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  • @darrenmaxwell3108
    @darrenmaxwell3108 6 месяцев назад +11

    You pay for what you get and this guy is hands down Quality at what he does!

  • @boardgamewoodsman8378
    @boardgamewoodsman8378 3 дня назад

    Character building 😂 that's a positive attitude. I hope I can be more like you in that way. Love the videos and you sharing your craftsmanship

  • @Copiumgold
    @Copiumgold 8 месяцев назад

    Enjoy your videos very down to earth and detailed.

  • @ashtonormesher9682
    @ashtonormesher9682 9 месяцев назад +2

    Love the way your always positive mate 👍

  • @jonnybuckle8789
    @jonnybuckle8789 7 месяцев назад

    So many good tips on your videos mate never seen so much detail on youtube videos. Thanks

  • @m.c.SHoppIng.cenTrE
    @m.c.SHoppIng.cenTrE 9 месяцев назад +5

    details are everything mate, Great channel and fantastic tips for people starting out in this game!

  • @deanmusgrave4644
    @deanmusgrave4644 6 месяцев назад +7

    Great work, my father started his plastering career in the early 60s, chopping horse hair to put in sand and lime .

    • @stephendavies925
      @stephendavies925 4 месяца назад +1

      So did I it was really heavy work then days plastering

  • @iggyboy2805
    @iggyboy2805 5 месяцев назад

    Only just found u on here and so far love u videos pal great to see a genuine nice guy who does great quality work and I've learnt a few little tricks off u aswell

  • @craigevans7415
    @craigevans7415 6 месяцев назад +16

    Hi Kirk , love the vids. Been in building trade for 30 years now and been a sub contractor for 25 of those. Been on my own now for 5 years. I’m a painter not a plasterer although I do patch jobs and also dry lining and other maintenance/building work . Spit up from missus and had to move house. Well she had the house I’m now in a flat on my own 😂 I have a 6 year old girl and a 14 year old girl. Haven’t seen my 14 year old daughter for nearly 8 years now so seeing you with your daughter at work also being 14 bought a tear to my eye as I can relate to you as a self employed person but wished I could take my daughter to work. Anyway this message isn’t about that. I just want to generate new work in the village I’ve moved to. I do all the free advertising on social media but I was thinking of signing up to your plan. But wasn’t sure if it was just solely for plasterers or all trades? I’m just looking for more regular work. I do work for a couple of builders and a letting agent in the village and obviously private but that’s not enough. I know how busy you are but any feedback I would appreciate. Keep up the good work. Craig

    • @Onthetrowel
      @Onthetrowel  6 месяцев назад +11

      Lovely comment mate, I can't imagine not being able to see my kids 😪
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  • @jimbandit1250sa
    @jimbandit1250sa 7 месяцев назад +1

    Nice one Kirk keeping calm in the the storm it’s a learning curve and it makes you wiser keep up the great work mate awesome buddy 💪👍🏻😊

  • @paultowns9880
    @paultowns9880 9 месяцев назад +7

    A lovely job as always Kirk. That was a good team of three and a good system. I feel your pain about the awkward customer, its never nice even after you have been paid. Thank you for a great video and have a great weekend.

  • @phils3631
    @phils3631 9 месяцев назад +56

    If he tried really hard in school, he could’ve been a plasterer too. 🤣😂👌

    • @karlstuart7267
      @karlstuart7267 9 месяцев назад +2

      Spot on !

    • @ChrisKavanagh-df6fh
      @ChrisKavanagh-df6fh 4 месяца назад

      I am killed laughing at that i an a plasterer in ireland we say the oppisite should have staid going

  • @johnokeeffe2958
    @johnokeeffe2958 7 месяцев назад

    Great work mate very tidy n neat keep up great work😊

  • @johnmitchell5351
    @johnmitchell5351 4 месяца назад

    That van is tidy for a builder ,well done

  • @coxy1984
    @coxy1984 9 месяцев назад +16

    Hi Kirk love the channel. I've been plastering over 20 years and unfortunately come across the odd chancer. Luckily they are few and far between. Your works spot on so don't worry about it. Some people can't be pleased no matter how hard you try.

