HOW TO PATCH UP A CHASE

[@richieb9067]

As a spark who also skims this is a great video as these tips are hard to know when you teach yourself. ALSO, the attention to detail about not wiping cable markings off just shows why this channel is on another level. Hats off big dog

[@aiden2402]

Not only is this man a master tradesman but he is a natural teacher. That’s a huge skill set on its own. Many people can be great at what they do but fall very short when it comes to teaching it. He also comes across a a genuinely decent bloke.

[@duncanfraser5671]

I couldn't agree more. 😂😂

[@whitefields5595]

Genuine bloke. Notice how he does not criticise or talk down to anyone? Inspires confidence to have-a-go. Thing I learned most is 'Leave it alone'. Slap it on, rule it off and leave it. Don't mess as it affects the final structure. How does a DIYer ever learn that?

[@162tsb7]

Top stuff kirk. Respect for the decorators that will follow is class its pride in your work. As a plasterer myself its something that is totally lacking these days from sparks and plumbing that leave pushfit joints and cable clips proud of the existing wall for us to sort out. Every trade should remember and respect the fact that some other tradesmen is following you.

[@kingcorso4508]

Gotta be the only channel on KZbin I’ve watched every video and watched all the way through no skipping

[@Onthetrowel]

Gotta be the best comment on this video 👌

[@Ramblingpete]

Then by now you could plaster my house mate lol

[@kingcorso4508]

@ most definitely for a price pal

[@bungleeast]

Nice one Kirk. I’m an elechicken and big respect to you for cleaning the box out, especially when the that spark didn’t have the decency to tuck the cables in. It’s all about helping the other trades 🤜

[@ef7480]

This is impeccable. If only every plasterer was this thoughtful with cables..

[@duncanfraser5671]

I've seen many videos on this subject and this is beyond doubt the most informative and professional so far. It shows us amateurs an in depth tutorial and no jargon just plain English/scouse. The only down side is he's not a Manc ! But 😂😂 Regards DF.

[@OA1998.]

Mate you are a legend, i always do my best to be considerate to other trades, never met a plasterer work this clean and neat.

[@jamesknightreading]

I could listen to this guy talk all day. :)

[@Onthetrowel]

My missus can't 🤣

[@rbrazz]

I liked that mixing the small batch with the scratcher.

[@InstinctiveTravels]

Thanks Kirk. I've noticed you have mentioned a few times not to use gypsum on the exterior walls, when there is a solid wall. The preferred would be lime if replacing lime. But what do you use most on the exterior walls? Sand & cement? I think you've mentioned this before. If so, why sand and cement? Does this handle moisture much better than gypsum? Thanks so much for your great videos

[@kenandbarbie2281]

Sand and cement will also absorb moisture like a sponge, but I know a lot of plasterers recommend this. I suppose you could add a plasticiser to reduce moisture penetration perhaps. The problem is that render will leave your wall freezing cold in winter and prone to condensation and black mould - I speak from experience!

[@lukedruggan6839]

You can add waterproof materials to sand and cement such as SBR, its very rare that sand and cement will blow but it can crack, gypsum based plasters suck up moisture are prone to blowing and holding damp ​@kenandbarbie2281

[@gapster77]

Look at that! I didn’t know a Plasterer could not fill my boxes with plaster? I always coil my cables within the box, but I guess that’s not really that helpful after watching this. …I have genuinely had boxes completely filled over, only a couple of times. Love this Chanel, it’s valuable to not only pick up tips, but to also see things from a different tradesman’s perspective.

[@Onthetrowel]

To get a nice flat wall easier it's good to be able to trowel straight over the top of the boxes, id say still took the wires in as it does make life easier and some spiteful fellas will snip them off short. Thanks for the nice comment mate 🙂👍

[@JCLIPSZTV]

Love Kirk’s channel learned so much off you in my 4 years of plastering. Instant click

[@Onthetrowel]

Great to have you here mate

[@twelveightyone]

I love watching videos of master craftsmen, which is why I watch your videos. Kudos big man.

