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[@chrisvallance8176]

I'm not even a plasterer, just like watching your video's 👍

[@apbrownelectrical3787]

I'm a spark and prefer watching these vids to spark channels! Genuine. Love it!

[@Onthetrowel]

Cheers mate

[@carlbayley9053]

Your a fantastic bloke, I've been in the game self-employed 24 years now, I've had the same thing happen to me on a full gable end, I lost a fortune in materials and paying the lads, like you say its soon forgotten about and laugh after, love ya videos m8, keep up the good work.

[@fuzzylumpkins6034]

I am a Texan that has lived in Scotland for 20 years, so you know I come from a dry & warm climate and using mud, tape and bed- good old sheet rock. I started watching you after needing to tackle a house of plaster needing done. I have learned enough from you and paying a plasterer to come do a room and let me help to get a handle on this pva, skim, plaster, plasterboard and all this nonsense. Having completed 7 rooms and feeling comfortable with plaster, I am still beside myself thinking anyone works outside here reliably. I'm gutted for you. The biggest thing I have learned here is to hire others to do outside work. 4 seasons in 1 day and weather forecasters as useful as a nonalcohol pint, every venture outside comes with a high chance of backfire. Good on you for gettin on with it and for sharing with us and your son.

[@MAGAMAN]

Texas isn't warm and dry, it's hot and humid for the majority of the state, except in the few months where it is rainy and tornado-y. I think West Texas is the only part that is dry.

[@markanderson6969]

I am not a plasterer but a bricklayer and have been for over 40 years and in my experience everyone at sometime will do something wrong or things don't go as planned but it's the quality tradesmen who know how to get things back on track and it's important you do as you are only as good as their last job

[@tomsacadden]

Shit happens with outside workers here in Britain, just think of how many lost days plasterers and roofers loose, to name just two. You’ve gotta have a positive attitude and you definitely have that, keep on keeping on mate..

[@icxcnika9399]

If you’re not getting hardship, you haven’t woken up yet!!

[@TerrencePilgrim-du5fs]

I built 2 engineering brick piers. The mortar was perfect The brick courses alternate colours red & blue. Inside the building the piers were to be exposed. A feature in the kitchen. The courses perfect, perps all aligned. Corners crisp & plumb. Then we left the site. It was our own house. We sat at home, looking forward to next weekend to put the beam in. The heavens opened up. In our haste to leave, the tarps were forgotten. I was so sure we covered our lovely work. Blistered courses, perforated pointing, stained facework. Streams of water piercing through the piers from the top. We elected to clean & re point. Left the brickwork as it was. It still looks stunning. The character for us suited the moment. Representing a simple oversight. We love our piers. A bit shite but nature is so unpredictable. & in perspective. It does not really matter. I feel you. I really do. Thanks for the video. Always honest. Like a good craftsperson should be. Terry.

[@geoffwa3]

Yes you could of edited it out but keeping it real is what makes your channel so good. We've all been there and it's important to keep calm and be as positive as you can.

[@ernestogonzalez17]

Kirk same thing happened to us on a big 3 level high wall . We were just finishing scratch coat when the rain started pouring , we just sat in the garage watching how the stucco came off the wall . I still remember the sound 😢 it was like cows taking a shait , it was upsetting because of all the hard work 😓 but it happens to everyone unfortunately.

[@SEANPOL203]

That’s so sickening, the mess it makes is probably the worst part of it !!

[@ernestogonzalez17]

@@SEANPOL203 it also happened to us with finish coat (Acrylic ) at least 4 times . Like he said in the video , you have to take chances when doing this job cuz most of the time weather conditions are not ideal .

[@SEANPOL203]

@@ernestogonzalez17 I know 👍, the expense of the wasted materials is another sickener . I rarely bother taking chances , unless the job is for someone I know well or regularly work for and there is urgency to get it done

[@ernestogonzalez17]

@@SEANPOL203 yes mate is definitely better to be safe and not take any chances if there’s any chance of rain etc .