  • @nigeltomkewycz6172
    @nigeltomkewycz6172 16 дней назад

    Really nice review Max 👌🏼 What a stunning example 😍

  • @allenmccormack24
    @allenmccormack24 8 месяцев назад

    Fantastic video...fantastic work

  • @daveratcliff3140
    @daveratcliff3140 9 месяцев назад +1

    It's the one with us all in the trades... People think they can decide when to pay/not to pay etc.. And they kicker like you had people working out prices and deciding your day rate is not on and you deserve less.. It drives you insane almost like saying here are I'll knock up a gauge and you put it on and make it look spot on😂😂 never happening.. People always feel they are getting ripped off and it's not always the way(yes u get them we all know) but you get what you pay for... Top stuff as always love the channel and your a top bloke/team 👍

  • @Prestwich.cleaning
    @Prestwich.cleaning 9 месяцев назад +3

    Some people amaze me the way they behave, sounds like you handled it well mate, I always think if I was 10 years younger I’d be going through the front of your house in a JCB. Luckily customers like that are few and far between. Keep up the good work pal your vids are top!

  • @jimmysbuildingservices7288
    @jimmysbuildingservices7288 9 месяцев назад

    Nice video Kirk. Im starting that silicone render job on Tuesday but. Im half looking forward to it 1st time as you know mate. Glad you got paid mate. I was waiting 9 months to get paid customers account got cleared out.

  • @alistairbooth5509
    @alistairbooth5509 9 месяцев назад +19

    What a lovely finished job as always. Fab video. Love watching how you do plastering/rendering, it’s like a work of art 🙌

    • @Onthetrowel
      @Onthetrowel  9 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you very much!

  • @robjb21
    @robjb21 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great job, and great tips, glad you got paid out, some people just try it on.

  • @MrMunneke
    @MrMunneke 6 месяцев назад

    Cracking vids mate love them,you seem like a decent bloke

  • @loneranger5928
    @loneranger5928 8 месяцев назад +2

    You do a job at an agreed price. You expect to be paid . Great job .Good video 👍 👍

  • @calvinjones2136
    @calvinjones2136 9 месяцев назад

    Great stuff as always 👌🏽💪🏽🙌🏼

  • @oldfella8822
    @oldfella8822 7 месяцев назад

    Nice job bud. Cleaning is king as you say. On your reveals whatever size angles you've used use next size down stops or bells over the top at the back against the frame. You get a nice square reveal, easier to scrape back and can't crack away from frame then easier to clean against.

  • @ConradWhitton-gt9zw
    @ConradWhitton-gt9zw 9 месяцев назад

    Been there maté you’re a top notch guy 💪

  • @lmilne4859
    @lmilne4859 9 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant buddy. Top notch.

  • @SuperModwolf
    @SuperModwolf 6 месяцев назад

    Top quality 👌 cant complain about that job surely

  • @nickkiely7098
    @nickkiely7098 8 месяцев назад

    Kirk ,thanks old plasterer but great explanation on new methods."we could have been millionaires".Good luck and crack on.but we're only as good as long as we have health.Thank god✝️✝️

  • @peterhaigh5764
    @peterhaigh5764 9 месяцев назад +5

    Yep agree give them a quote and the price stays the same either way!

  • @peterhaigh5764
    @peterhaigh5764 9 месяцев назад +3

    Had it the other week.
    I gave a quote then next thing she’s asking for my day rate, I said I don’t work on a day fate I quote for the job and you except it or don’t that’s it!
    I didn’t get the job. Yippee😁

  • @Steviemacdonald6594
    @Steviemacdonald6594 8 месяцев назад

    Great work kirk

  • @richy-rsplastering
    @richy-rsplastering 9 месяцев назад +2

    Was a pleasure working with you kirk, see you on the next job🍺🍺🍺

  • @jbo1475
    @jbo1475 9 месяцев назад +1

    Tip for next time pal , Barr it up wet, open it up early and trust me it will be ready for a scratch pad in an hour max. , get it flat whilst still fury then just come back with the scratch pad and put a finish on it. That wall where you pushed your fingers in was perfect for ibar

  • @kingkongdingalong9260
    @kingkongdingalong9260 9 месяцев назад +4

    Would love to come over from Dublin and work alongside you one day mò chara
    Paul. Ireland

  • @matthewdrake9699
    @matthewdrake9699 6 месяцев назад

    Absolutely brilliant channel and although Ive never met you, and you’ve never done any work for me, it’s pretty clear you do a fantastic job for a fair price, and have built up a great reputation. God there are some wankers out there.

