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You can always tell a good plasterer who takes pride in his work as he thinks of the tradesman coming behind him. And most plasterers I've encountered leave a mess and doing so is not respect or professional. So you Sir are one of the few a master of your trade👍

An old plasterer I know used to keep some of his dirty water for the end of the day. The final mix he'd pour in the dirty water to make the plaster go off quickly so he could finish off and get to the pub. An old experienced plasterers trick, he'd been a plasterer from the age of 15 until he retired at 67.

20 years "on the trowel" and it amazes me how many tips you can still pick, up tips to make your work more efficient, content like this are a wealth of info for new plasterer and older ones , keep up the great work Kirk👊

Literally the best plastering channel. Should be massive. 20 years a plasterer. Big up yourself 🎉

Hi, I have been a carpenter in the trade for 40 years and your the best plasterer I have seen .

Nothing better than tiling on a freshly plastered wall

As I tiler, I can confirm he’s gonna be happy coming back into that new wall 👍

Nice to take the kids out to see where the money actually comes from.....I took my 14 yr old out with me the first time he got suspended from school and 13 years later he's still by my side and a master at the game

So many positives here. 'On The Trowel' is setting a great example for great quality workmanship, and consideration for other trades. Having been a snagger and handyman, back in the day, I can say that what he makes look easy to do, really really isn't easy to do. It takes years of hard earned pactice and dedication to become this good. The ability to share that skill and the wealth of knowledge and learning behind it, so good. Really appreciating this 🙂

As a spark, I have no idea how I came across these videos but I can’t stop watching them!!! Keep it up

Wish I’d found you sooner, just moved into a new house and needed a plasterer, found someone but watching your vids I wish we got you in!

That's what a good tradesmen does thinks about the next trade coming in after them not many of those left.

Your Daighter is a brilliant Camera Woman Bless ...... your a fantastic Dad Bro 💞

You can’t beat your apprentice up! 😂😂😂😂

I'm a carpenter in Ireland and I've just spent over 2 hrs watching your videos. Fair play to you for the generosity of your knowledge and the sharing of it. Tradesmen, for some reason, can be notoriously cagey about passing on all the little things that they've picked up over the years.. I thoroughly enjoyed your attention to detail. And glad to know that im not the only saddo who likes to read a good technical spec..

Hi Kirk great vid , I have been a builder for 30 years , I do a lot of my plastering . I renovated a three storey stone house in south west France, and plastered it throughout. Just want to say very informative video and Ime still getting great tips from you. Your good guy great work

An absolute Master at work.

It's nice to see a plasterer that cares about following trades. Fitting skirting boards to newly plastered walls that are way shy of the floors and having to pack them out, not to mention the plaster flaring out at the bottom like a ski ramp. If some plasterers had to fit them they'd soon mend their ways, but they don't have to so they won't bother.

Old school top man great to see it done the proper way you remind me of how I do it great plastering 👍

Kirks done all my plastering / rendering for many years! Wouldn't use anyone else 👌

Just starting plastering only done a tiny bit on a couple of our jobs but I’m really enjoying it and have found you to get some tips and tricks. Great stuff keep it coming because they really help 👍

Still find it incredible how neat you are around sockets and general pain in the a** bits.🙌

I'm not a plasterer. Milkman now. Used to be a Bricklayer improver in the eighties. Got out the game. big mistake. However love watching you work. Fascinating for me. Subscribed. Keep up your great work and work ethic. Brilliant!

Nice to see a fellow spread 2 coating, not cadge 1 coat. 1 tip from me bud and I've been doing it 25 year nearly now aswell. Even with the half time in bud flattering the first coat with the speedskim leaves whole job better and gives an extra 10 mins to washout at the end when on your todd.

its great idea to use those channels for backblocks instead of timber. Probably cheaper too. Good job mate! 🍻

Love the relationship you and masie have. It's priceless.

Hi kirk, Your videos are so informative and helpful. I'm a multitrade guy and do my own plastering, so it's all good information, and you seem a bloody good guy. Cheers

Go on our mais!!! 💪💪💪 get her grafting mate 🤣🤣🤣 fair play to her 💯

Great video Kirk & Maisie, been watching you for a while now and loved every one 😊

Great camera work Kirk. I hope you paid her well. Lovely job as always.