[@hennabry7959]

Your last message at the end…I couldn’t of put it any better!You’re completely right…work, family, life, have all it’s challenges but it’s how you deal with it and your ability to overcome it what really matters. Just like the old saying says…”Whatever doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger!” 💪👊

[@gavmorley]

Your a wise man Kirk,and a true craftsman.

[@MAGAMAN]

Mistakes happen to everyone. It's how you handle them that makes the difference. Too many youtubers hide their mistakes giving people an unrealistic expectation.

[@richardwestmacott1433]

Love your honesty and sharing your experiences 🙂

[@kierendelia8869]

Wow 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 that was bloody refreshing that ❤ in the modern era of perfect instagram and Facebook posts of immaculate work, making you think everyone else is perfect and your actually bang average . This is amazing to see that actually the master tradesman does actually have a nightmare now and again. Thank you Kirk 🙏🏻 right now your by far the best watch on you tube

[@benburton8463]

Win some lose some! Least you still have ur honesty. Now you gained a sub

[@mikegallagher2107]

im a gas engineer/plumber and loves your content you are a top bloke keep up the great work

[@Onthetrowel]

Cheers mate

[@mikebolt9753]

That's why your KZbin channel is unique, Its very honest and down to earth. Most KZbinrs would have probably edited the bad bit out and try to make it look plain sailing.

[@andypemberton4560]

You are a inspiration! previously been crap at plastering, but with your help at 60 I'm doing a grand job renovating a old cottage

[@barneykennett9282]

Excellent video, good ethos...👍.

[@TheNovember38]

I feel your pain mate it’s happened to me 🤦keep up the good work mate

[@JUNIORKRIBRIDE]

I feel like giving up some days kirk it's hard work making the jump from working for a firm to been on my own.. Your a inspiration for all us plasterers especially the young ones ❤

[@pauloshea5483]

The forecast is pretty accurate these days but hey ho. I’ve just managed the hack off and render of a 10 storey building list 5 weeks through inclement weather. We pumped it, great finish, base and mesh then too coat. Albanian crew from London their work was really impressive fair play. Keep up the good work bud!

[@jasonround6506]

Good to see a honest workman showing how things can an do go wrong.

[@freezy_3839]

The most important thing, you kept smiling through it all and you shared your experience on-line. Top bloke and keep the Vlogs coming! 😃😀😄

[@WKWr2d2]

Good job he never shows the stress just gets it done good worker

[@damotawest4923]

it takes a honest and a great man to admit and show he made mistakes...i can say hand on heart i respect you, and wouldn't hesitate to have you do work for me.... great video.....

[@simoneyre3646]

Great video .. we have all been there ! The rain in this country is a nightmare.. weather forecasts change like the wind

[@TrevorTurner-bc8zf]

Nice one Kirk, about 15 years ago I was rendering the back wall of 8 garages, so it was a long straight wall, no rain forecasted, by 1 o clock it was all done and I looked up in the sky and saw black clouds coming our way, I said to my helper who is also my nephew, GET THE SHEETS OUT THE VAN IT@S GOING TO HAMMER IT DOWN, he calmly said it will be fine it's not coming this way, half an hour later the whole lot was on the deck, it hammered it down with rain, thunder and lighting, anyway half an hour later the sun was back out, so we put it back in the mixer and redone the wall, luckily it was just a brush finish to the wall, iv had a few close ones over the last 48 years of plastering. Keep up the good work Kirk 👍 oh, it was white cement as well

[@pkpropertysolutionsltd701]

You cant win all the time mate; things like this would have really got me down years back but you learn to deal with it and move forward. Good on you for showing it; most wouldn't.

[@ianraybon]

Love the sentiment behind this channel, whether your lad turns out to be a plasterer, a brain surgeon or a bin man, he will learn so many good things from these. I’ve done bits of plastering for myself, wish I’d come across your channel earlier, really good content! Hope you get many more subscribers 👍👏

[@qualitykez]

Great summary at the end mate, you have a great work ethic and outlook in genuine 👍🏻

[@IainHC1]

Such a legend 🙂 Love ya man!! A true gent!!