  • @johnthompson1252
    @johnthompson1252 5 месяцев назад

    With regards to your taping / masking problem with windows I have seen people use 50mm wide pvc electrical tape to do the edges with some real good quick results

  • @kwesip6267
    @kwesip6267 9 месяцев назад

    Smashing job!!

  • @laurencegorman-mm8fr
    @laurencegorman-mm8fr 9 месяцев назад +1

    Nice job, kirk 👏
    And great spiders Web 🕸 in your van at the beginning lol😅😅

    • @Onthetrowel
      @Onthetrowel  9 месяцев назад +1

      That's just borris the spider, keeps the flies down

  • @Nickpaintbrush
    @Nickpaintbrush 6 месяцев назад

    Nice video mate!

  • @anthonywilliams2764
    @anthonywilliams2764 9 месяцев назад

    Good work I'm learning a lot of of you , I work around St Helen, Warrington, Liverpool ECT , you sound like your not too far away tbh

  • @kennethlunn8656
    @kennethlunn8656 5 месяцев назад

    Great job mate

  • @user-bn2wo6dy3m
    @user-bn2wo6dy3m 2 месяца назад

    Kirk. I am about 40 miles from you. Ad love to work with you just because how respectful you are. Top fella I will always watch this.

  • @Chelskie-darts
    @Chelskie-darts 6 месяцев назад +1

    I always worked on cash on completion of the job , no cheques , no waiting days/weeks (unless it was a friend I’d worked for) but otherwise before I leave the customers property I’d want paying in cash

  • @leewalsh3945
    @leewalsh3945 9 месяцев назад

    Maté totally know where your coming from I had a similar issue a good few years ago now it was doing a hall stairs and landing now I agreed a price with his wife anyway completed the job and her husband came home anyway he’s not for paying us the agreed price but she okayed it after all the bullshit I eventually got the money just goes to show people with money don’t like paying great vid tho 👍

  • @Machine-rx6wf
    @Machine-rx6wf 9 месяцев назад

    Only just came across your channel other day and what a brilliant video that was . I'm a brickie if 35 years and have had my own business of 17 years , just myself, and recently I've had a building contractor wanting me to reduce my rate of 2 years working for him by £2-50 an hr . I have turned that down . I have customers willing to wait a year or more for my work so now back to that mainly having a bit more freedom again .
    I can do all roughcast apart from k-rend but after watching that video I would be more confident now of taking it on .

  • @keithGovan
    @keithGovan Месяц назад +1

    You need bottle of AVON skin soft spray. Keeps midges away. Spray on rub it in no more midges. Used by lots of miltary. Midges love me so i use and not had single one brother 🤝👍

  • @kelly182237
    @kelly182237 3 месяца назад

    top tip on scratching the final coat if you are doing this in winter you can do it the same day just get a small gas bottle and a touch gun this is what flat roofers use for touch on felt let it go off for 1 or 2 hours then lightly put the flame all over it do 2 meters at a time that will get the moisture out of the top coat and should be ok to do a scratch the same day saves you going back the following day i done this method years ago you only need a light flame from the gun just comes with practice get the balance right hope you like this tip

  • @bonse1
    @bonse1 6 дней назад

    Love the content mate, trying to work my way through it all!
    You gave me the kick up the arse to try it myself.
    You tradesmen do take the piss with ya hourly rates though ;) haha

  • @carlashton7330
    @carlashton7330 5 месяцев назад

    Great plasterer by the way.
    question is there any reason you didn’t wet the base cote down

