PLASTERING HALL STAIRS + LANDING

Plastering the hall stairs & landing on domestics are always a slog , setting up the plank & ladders & people up & down the stairs, in & out of the bathroom.. 😣☺️ On the plus, it's always a pleasure to see them transformed & it's the first thing people see when entering the home.
On this particular job we opened out the landing a little by repositioning a wall & raised the head height coming up the stairs. Thank you to all that have subscribed to the channel 👍
Stu
Trowel Talk
#stairs
#plastering #plasterer #tradesmen

[@geof1954]

Great video. Thank you

[@durhamhunter2279]

Been at it 14 years lads and I still hate halls stairs and landings, been on some sketchy makeshift platforms in my time to get the job done 😂 good job lads well done 👍

[@alyg9914]

Done quite a few like that. We always work in 3, one top middle and bottom. Not too bad if you can some natural light in with a few doors open.. Bit tougher graft if you need a bit scaffold up like a ladder and batten etc.. Nice to see lads on the same wave length as my team and get people to understand whats involved with these types of jobs and how to tackle them. Ive done them for years ,sometimes puts people off the size. I dont mind doing staircases least theres no furniture in the way most of the time .Your jobs are looking good keep up the graft. Great videos👍

[@eddiegilks6202]

Enjoyed that vid Stu, I stear clear of hall, stairs and landings now tbh, but I did like the way you set up the plank across a timber attached to the wall

[@alfamad155]

Lovely Stu.

[@HSilver341]

Love that “wallet bashers” me n mrs were peeing ourselves Great vid keep going 👍👍

[@jamieosullivan6752]

My favourite 😫

[@CheckFred]

Strange you haven't put your website/blog/Social Media 'live-links' in your description ... Missing a valuable KZbin assett there >>>> Very quiet atmosphere - had you all fell-out with each other?? ........ Three of you in that little space must've felt like playing Bumper-cars 😄

[@ronanduffey]

Great video thanks for showing it, out of interest looks like 1950s house latest so just wondering do the external walls have a cavity as I need to do similar and was wondering if possible to dab instead of hardwall?

[@troweltalk2719]

Hi, Either system will be fine, hardwall is ideal where impact damage to the wall maybe a concern or if you require a tighter coat of plaster also fixing into a wall is much better if it has solid plaster compared to fixing onto a wall that has been dot+dabbed on the other hand a dabbed wall will typically dry much faster & requires much less skill to install & get level. I hope this helps thanks for watching the channel appreciate it 👍

[@ronanduffey]

@@troweltalk2719 hi thank you for the advice, in case anyone else is reading this in the end I dabbed gtec thermal boards then two coats of skim as normal. Wishing all the team a merry Christmas and looking forward to your content in 2022!

[@grahamjohnson7934]

nice work guys, i also hate hall, stairs and landings, ceiling's are my choice, obsticals lol

[@troweltalk2719]

Cheers Graham 👍

[@IainHC1]

You've got Curtis back with you?? :-) Awesome news :-)

[@troweltalk2719]

It's an old vid mate from before

[@IainHC1]

@@troweltalk2719 :-( I thought he'd came back.

[@johnny6722]

Great job Stuart 👍👍 was that rendered mesh you put on them walls before skimming.

[@troweltalk2719]

Yes mate we use the mesh all the time now in old houses stops the hairline cracks 👍

[@johnny6722]

@@troweltalk2719 lovely thanks Stuart , do you bed the render mesh with your 1st coat.

[@bladeboy2041]

4 Students on the Plastering course. When they realise what graft it is that number will reduce.

[@troweltalk2719]

I'd like to say your wrong but the stats don't lie !

[@Brick_dont_hit_back]

1 coat looks like bonding...is that right?

[@troweltalk2719]

Hi Andrew the first coat is a combination of multi finish & thistle bonding coat. We add around 20% bonding coat to the mix which allows for building out, levelling up & also slows the setting time down. We tend to use this method alot because we are usually embedding fibreglass mesh & going over old uneven or textured surfaces.. Thank you for watching the channel 👍

[@brimplas1]

I cant stand landing and stairs... Lol.. Never mind 3 people working on the same one... 🙈

[@Danny-ql2ep]

How’re you getting the render mesh to stick before you coat it lad? I’ve only ever done a magic mix and bedded it in and skimmed over in afternoon

[@troweltalk2719]

8mm stainless staples 👍

[@eoinob]

I dont see how the material would bond to the wall behind the mesh. Is the wall behind pva'd ? Maybe enough material gets through the holes in the mesh to stick. Could be wrong

[@joedainton2189]

A lot of your work appears to be domestic. Do you deal with many builders? Personally I hate working for builders.

[@troweltalk2719]

Mostly domestic I do a bit for builders but not much. Builders get a hard time I think they have a tough job organising trades & flowing cash many are on the tools themselves too so they're spinning alot of plates to be honest I take my hat off to the good ones that can manage projects & keep all the trades on track it don't take much for a start date to fall away when you work for builders I find domestics are more reliable I can fill the dairy up with domestics & if one falls away I can pull another in & keep the lads busy also as plasterers we can get a better price & build our own customer base if we cut out the middle man & go direct to the customer which is what I tend to do

[@beecee6850]

Doing walls next to each at same time or same day is just plain wrong, no wonder I see shit plastering all the time, decorator 35 years

[@craigdewhust4729]

Decoraters constantly whining,shite trade too lol