[@kennymann459]

Just started following you very smart and sharp great job

[@jasonjames71]

Great video Kirk. I use a radar app called home and dry. its quite accurate. but im in the south east .driest place in the uk 😀

[@steverobinson9836]

Its a good job you don't live near to me because I would get you doing everything great job in the end Kirk, I work outside doing car body repairs and painting and I think I am going into painting submarines, the weather has been shite all year so far

[@jameskelly846]

Top man and that’s from a painter(we only get along with good plasterers) you know your stuff

[@johnjoemaughan3654]

Same here in Dublin. Rain 🌧. But your an honest soul. I wouldn't have a bad word said about ya.

[@macrook1961]

Like you say you go off your instinct and experience, no lives were lost just time materials and profit , we all learn by mistakes in industry and life. Full marks to you for showing the video , the good with the bad.

[@chayjones9624]

Massive respect to you, you’ve always been one of the best plasterer on KZbin, but my respect has gone up for you massively, as a plasterer myself I know that things don’t always go to plan and shit happens, well done for making this video to show future apprentices/ people wanting to learn that things don’t always go to plan and mistakes will happen nobody is perfect. Well done pal

[@eddieMurphy11111]

A Very nice job thanks for the video

[@stevem60]

Another great video Kirk, when you're through with plastering I think you should try out as a life coach. Important not to beat yourself up when these things happen, you have a great outlook, nice one..

[@johnbartholomew2035]

So true mate

[@paulnaylor6035]

Or at a college teaching the next generation 👍

[@costelalupoaicei5524]

Thanks for sharing your videos with us, massive respect, I'm a plasterer myself doing this for the last 25 years, i had same experience over the years, as you said, keep the smile on your face as everything could be fixed

[@davidbarclay6293]

Its how you overcome the problems is what matters. Laughing and getting on with it is the best way. As long as no one gets hurt. Then who really cares?

[@sheilachew1]

Wonderful man fix his mistake an you learn no matter how long u be doing it no one. Control the bristish weather we'll. Done be proud as we are watching you

[@aaronsherwood4835]

Great video. Great life lessons

[@iamkotutu9512]

This is amazing, thank you for your transparency! Love the reason for your channel - your son is a lucky boy 🥰

[@BryanTheSpark]

Great job. It takes a proper tradesman to overcome his failures

[@jameshickinbottom7713]

Top man Kirk! Your boys going to learn loads and not just about plastering. 👌

[@ChrisWhittaker74]

Top job kirk 👍that was a bad downpour and you was unlucky, but like you said it always rains here . I've finished many a rendering jobs under tarpaulin . You have pride in your work and it shows . Top job and top video buddy 👍

[@deptheocd1982]

Perfect attitude. Proper tradesman.

[@stevengordon2145]

Unluck mucka, You know the score you But got there tho 👌👍 ...ive got one just like this at the mo, tip ive found is keep big sheets in the van & try to line up rendering jobs up by area so ya can jump about. But most importantly if builder's say can ya just do this one today its always the same with external work no When weather's righ its right.

[@andrewrussell-ward1435]

What a great outlook on life, hats off to you sir!

[@MattyBoyy99]

Absolutely love watching your videos. Wish I had someone like you who taught me👊🏻 top bloke

[@stevenparvin6746]

Very inspiring vid mate such a wise soul you are ❤

[@Champ7611]

Great video and so so true. I used to get so angry and stressed when i was bit younger when things go wrong all at once. Nowa days i just keep calm and carry on, knowing full well life is ups and downs and at the end of the day these things going wrong are absolutely minor compared to other things people deal with in life! Ive had a couple of jobs go wrong myself, but like you i never give up! If you dont give up you’ll always get to the finish line and the finished job will be as it should be

[@robertturner2516]

Life gets in the way of perfection. But then that makes life more fun, and things interesting to talk about in the pub. Mistakes happen, how you deal with those mistakes shows your character

[@leslienock5079]

Kirk - I recently watched your video about why you do these videos. The sentiment of all these life lessons you are leaving for your son is fantastic content and made me click the subscribe button. As a (fairly new) dad, it makes me think about all the lessons my dad passed onto me and what I want to pass onto my daughter to allow her to be happy and successful. Thank you for giving me an updated appreciation for my dad. I'm a DIYer myself, but all jobs like this have been put on halt for the last 18 months whilst our little one plasters our walls with beans. 😅 Keep up the good work!

