Nice to see a person thinking of the next man. Cleaning out the electric boxes. Bottom of the plaster. Cleaning up. A true tradesman

As an office monkey for the past 20 years, I have the utmost respect for skilled tradesman👍

I plastered 18 yrs, great great money, reputation beats ads, stay clean , mind you I’m 57 now and my shoulders are shot. Well done

Im a cabinetmaker and I’d employ you any day of the week. First class work and liked how you stayed calm - too many plasterers are stressed out and racing - creates a stressful worksite. Lovely work.

As a painter and decorator, these kind of people are a god send

I'm an artist/owner-builder on my 4th building. I like plastering, it's an incredibly satisfying thing to get the nice finish of a cool to the touch plastered wall. This video is amazing, so full of information, you need to watch it at least twice. And the professional attitude is second to none, a joy to watch.

Its fantastic to see your attention to detail. Your videos are great and do reflect the real world

Great video's kirk. I've been plastering 35 years and you explain all aspects of plastering so well. 😊

Even though I've been skimming for 17 years I still love watching another spread in action 👏🏻

Plastering for nearly 40 years nice to see nice neat clean job with the sockets cleaned out I used to fix thinbead with gripfill adhesive it saves lots of problems just push bead on small brush to blend, oh and marshmallows corner trowel a godsend.

This is great, some real life advice. Man, you make it look so easy!

Howdo kirk, i watch a lot of the plasterers on here, i can plaster, render and everything else to a good standard, but i still like to see how others do it to see if i can learn anything from anyone else. I noticed when you turned up and started saying about flexi trowels, all the others who post plastering vids changed their tune, lol, you are the most real of all of them, i have picked up a few things from you, nobody knows it all ! Keep up the good work.

Great video tanx for the upload,if ever you decide to come of the tools you could open up a plastering school,you have a great in depth way of explaining things👍👌

Best plastering channel by far mate be great to see some floating vids and tips keep up the good work 👏

Great job Kirk. Your video quality is on the next level!

Mate just the fact your looking out for us joiners by running the trowel across the bottom, legend

Most honest scouser i seen, hope customers still got his car alloys and stereo! Only joking. Top work , top man!😊

On the internet, everyone has an opinion on the work of tradesman. You're the only channel I've seen with 0 negative comments, all praise💪🏼

Probably one if the best plastering videos i have watched on KZfaq. He is straight down the line very informative and points out the finest of details on what NOT to do and why. As another person mentioned it was very good to see him working along the bottom with the trowel making the job easier for the joiners and also to see him fill a hole in the wall which he did Not have to do, what a genuine and caring bloke top man, thanks for showing us your amazing work and giving newbies like me a better crack of the whip and making it easy to understand without waffling. Thanks very much Bristol Lad 😊👍💪

Well done on a nice tidy job, cleaning out the sockets and taking the lip off the bottom for the skirting and cleaning up is what made the job.

My old dad found plastering quite taxing on his body in the last 10 years of his work life, so he tried to specialise in doing the small jobs that no other plasterers really wanted. He had ties with electricians, window fitters and plumbers and basically went around filling chases and small voids after the workmen and snagging. He said in the last years of working he made the most money ever for the least amount of work. If he didn't opt to do this sort of work, he is convinced his body would be a wreck in his old age.

Another very informative great vid. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge.

Some great advice nowt like watching an expert plasterer at work, nice job mate

Great video thank you as a Diy renovation my house learning from you,tried plastering many times i can do around sockets,small holes and a 12 inch square patching up is my limit,would give anything to have your amazing skills and patience,keep up the great work and fantastic channel ❤

Always a pleasure watching your work! Worth every penny for that graft. 👍🏽💪🏽

Ive been plastering for years but I love your videos and I also play mind games when doing reveals etc.

As a chippy its nice to see a plasterer do the bottom right and not sticking out top job mate 😎

As an Electrician I have never seen my socket boxes cleaned out of plaster. So this was a first and it's easy to do when wet.

Subd after this fist video, im not in the trade but very interesting and great description /knowledge of the job . 👍🏽

This was me other day haha kitchen after first job. When your driving there your thinking of the plan. SBR straight on then prep and off you go. I can relate

Well done mate 👏 👍 excellent work

Brilliant channel. Great watch. You are a credit to your trade. 😊

I've just signed up for a home DIY course having recently bought a project of a house. I've never plastered before and it's a little bit daunting but I'm really looking forward to having a go. These videos are brilliant. Thank you💪

True artist! Bravo..Specially for plastering where the worktops go..Something only 1% of tradesmen would do and it's such a criterion of professionalism.

I stumbled across this & im not into diy or anything but I well enjoyed that. Therapeutic guy!

I'm a chippy by trade and i was on site with the plastering guy one time and i said let me have a go it will be a doddle. Got the trowel about 30cm up and thought i best stick to woodwork. Lesson learnt! Plastering is an art and not for the DIY novice

There are many worthy skills, plasterers sit on the pinnacle of them all. 🙌🏻

Love the videos! Especially the extra bits you do for the following tradesman.. as a decorator a lot of the time I see things left for the decorator to do. So nice touch on that. Keep up the good videos 👊

Stumbled on your channel by chance. Our family trade is stucco and plaster, its great to see your work

I love watching people who have integrity 🙏

Great work Kirk I’ve just found your channel through suggestions on other videos and I’ve got to say your not one of these one skim Jim’s you see going viral doing ridiculous sets on board work. It’s nice to see normal tradesmen taking jobs seriously and getting a good finish even on a late start👍🏻 Im a joiner by trade but also a plasterer nailing timber together is a very hard job indeed 😉😂😂

Very good. It's a pity that there are so few tradesmen like this.