[@DazDaz105]

What’s this ??? A plasterer that has pride in his work and cleans up, and makes things easier for other trades ? Fair play Sir 👌

[@wgj4813]

Many thanks from a DIY plasterer. I never stop learning.

[@timp8019]

I always use multi finish because I need as much time as I can get, it amazes me how easy you make skimming ceilings look.

[@TheIrishCartman]

Carpenter here, you make it look easy lad, top class.

[@gregc7699]

Tour attention to detail even the oart ehen you matched the orange peel ceiling 😂 your such a perfectionist i wish more trades people were like you

[@arr0wfree855]

Such good teaching and quite a relaxing feel to the viewing too .. Thank You On The Trowel for this Smile on me Dial .

[@PAUL-yv2kk]

Top tips there, very generous of you to share your expertise 👍

[@apmullen]

Top notch especially when you cleaned out the back box, too easy when the sperkie has to do it the sides crack as they have not been properly filled as you covered in the video. First class as always 👍

[@philc787]

Brilliant. Great content and explanation. Greets from Manchester

[@ScottWilson1984]

The style of this video reminded me of some old Jack Hargreaves type stuff, but for plastering - narrated practically, simply and to the point. Keeping an old skill alive of passing down practical information in a very concise and experientially informed way ✊ If an archaeologist in the future dug up one of your well worn trowels, I wonder what they would think about our period of civilisation? 🤔😂

[@FirdayNightMatt]

As a painter and decorator I wish every platerer blended in like this. I've only been going a few years but many I have come across don't bother.

[@colmogaora6055]

He's at it again. The Michaelangelo of the plastering trade. Awesome craft.

[@MarkyinUK]

Would be interesting to see a similar job on an external wall with no cavity. If you come across one in near future. Thanks again.

[@kenandbarbie2281]

Kirk, great vid as always, mate! What do you recommend as a back coat on solid walls then? In our Victorian house we have one wall that is rendered, with a skim coat on top, and the wall is freezing cold in winter, always attracting condensation and mould (despite best efforts to ventilate etc). Some walls still have the original Victorian plaster (lime and sand?) and don't get as cold. We had another wall hardwalled and skimmed - doesn't seem to be attracting moisture. Exterior of house is rendered.

[@stephenhill8991]

Always interesting and great tips. Thanks.

[@neilmclaughlin2461]

You mention to avoid using a gypsum back coat plaster on a solid exterior wall. What products can you use instead for both the back and finish coats?

[@markhutton6824]

Your work is amazing! Apparently our fingers can detect a 1/10th of a mm difference so you feeling by hand and not noticing anything means you have got it perfectly done. i have summer house than has been nothing but a problem since we bought the home, 3 years ago I had to replace 142m2 of 18mm OSB, insulation and the all of the felt roof. i have just used 17 5.2m 190mm faced tongue and grove boards to replace the floor under the lino they had installed. My issue is apart from the bowed and damaged plaster boards walls and ceilings... it the arch that was made. Instead of an angled ceiling the decided to make it an arch.... any advice including paying you come and fix the ceiling and walls would be such a boon. I am at a loss as how it tackle it.

[@lazylad8544]

Perhaps you could do an after video were it's been painted. That way people would know the quality of your plastering when you can't see the work.

[@robcoppin5699]

That sparky cuts a neater chase than the one i've been following round for the past few months......I used a full bag of bonding just on the downstairs yesterday 😫

[@whitefields5595]

As a DIYer, how long does an open bag of multi / board finish last, and under what conditions can it be stored? I rarely need a 25kg bag, so I use Easifill instead for small quantities, but realise I'm paying over the odds to do so, Love the vids, even more detail. Your style has improved too. Less larking about, now straight to the point

[@AndrewWardle-d8q]

Super work Kirk. Question - where the whole wall is to be skimmed, would you expect to fill once with bonding before the final skim coat, or would you do a local skim coat on top of the bonding before the overall wall skim?

[@MarkyinUK]

Thanks for another really informative video will be a great help on a couple areas im working on, helping the folks.