[@thomasrall7422]

Absolutely love your videos and your such a lovely bloke who is very good at his trade

[@Onthetrowel]

Thank you mate

[@robertwilkinson8198]

Great video mate and what a great work ethics 👍 the end was a nice touch your son is very lucky to have a role model like you .

[@martindavis925]

Nice and honest Kirk and completely the right attitude to have 👍 I have lost count of the times it’s happened, the worst was in the 80’s when we had waterproofer in the base coats so we could get the whole house top coated in a day with a gang or worst still was when we were rough casting or wet dashing !! It only needed to be foggy and it slid off lol All sent to test us son ✌️I can also see so many old school traits in your spreading, from your dad and his teacher and that’s pretty cool and takes me back to my elder family members were still spreading.

[@antonyetherington7358]

Great video… you’re a credit a gentleman and life coach

[@paulbowman1762]

Honesty is the best policy Bigman ! Massive RESPECT to you ! Onwards and upwards ! I really hope you have a great yesr !, London 👊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@williamgoggin3633]

Great video very true words of wisdom

[@PaulSmith-wz2yw]

Your such a good spread mate. Nice to see someone using an o rule too for k rend ect...

[@paulnaylor6035]

Yep we have all been there watched a whole side of a house wash off after telling the boss the weather is all wrong but the boss said do it and it all ended in a mess that you have to sort out 👍 great video chin up carry on 😂

[@ponygringo]

this happened to us in the 90's only difference is in our case it was a 3 story gable wall and it was pebble dash finish with white plaster and coloured pebbles , cost a small fortune to fix

[@rdbanks2823]

Ace take on "When things go wrong"! Big respect Kirk!

[@Onthetrowel]

Cheers mate

[@davidharding3058]

Hi kirk every time I watch your videos I have a chuckle to my self. I think I've said before I had a big 38 meter extension on the back of my house and we had a problem with the grey water drain. The water board, builder, planing inspector. Were arguing over the drawings. Because of a mistake. And that was fixed , we ended up having a 3 meter by 2.5 2.8 meter meter lake out side the back door Because of rain like you had . Anyway it was sorted the rain was no more and we finally finished. 😅😅 your top life coach your videos are like a breath of fresh air sound work ethics I just love trader's people who love life and are at the top of their game. cheers from sunny Wales 😅 🍻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@billjohnson1809]

Turned out beautiful!

[@robfryer9962]

Great British weather and Great British Humour well done mate showing the good and bad 👍🏻

[@LakesLee]

Good to see, customers have far more respect when you work hard to fix your mistakes, stuff happens and how you react can make the difference. Also, weather forecasters make mistakes most days..!! 😂

[@Busta-mb8kw]

Respect for keeping it real and honest, need more of this now days showing the actual reality of jobs so people get a proper idea 👍🏻nice one

[@m.c.SHoppIng.cenTrE]

mate, you showing your balls up will help countless of others , i still have sleepless nights over jobs that went wrong 20 years ago . oh yeah, and get that knee looked at , if it can be done by keyhole surgery youll be up and about in no time. cheers bud

[@davidedwards3838]

The coat that you lost. In Canada, we call it a scatch coat. Second coat brown and third is finish. In some older homes, your third coat is a dash coat. Old-school way of doing the dash coat is with a dash brush. You can get a sprayer for dashing now, though. I do way more interior work, though. The trades are separate here. You have the stucco trade. And the taping/plaster trade. Every tradesman has made mistakes. Sometimes after we have been at it awhike we forget. We weren't out of the whomb being a professional, and a lot of mistakes were made to get here. Especially when working with wet. materials. Cheers from Canada.

