in case.

Roughcaster.