  • @theresistance7739
    @theresistance7739 7 месяцев назад +3

    I have had the same problem with customers, it seems the more efficient you are the less you should be paid? I could say day rate £200 a day the job will take 3 days they'd be happy but if you did it in 1 day and ask for £600 they think your too expensive. It feels like your getting penalised for being good at your job . If you skim 100m2 in a day your not going to charge a day rate when I see spreads doing 10m2 a day for the same day rate

  • @scotland2256
    @scotland2256 9 месяцев назад +4

    Mate it’s covid.
    Ever since lockdown customers have went completely batshit crazy.
    Between being locked in the house, struggling for money and the cost of living now a very high % of the public are mentally unwell.
    I have seen a massive difference in customers/peoples attitudes in the past 2 years

    • @scotland2256
      @scotland2256 9 месяцев назад

      Ps get the guard back on that grinder 👀😂

  • @bazza23451
    @bazza23451 2 месяца назад

    Sorry to hear you met one of those guys, I repaired a roof after brushing the snow off tabbed a couple of slates, it was a few years back the customer said £40 was expensive I said go up and touch your chimney bring my cat ladder down and there's no charge,
    He said I can't do that I'm not a roofer, I said that's why your paying me dummy.

  • @bigblue1972
    @bigblue1972 2 дня назад

    DIRTY GITS MATE ,your one of the good guys too

  • @Sandysand701
    @Sandysand701 7 месяцев назад +1

    Surprised to see you at the start of the vid, applying the mix from right to left! Is that to put even wear on both sides of the trail? Think my dad used to do that, I've always found it better to work from left to right as a right hander.

  • @deptheocd1982
    @deptheocd1982 5 месяцев назад

    Never used krend always parex. What’s the water ratio, hand mixing with krend? Love the channel

  • @RichardDowd
    @RichardDowd 2 дня назад

    You were defo ready for a few jars tonight! 🍺🍺

    • @RichardDowd
      @RichardDowd День назад

      Hmmmm I posted this on another vid but its ended up here! :D

  • @billkingham8943
    @billkingham8943 5 месяцев назад

    Gets yourself some Avon skin so soft for a mosquito deterrent works brill and smells nice. I wear shorts all year round and never get bitten. 👍👍👍

  • @stephenyoung1484
    @stephenyoung1484 7 месяцев назад

    This happens a lot when you get too friendly i have found. They begin to think they own you as a paid slave because you are in their home. Also top tip for yer, use mitre mate on your bead mitres pal, works great.

  • @tsb4u30
    @tsb4u30 8 месяцев назад

    Smart beeds mate

  • @elliottdebell7783
    @elliottdebell7783 9 месяцев назад

    Maybe two at the very most 😂 man of my own heart. Your videos are enjoyable to watch you’re a likeable guy and a top spread 👍🏻 my only complaint is you boys should be taking care of your lungs. You earn good money you can afford a dent comfortable
    Mask 😄 Lime based products should be mixed and scratched with a mask. 😷

  • @lizgillies3564
    @lizgillies3564 5 месяцев назад

    What are some folks like 🤔Bloody cheeky gits🤔🙈🤔. Glad you got what you were owed. Good idea with the text messages 👌👌

    • @Onthetrowel
      @Onthetrowel  5 месяцев назад

      Tell me about it 🙈
      Thanks liz 👌🙂

  • @andywest3260
    @andywest3260 2 месяца назад

    That’s what i do with my beads put a bit of tap on the corners when it is setting over night

  • @ryanmcc1
    @ryanmcc1 7 месяцев назад

    Do you use the same trowel to skim as you do to render/bead/straighten/rough cast etc ?