[@kevinbenstock8116]

Hi Kirk, love your videos as a handyman, those tips come in very handy, as you said in this video,dont use a gypsum based plaster on a solid wall only on cavity walls, well whats best for a solid brick external 9" wall ?. and would you still use PVA or SBR, cheers.

[@Sci-fi-Si]

Truly professional. You legend. PS. Can I ask what you think of using. Tetrion?

[@jonathanbuzzard1376]

My top tip is to take the backbox off the wall, put some bonding/hardwall in the hole and then put the backbox back in and screw down. Remove the squidged out plaster. It helps get the backbox nice and straight as getting the back in the brick/block flat is tricky. Also once set the screw then basically becomes a chicken rivet because the backbox will be stuck rock solid in the wall via the plaster in my experience.

[@ooslum]

Can't tell you how many damp replacement window surrounds there are in solid walls where gypsum plaster has been used, good lad.

[@timmeey6902]

I'm fascinated how many different types of plastering there are over there. I'm not a plasterer, but where I am in New Zealand, I've only had to choose between Gib tradeset 15, 45, and 90 for jointing. And then there's premixed air drying stuff in a bucket for topping. Amateur DIYers use it for jointing too, which I disagree with. Paper tape is used for joints and I've had to repair plenty of cracks at home where fibreglass mesh tape had been used instead of paper assumingly by lazy plasterer in the past.

[@dariusmatulevicius9559]

very instructive.good job.👍

[@sedulousdabbler5468]

What a consummate professional. Fantastic

[@andysims4906]

I always put a couple plasterboard nails lightly holding the conduit in place as you want it held fairly tight against the brickwork behind . Helps stop cracking later . Electrician should do that not the plasterer

[@whitefields5595]

At last! ... you mentioned Easyfil. Can you do the pros and cons of Easifil please. On chases as a DIYer, I always use bonding then EFill. Presume it is softer that board/multifinish, btt so easy to use and easy to sand down later.

[@Car_Sparky]

A great well explained tutorial, nice one 👍🏻

[@waxonflaxon]

What plaster do you use if there is no cavity?

[@jamiec4108]

Iam guessing it has to be sand and cement

[@waxonflaxon]

@jamiec4108 that's not plaster?

[@kenandbarbie2281]

@@waxonflaxon Haha. Sand and cement will leave the inside of your wall freezing cold in winter and prone to condensation and black mould. I have asked the exact same question, hoping Kirk can chime in? Personally, I'm going to board over my rendered wall with insulated plasterboard come spring time, but that won't be possible in every situation, although I do prefer to have a solid finish where possible, not weak plasterboard! 🙄

[@AdamBeddall]

Lime

[@waxonflaxon]

@@AdamBeddall mate you can't put limes on the wall , that's a fruit!

[@NAFO_Badger_Brigade]

Awesome job! You mentioned using patching plaster. How might it be different?

[@funkypotamus]

Exactly what I needed. Thanks mate 😊

[@paultowns9880]

Great tutorial Kirk. Take care.

[@poohpot4462]

Brilliant as always!

[@RobH-xx2nw]

Brilliant video. Just make sure the power is off and the cables are isolated!!

[@James_Arathoon]

Another really informative video from the main man! All the best pal 👍👌

[@Liverpool1ne]

Never plastered, no plans to plaster, still enjoying the videos 👍🏻

[@funky_junkie]

Nice work! I always use plasterboard adhesive to fill in chases with no blending, just literally fill in the chase.

[@lukedruggan6839]

Plasterboard adhesive will crack as it shrinks, surprised you don't get call backs

[@funky_junkie]

@lukedruggan6839 it doesn’t shrink or crack. It's also the best to use for patch repairs all day long. I'm surprised I haven't seen a plasterer use it yet. This is something I've picked up after working with loads of different types of materials throughout my 40 years in the building industry.

[@lukedruggan6839]

@funky_junkie the reasons we don't use it are listed, also it takes ages to dry

[@funky_junkie]

@lukedruggan6839 it doesn't take ages to dry at all. The amount of patch repair I've done with plasterboard adhesive you wouldn't even notice.

[@Wawaw738]

Every single electrician wished you was there plaster. 20 years and never seen a plasterer clean a box out never mind the cables.