[@danfenton89]

Fair play mate been watching ur channel for a while now am a bricklayer and mistakes happen it just does least u dont edit it out like a lot of brickes do on KZbin keep up the good work mate 👍

[@missfawkes9214]

It's how you deal with the shit times that show how good you are !! It happens to us all but as long as you stay calm and deal with it in a professional way especially with the customer, you will always get over it and learn from it. You learn more when things go wrong than when everything goes right 👍

[@user-ym1ff1vg8c]

Well done Kirk Great motivation as always, to just keep on going

[@Onthetrowel]

Thanks 👍

[@peterconnor6971]

Enjoying the videos I only wish I could of carried on plastering. Got diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis after only a couple of years of plastering, it pains me when I have to pay someone to plaster in my house.

[@lizgillies3564]

Always enjoy your videos 👌

[@johnjennings6352]

Kirk you are a diamond when your son looks at these videos he will be so proud of you.

[@mickymac73]

We've all been there especially with the weather in Ireland and over there in England

[@Danny-ql2ep]

At least it’s basecoat. I’ve had 4 tubs of tc washed off this year. Weather gave clear then it pissed down. Had the floor all protected colour was golden I had to scrape the rest of it off the next day was a killer.

[@Danny-ql2ep]

Tbf and that same job my battery on the van died 😂

[@russellrichford992]

It happens,it's how you deal with it,a good lesson in life, what ever happens it will be OK , great lesson in life 👍

[@mbond65]

Good message at end, worth remembering 👍🏻

[@zerg9523]

Ayup fella, where are you based? If you make it as far as Manchester, I’ve got a job or two you can film on.

[@viewer.86]

I know the pain, the last 6 months have been horrendous for anything being done outside!

[@jonesconrad1]

Kirky, thanks mate. You've no idea what that little message and the end means to me right now.

[@benwilkinson5457]

Happened to me a few times. Soul destroying when a panel gets washed off. Especially a massive gable end 😂

[@leegorman3329]

did this last year! high end bungalow job, 10 degrees when i was scratching, started the top it dropped to 3 then minus 1 for 2 weeks, work froze, still on anxiety tablets now!! a year later, rendering is some responsibility!

[@SEANPOL203]

Yeah, I understand your pain 😄

[@rasta_puff4204]

This guy must be the most humble plasterer there is I have learned alit from him 😊

[@neilmuir2752]

Great video Kirk. Like you say, something to look back at in some time and probably smile about. Life has a cruel way of teaching us things, we have these issues and we learn from them, that's what makes experience. An honest guy doing the best you can. Fair play to you. Its a tough game and we do our best. Best wishes to you Neil.

[@leegibson7858]

Hi Kirk was it the MR1 Eco Rend Monocouche One Coat Render you followed up from the eco base coat? Another great job m8👊

[@michaelmoroney4594]

I feel your pain I’m rendering a bungalow with bands around the windows with sand and cement and its taking ages to go off it’s a fight against the weather this time of year

[@melvinturner6654]

Wonderful philosophy ❤

[@Marley-wy3bb]

Now that’s what I call a plasterer’s nightmare , well done done big man Your honesty is what’s growing your channel ❤keep spreading

[@frank__rizzo848]

Least the beads are cut ! haha quality. Glad you can laugh about it mate, happened to us all.... "The Fear!' when Rendering.

[@jassin1]

Fluff your self down buddy and crack on. Life is much more than mistakes, it is about experiences. So happy for your son to see this as a Proper life lesson. Mistakes happen, we find solutions to rectify if we can and Not much more we can do after that.

[@mickydola6472]

Brilliant video Kirk in more ways then one 🤝

[@hewoguys2506]

just a little tip which i may already know when u do the scratch do criss cross not waves as waves can hold moisture and water

[@leighclift612]

I can't seem to get any work at the minute ,I'm in the milton keynes area !

[@Scottish_Brickwork_Repair]

Fair play mate , all of us wet trades have had to put up with these days. The stress that it can cause can have a knock-on effect on other jobs, but your spot on bigman with the great attitude 👍