  • @CH000L
    @CH000L 3 месяца назад +1

    The cheek of that customer is wild!! Almost as if it was preordained with the way they started off so nice and became insufferable when it came to pay time!! Some people are just strange aren’t they! What can ya do 🤷‍♂️ I wonder how your old man would’ve handled them🤣

  • @kieranphillips7381
    @kieranphillips7381 7 месяцев назад

    Look at the slant on that guttering after the down drop thats deffo gona fill up

  • @garywheeley5108
    @garywheeley5108 9 месяцев назад

    I can see another trowel takes a lot of pressure off 🤗

  • @steved6472
    @steved6472 8 месяцев назад

    Kirk try putting a 10mm stopbead against the frame with the reveals mate ! I do it every time now and it makes them perfect!💁💁I’ll give you that one for the scrim trick to stop mummified fingers!👊it costs a few quid extra on the job but you won’t look back!

    • @Onthetrowel
      @Onthetrowel  8 месяцев назад +1

      I like it 👌👌👌

    • @steved6472
      @steved6472 8 месяцев назад

      @@Onthetrowel give me a shout out when you do it!🤪

  • @PureTruth
    @PureTruth 6 месяцев назад

    Mate, I am in the opposite boat. Some prick quoted on a soffits and fascias replacement then plastic over on my elderly ill Mum’s house. They went there and a couple of days later all looked great. Paid them pronto as a man of my word. Week later all gutters flooded, dripping. Investigated closer and they had just slapped plastic over the rotten wood, screwed the pipes together, trod all over her flat roof which now has water flooding in…upon further investigation he has done it to other vulnerable women. Horrible, so I feel your anger/frustration, but from the other side

  • @shaun...6838
    @shaun...6838 8 месяцев назад

    Northwich is round the corner from me 😊

  • @MrJelsboo
    @MrJelsboo 7 месяцев назад

    nice cobweb in the van dude!

    • @Onthetrowel
      @Onthetrowel  7 месяцев назад

      Borris the spider, takes care of the flies for me

  • @pat9859
    @pat9859 8 месяцев назад

    Have you heard of the Hartlepool one coat 😁

  • @geoffsayshello318
    @geoffsayshello318 25 дней назад

    Some people are just not decent humans, mate. I'm glad you got paid in the end, though. On that note,when i finish a job and establish that the customer is happy,how long should i expect to wait for payment? Is it literally before we leave their driveway? Or by the end of the day/week? I'm just curious, mate.

  • @bigdmed955
    @bigdmed955 6 месяцев назад

    Halloween props above your right eye on the visor. Same as my van😂😂😂. I've been in renovations for 30 odd years working for myself, we plaster very similar as far as how and what, I'm not a plasterer in originally carpenter\builder but find I could do anything construction very high standard. But watching you and how you deal with clients for and bad is very similar. And but of a break at end of day. Top fella love the vid and attitude towards life and work in general. If we're closer I would use you on my projects💪😧💪👍💪

  • @parko1965
    @parko1965 Месяц назад

    Top man.

  • @neilstewart9286
    @neilstewart9286 9 месяцев назад +3

    How do , I’m a local plasterer near u in middlewich , I can tell u now , they did take your kindness as a weakness, and probably the builder was whispering in there ear , I find if u are a better trades person than the builder the try and downplay your work which is making there’s look shit , keep trucking

  • @jackappleton1084
    @jackappleton1084 5 месяцев назад

    Looks like kingsmead to me as a local Northwich man

  • @peterhaigh5764
    @peterhaigh5764 9 месяцев назад +6

    Any body should be over the moon having you in there house working for then!

  • @matthewparker5597
    @matthewparker5597 7 месяцев назад

    It’s just people mate you do get them. I would have done your method too Kirk 😂

  • @RolandKeszeg
    @RolandKeszeg Месяц назад

    I have come across the same situation with a guy I was doing wet wall panels for a commercial property . He seemed a lovely fellow at the beginning. He has agreed on the price beforehand in writing and yet he tried to knock down from the price halfway through the job. He told me that we are too quick and he thinks that we are making too much money that way. He wanted to offer me daily rate and he wanted to set my prices himself. 😂 I should have seen the red flag and left at this very moment but I ended up finishing the job anyways and obviously he didn’t pay. He was dodging all calls and left the country for a good few weeks. Luckily I had everything in writing and I always make photos of the end product so I was able to recover the money via court. But it was a very lengthy and annoying process. This the reason why I have stopped working for people. I am renovating my own houses and resell them after completion. I have no patience for people like him any more.