[@Wawaw738]

@@davep592 causing criminal damage to somebody’s work, just because you have to take maybe a few seconds extra. I don’t get why a cable protruding out from a box bothers mud slingers so much. It’s not on the actual wall. I think it’s jealousy because they have to work a lot harder for less money… I connected one up in the board, mud slingers tin snips got destroyed when it went bang. 💥 he soon started leaving them.

[@markpotter8280]

Underrated comment of the century

[@markpotter8280]

@@Wawaw738 To any apprentice electrician reading this comment, never ever do this. If you do this expect to get the blown up tin snips stuck in the side of your head by the plasterer who is most probably twice the size of the electrician

[@Wawaw738]

@@markpotter8280 mark next time you cut them cables, just think are they live. and don’t always trust a volt stick we have ways Booooom muwhahaha

[@markpotter8280]

@@Wawaw738 i'm a spark but I'm on the side of the plasterer here muwhahaha 🙄

[@MarcusT86]

Another Kirk masterclass. That’s a great idea flicking the plaster onto it to match that textured finish. Although, textured finishes in plaster need to be banned forever! Will you be able to do a video showing plastering in copper pipe chases one day please buddy?

[@Sandysand701]

No need for glue, just give the old dry dusty plaster in the chase a good wet down, push the bonding well in around the cable/conduit, let it set, put a tight skim coat level with the old plaster, job done. Can mix some cement in with the bonding and the finish coat to make it set quick, this also makes it go harder.

[@hasbullahtheg.o.a.t9415]

Another key tip when plastering like main man kirk is having a hawk full left over from your mix as the scum that comes it some times has paint even paper and obviously u use this blend over can cause u problems and a bad finish least u your hawk full u left from mix is still fresh

[@kyleinglesfield166]

If I don’t have a cavity what would you use on external Walls?

[@CraveThatCoin]

Sand and cement I imagine

[@kenandbarbie2281]

Lots of peeps asking this, including me! Sand and cement will leave your internal wall freezing cold in winter, prone to condensation and mould. It will also act like a fridge for the room. If you have the choice, use insulated plasterboard, unless Kirk can suggest something else. I would love to know! @Onthetrowel.

[@alexanderhardy971]

Lime plaster would be an option.

[@shazryde1073]

I wish had you to do my kitchen plastering the walls you would have done a better job 🙄 than the guy who did mine ...love watching your videos

[@discoverlaurence]

Excellent upload.

[@DICEGEORGE]

can you add a box to tell people to turn power off first - the safest way is to turn the whole house power off

[@vincemarshall8550]

Alrite kirk do you remember that strange period when they started selling bonding coat in grey instead of pink ? Great vid cheers

[@Onthetrowel]

Depending on where in the country you are you still get grey bonding mate. There's a few different mines that they use

[@vincemarshall8550]

@@Onthetrowel fair enuf mate its been normal again here in brum for a ages now ,only thing thats changed is the price ,all the best pal

[@markpotter8280]

As a spark I wish all plasterer's could be as considerate as you, perhaps then we could all get along, but I doubt it 🤣

[@JasonSmith-gc7ey]

When I was an apprentice we always used to use board finish on everything! Dunno why, just thought it was the gaffers preference. When i went working for myself I always used multi finish, simply because I was plastering on different backgrounds every day , even if I was dry lining I used multi, probably because I was just used to it… I stopped plastering a few years ago I I changed my job but recently did a plastering job for a mate, I used multi and couldn’t believe how different it had gone, seemed very gritty and went off too quickly for my liking, but that could also be a benefit in some situations… what reasons do you used board finish? And has it always been fine on different backgrounds for you? What reasons if any would you use multi?

[@jjarman009]

What would you suggest for external walls with no cavity?

[@damstv8717]

pure finish mate

[@jimmysbuildingservices7288]

Multi for me bud as board finish ain't available at my local Travis. But I prefer board finish as it setts quicker

[@robertgemmell1485]

What do you use when theres no cavity?

[@maciej9280]

can this be done on an already painted wall, after adding a socket? will the plaster stick to the paint or would i need to strip it to the old plaster beforehand?