Great video. Thank you, Kirk and Masie. 😊👍

Not many want to tell trade secrets that most of us have had to learn the hard way, much respect for how you explain everything so clearly. This really is a godsend to people getting in the trade. What I would of given to watch videos like this on a phone, crazy.

Little bit lime in bonding goes of like a treat, great job as usual 👍

you are a passionate pro and attention to detail is top draw keep up the good work

Just found your Channel. Never knew I'd enjoy a plastering channel! Love your reason for making this as well, it would have been amazing if we had videos of our grandparents and parents lives!

Brilliant this mate. Not been plastering long my self. I know I'm a bit old in the game but just small things I'll do. These explain more than anyone I've known this is brilliant thanks mate.

Thinking of the other trades that are coming in after! Absolute dream of a plasterer😂

I love yr videos I've learned so much from them as I've just gone on my own plastering after yrs of been with the same old boy sadly he's to old now I was just a labourer when I started with him now I'm a confident plasterer I owe him alot otherwise I would of still just been a labourer he wouldn't let me give up if I would get my hair off and say I can't do this he would say yes u can keep going bless him

Thank you for youre videos buddy. I am a plasterer but due to events one night when I was 20 led me to prision for 8 years after getting out forward 2 years I ended up having to raise my child from birth on my own. Last 4 years I've got back in the game and I struggle at times as so much has changed. So many bonding agents and render forms that have come out old school way is my proffered method but it's not so much effective earning money. So I appreciate you're tips and videos helps so much thank you 👌👍👍

Thank you for thinking about diffrent trades man ! All the best

Absolutely brilliant

I’ve been plastering for about 11 12 years and I love the speedskim I use the 1.2m st blade and I finish ceilings with my speedskim took time to get used to how to do it but the ceilings look really really good when painted

Thanks Kirk. I love your videos and look forward to new ones everything. I couldn’t see how you put the furring bar in the gap in the ceiling. I came across same problem and had a spare one sitting in the garage. I didn’t even consider it as an option. . I ended up using an angle bead to secure the flap 🤠

Put a few handful of cement in the bonding . Works like a treat u don't have to wait for bonding to go off then .

I had a bloody kitchen ceiling come down on me a few years back due to grease! It was pva,d ( I use SBR-grit) now! So I don’t reskin kitchens anymore! Just overboard ! I’ve only just got a multi tool myself and don’t know how I managed all these years without it lol! Oh and halftime is a game changer 👏👏

Great work mate 👌 top man!!

Thanks

You do seem a really good bloke!

Mornin captain!!

i do electrics and not a clue about plastering but still enjoy watching your vids

Top video work she's clearly a pro mate 👍 it'll be with all the practice on the mobile phone. Some more top tips especially the metal ceiling channel. Any chance of a video plastering a bay window i always struggle with getting around the arch as you can only go side to side with the trowel. Keep up the great work

great video kirk,shouldve used the broken in 6 pounder mate lol,no seriously love your vids,as for dirty water i usually find a bit of the garden to pour the top part of dirty water then add plaster to the slurry bit to clean the bucket out ...takes years of experience to work that out mate lol...good one kirk nice job

Customers brave getting a kitchen fitted day after it being plastered 😬 hopefully they didn’t damage your great work mate …. Nice touch about spending the day with your daughter mate , grow up to fast don’t they 😫

when your dother films .you explaining everything like you would do to her , very informative

Love the board cutting in technique. Brilliant. But the binding...on a quick job. Hand full of cement. Sets in about 10-15mins and doesn't shrink.

Great edit Kirk 👍🏻

Love your stuff Brother 👊🏽👳🏽‍♂️

Tub of bonding 60 minute, might be handy to keep in van.

Well done Kirk

Love your videos you always do a top job ! Can you do a tutorial on showing when the light pended is still in place and sockets as there not always removed for the plasterer! Cheers

Ox speed skim it a magic tool. After criss crossing with that i criss cross with a refina speed skim which makes it a lot neater while still being quick. Then the rest with the steel

Top Channel , Great Tips, Enjoy your 🍺

Maisies camera work was great you should hire her lol all seriousness great video my man

Tip...chuck some cement in your Bonding, it'll set much faster.