  • @berkshirekatie8069
    @berkshirekatie8069 6 месяцев назад

    Bloody hell
    Sorry to hear about this
    I feel for you

  • @iamkjb1
    @iamkjb1 8 месяцев назад

    That brickwork, omg it's horrendous. I have seen worse, by Yosser Hughes in Boys From The Black Stuff 🤣 Your work was a masterpiece.

  • @davos9450
    @davos9450 7 месяцев назад

    He must have been a QS 😏 The old Bean counters are always at it!!!

  • @jonbarrie7002
    @jonbarrie7002 25 дней назад

    My friend does property maintenance a little bit of everything....you would not believe nearly every customer he has never pays at the end of the job. Just about every single one of them take at least 3p days credit before paying invoices. Are they upset about the work or the money? No not at all they just don't want to pay! They often come back to him to do more work so it can't be the quality of the work. But isn't it amazing that they tell you how much you should be earning when they themselves have high paid jobs with 60k cars sat on the drive. Its not my business but i feel for him chasing money. No wonder many are leaving the trades....

  • @ryanmcc1
    @ryanmcc1 7 месяцев назад

    Sills need to be covered 100% you can wash windows down. But if the render has been on the brick sills it will damage them

  • @iangoodchild2897
    @iangoodchild2897 6 месяцев назад

    Mate, honestly I love watching your videos, I learned loads from this video. A true tradesman who wants to do a good job, I can see and fek that arsehole about payments...

  • @davidh2191
    @davidh2191 3 месяца назад

    What blades u use on grinder to cut the beads mate ??

  • @spanishpeaches2930
    @spanishpeaches2930 7 месяцев назад

    Had a few troublesome, non payers over the years. It's a serious pain. Got out the game 14 years back. The job became too stressful.

  • @jasonlynock4926
    @jasonlynock4926 9 месяцев назад +1

    I was thinking that the customer who was being funny about paying you was taking your kindness for a weakness then you said it yourself about 10 seconds later, I can't believe they also tried to change the job to a day rate some people are cheeky beyond belief I had a bloke do it to me about 4 years ago it literally took me to get to the point where I turned up with a hammer & chisel & threaten to take the render back off the wall

    • @Trekz86
      @Trekz86 9 месяцев назад +1

      I don't think it was about taking his kindness for weakness. It's more jealous clients who think you're making a fortune on their job. They don't realise it's hard work and materials cost a lot. I get these idiots all the time here in Melbourne Australia.

  • @mattybates78
    @mattybates78 5 месяцев назад

    Wow lads have no idea, my dad was a plasterer and I laboured for him in the early 90s no whisks just a bike krank welded to a shaft and plenty of graft 😂

  • @ianthompson6288
    @ianthompson6288 9 месяцев назад

    Did you know the name mono couche or however its spelt actually means (one coat ).I do it exactly the same but the one coat thing always plays on my mind .suppose it is one depending how you think of it

  • @j0rzeh
    @j0rzeh 8 месяцев назад

    Where are you based? I need a decent tradesman for some replastering in my house.

  • @andrewgriffiths8058
    @andrewgriffiths8058 5 месяцев назад

    Wat about sheeting the units and kitchen up ??im a plaster x

  • @paulconfident7025
    @paulconfident7025 6 месяцев назад

    Did you remove the top one, how did you set it as in not in stue

  • @stevefoley1021
    @stevefoley1021 6 месяцев назад

    Yes a craftsman needs to be paid properly, and plastering is very tricky

  • @damon9153
    @damon9153 6 месяцев назад +1

    Spiders Webb in your van mate 😂

  • @shanemarshall1852
    @shanemarshall1852 7 месяцев назад

    Don't think there's any mystery there Kirk... You got yourself a control freak.

  • @leew8812
    @leew8812 Месяц назад +1

    How do you plaster a caravan ?

  • @bkfxtrading
    @bkfxtrading 3 месяца назад

    Not even a plasterer but love the videos