[@andrewthorn1399]

As a decorator, some of the spreads I’ve followed I wouldn’t pay them in washers. They could a ….!

[@ningis21]

Hard wall over PVA? is this ok? I recall from a previous video that you said FAT will crumble because it has no strength ..and you should not fill with FAT...or have I mis-understod/ mis-heard you? Isn't this a contradiction.? Either way nice video.

[@nickk8045]

If the house doesnt have a cavity what would you use

[@hemtet5500]

What is the name of that splash brush? Did you call him the elechicken?

[@steverosam1265]

The owner didn't want to sink those heating pipes at the same time?

[@BitsnBobs-hk5iy]

9:17 that made me laugh. Great "how to" video by the way 👍

[@SJWardBuilders]

Great video!

[@AstronutCymru]

Recently had a “plasterer” I got off mybuilder in to redo all my walls. I’m crying here, watching and seeing how it’s supposed to be done. Ahh well, at least I’ll know for future reference. (You don’t do south wales, do you? 😀😢)

[@micksoden7064]

Genius

[@anthonymoss2405]

If working on a house with no cavity - what product would you recommend please?

[@poohpot4462]

Kirk if I sand n cement a non cavity xterior wall do I need to SBR the brickwork before applying the render? Many thanks in advance.

[@Onthetrowel]

No just damp the wall down first with water to control the suction instead of using a sealer

[@poohpot4462]

@Onthetrowel Cheers kirky your a star 🌟

[@adithompson199]

Top man and top tips. Cheers.

[@Onthetrowel]

Pleasure my mate

[@stephensomersify]

Kept it simple but superb

[@JamieWinder]

Cracking job id of skimmed the plastic conduit got a chance of popping

[@DrMadv1be]

Another quality job & video. Pity about the rad conduit though :-)

[@jasonappleton3976]

Spot on as always good job 👍🏻

[@Onthetrowel]

Cheers jase

[@gwil6100]

Fantastic video mate

[@keanMechanic]

What plaster should we use on non cavity wall please ?

[@nihow06]

Hi kirk. Is it possible to plaster over wood?

[@kenandbarbie2281]

Not a plasterer, but I think it would depend how large the wooden area is. We had studs embedded in a single skin brick wall (Victorian) and the plasterer secured galvanised wire mesh over it before plastering (hardwall, then skim). We got some cracking across the line of the wood in some places as the bone-dry wood soaked up so much water from the plaster and cracked as it all dried out. Easy to remedy with some "fine-surface" filla at decorating stage, but I'm guessing the wood should have been primed/sealed with something before plastering!

[@nickk8045]

Would you use easyfill instead of a board finish or multi finish

[@jackwardley3626]

If they a decorator was doing it like myself we would use undercoat plaster first which is basically the same as bonding then easi fill or any interior filling joint filler that is decent at being sanded. A lot of plasterers don't do a very good job a patching with multi finish so I wouldn't recommend a DIYer trying multi finish

[@nickk8045]

@jackwardley3626 thanks jack

[@hm07123]

Great vid

[@chrismoore7569]

Use sand and cement to help prevent moisture ingress through plaster. Stole this from your video on wall chases 😂

[@Onthetrowel]

Don't forget the waterproofer 🙂

[@cadjet37]

Why do you need to have 2 coats?

[@myopin1on618]

Got be board finish for me Kirk

[@MrWhothefoxthat]

what happend to your carbon nella.

[@justinwalker5237]

Great video

[@stevecrawford4817]

Why do they not make smaller bags for different types of plaster for little jobs like this.

[@terry4144]

I use 50/50 multi and bonding then just lay it in and don't blend over the walls, no pva just dampen, a lot quicker,

[@jamiec4108]

Is there an easy way to tell if a wall has a cavity or not?

[@JammNickk]

From inside the loft

[@kenandbarbie2281]

@@JammNickk If you have a loft! Otherwise could also drill a hole and see if there is a gap behind it. I'd do that in a couple of places to be more sure.

[@martincraig-je4vo]

Nice one 👍 👍 👀