The amount of kitchens and bathrooms I get asked to tile and I come in and find they haven't plastered far enough up/down a wall it does my head in...good to see how you think of the other tradesmen that have to come in after you

So enjoyable to watch. Cheers. Any tips on how to get started in plastering?

Lol I’m the same 2/3 pub settle down watch footy … this week on Sunday went empty house 7 ish green grit 2 walls ready for the following Saturday . Then went to next job for 8.30 ..😩 had to wake them up and I told them what time I was coming .. got in 15 mins later . Hate it when people know you’re coming but not bothered ..but I like to be finished for 2. They don’t see that😩😩😩

You may have already done this... I'm doing up a house in Toxteth and taking the old skirting off the bottom of the 100 year old wall work is crumbling. The rest of the wall feels solid, I'd love to see how you'd tackle filling in the gap left to the brickwork. I think I've done it right as it feels solid and the new skirting hasn't come off (yet).

When i have to straighten a wall or fill in chasses before skimming to make bonding go off quickly add some dirty water or some cement dust got me out of trouble many times it works

Try bonding 60 we go through bags of it ready to skim in 30 mins or so no matter what surface you put it on

Clean and tidy as always another top job, do you put much thin coat on? Would love to see a video

Dirty water goes into the nearest Bush 👀😅

Great job as ever …. The metal splinters from the black screws are the worst

Would love to see you having a bash at Venetian

as neighbors would moan about putting dirty water down mains drains i have a separate bucket with a lid on and once it's settled just separate the clean water on the top and skip the solids

Kirk I think the bubbling is caused by the Speedskim bringing moisture to the surface. My labourer bought one and I used it on a few jobs and had bubbling on every job. Gone back to the stainless steel spat and not had any issues.

The water goes into the neighbor's bushes

The black splinters off cheap screws are horrible, most of the time I don’t notice them for a week or 2 then have to take a Stanley to my hand dig them out 😂

Trigger has 2 x "G's" not one, (16:12). Write it down 100 times while you stay in at playtime. And as for spelling "Second" without a "D" (25:21) you can stay behind after school, 😮

Making a few quid on a Sunday way to go lad

Surprised scrim, or plaster for that matter, sticks to SBR!

Tip it in flower bed 😊

Fs free advertising 👌🏻😂😂

You didn't get any muck on that fridge! 😮👍

Very good vids Kirk... If you mix some fairy liquid with the the plaster, will it become more smooth and easy to work with????

Carnt beat the apprentice up!😂

Shame they don't still sell carlite😂remember it, and the massive bags of browning😂😂👍

Mix bit of skimming in dirty water at the end of the job and bin it

Only just dropped onto your channel as I am looking for tips and tricks as a complete novice as to whether or not it’s even worth me attempting to do a 15‘ x 10‘ ceiling in my lounge is it easy to remove artex or is it easier to overboard and skim? What are your views? you asked in your video “Is there anything else you’d like for us to see you cover” how about covering my ceiling in my lounge laughing my arse off

iam so down to help anytime bro x

Chuck cement in bonding sets quick

Mums the word on the scrim👍😂

Great vids Do you not put dirty water or cement in the bonding to make it go off faster?

Live ya vids mate been plastering for almost 30 years now, but just wondering how soon would you add you’re second coat, years ago I used to let the 1st coat completely go off before applying tge second, but recently I more or less apply the second coat asap as it’s an early finish ha what’s you’re thoughts mate ? Btw I still get the same results 👍

Hi kirk have you found that bonding thistle has no life anymore ie not sticky like they have used a substitute and multifinish seems to feel like the bags are out-of date and grainy finish still smooth but looks grainy these days

Hi, can you gypsum plaster over lime substrate. Many thanks

bonding 60..ready in half hr generally

Not only your plastering skills, your brush skills are something you learn along the way

Any videos on float and set??

Katy is one beautiful lady ❤