If you put a handful of cement in the bonding, it’ll send the bonding off quicker. The more cement you add the quicker it goes off 👌🏾

Great content BTW. 👍. The mark of a good plasterer, making sure the skirting line is flat so that we Joiners can put the wood flat on the wall. 👍👍👍

I use lime to set the bond off quicker always keep a small amount in an old 10L paint bucket with lid on or 20min easy fill for the finish plaster 😁👊

Nice work,I alway's find your work evicts interesting and you're u tube post's amazing for hints and tips thanks..

As a plasterer with 25 of experience use to do kitchen, bathroom and wc for councils for over 8 years and i used to do all in the same day, including the ceilings ceilings

It’s nice when you get a decent wedge. You get paid properly, you do the job properly. Everyone’s happy.

Good professional work ethic my son AND nice ‘quiet’ hands on the trowel for a big guy 👏💪👍 If the customer doesn’t like the price for quality work - then let the ‘rough’ squad in!!

Solid content pal... New sub earned.

Nice job mate. I was wondering do you also trowel the corners with a corner trowel or just brush them in?

You're good at you're work brother u and a guy called baine r my favourite to watch proper good keep up you're quality work 👍🏻

Brave skimming around live light switches, do you not cut the power to those circuits before you start ?

I did a one-year's plastering course at college in 2014 and got a certificate so i skimmed my own living room walls and i felt so proud of myself because it looked pretty smooth i was showing pictures to my tutor he said well done but then it got a lick of emulsion paint and then all of the indentations started to appear so it put me off and i never picked up a trowel since

Great to see a professional looking after other trades like me painter

Love it, but Reveals last, it’s thicker and takes to the bead better. Then some nice wet butter with first flat

As I approach my 65th birthday I have to say that these jobs are few and far between,,you simply cannot get them all the time,BUT this fella is a tradesman,clean work and is trying to help people so rock on and keep the videos coming

Port lads killing it 💪 Hard work pays, well in Kirk

Wow it’s nice to hear that think about the chiippys coming behind you. I do the same and think about the decorators coming next. If only everyone could think like this!

great video , I live in the north west and am looking to learn how to plaster, is there a reputable course nearby you could recommend? thanks.

you sir are the G.O.A.T of plastering👌

Hey Kirk, do you never add scrim to the corners? i was always told to scrim the corners! was someone pulling my leg or what!

A plasterer who cuts out the boxes and fills in-between the doubles 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Superb video set up is spot on. Must take a bit time buddy.

Skimming hangs longer on sbr, thats why that gauge took longer than 3 hours. Should of put pva/sbr on walls before bonding chases then you wouldn't have had problem with sbr mixing in with skimming.

Good job. 👍 Every aspect considered. ⭐ My apparent award winning plasterer moaned about every room, took matters into his own hands after being given specific instructions, complained about and argued with other trades on site, set bent beads, stopped 3-5 inches from the floor, left gaps between the wall and ceiling, and covered all floors, cables, pipes, and windows in plaster and then left without cleaning. Just earned himself a new award from me... #1 worst plasterer ever. 🏆

Plastering is just about the only thing I can’t do to save my life. Love watching you guys do that as it looks so easy. Only one question is it normal to put two coats of finish plaster ? Cleaning out the socket boxes you are giving plasterers a bad name. I thought the idea was to hide them so we need to get the metal detector out

As alway great content with a few tips thrown in...

Painter & decorator 38yrs & i know a good one when i see one, my trade i follow the plasterer & a good plasterer is gold dust, it's hard bloody work I've tried it but im useless 👍 masks on fella when mixing as that shit is no good to breath in , im speaking from exp old skool tradesman who are affected by it 👍

Great work what make of sbr do you use please.

Do you scrim cloth over a re-skim if no cracks visible?

Nice video, i’m from the netherlands and wondering why the first part bonder and the finish have this reddish colour? in my country it is grey or white

Ever thought of using a speed skim to flatten out first 👍

Now then, DIY plasterer here. I've got a house full of rooms with gloss paint on that doesn't seem very well bonded to the substrate. Do I need to scrape it all off (nightmare...) or can I just bang some bluegrit on it and plaster on top? I'm worried that the bond between the gloss paint and the wall underneath will fail with the added weight of the plaster causing the whole job to go tits up a few months later, but I'm lazy so it's a catch 22

Hey kirk if them lazy sparks didnt tuck them cables in we didnt clean out the boxs, but if they cut and tucked the cables in, then fair enough we cleaned them out, most of them didnt

No plaster would start a job in the afternoon!!! !!!! You need to learn the word mañana ……. Great work love you r enthusiasm ,

Do you know if you add a couple of handfuls of cement with bonding it sets pretty quick

I want some of the work done in my home can you do it.I admire your work ! -From the Uk

A plasterer that clears the back boxes... that's as rare as hens teeth. Most of them don't bother and leave them full of gear.

Great stuff. Clearly you’re a talented professional and all round nice guy. What would a labourer make a day?

What product/bond did you use for filling the chasers and holes? What kind of mix was it? Thanks a mill unreal channel

You make it look so easy 👍

Hi mate, I laboured for a plasterer for a couple of months and he never worked with wet corners noticed you did. Does it make a difference or not? Cheers boy

Any decent sparkie will use the correct back boxes and joining lugs so you dont have to worry about the space between the boxes.

alot of panels in one set, respect.

Top notch lads 👍

Lovely spreading 👍🏻 what do you think of thistle bond it

looked rubbish to start with but your work is great well done boys keep up the good work

Nice video kirk. I like those jobs a few bags of finish and you earn a decent amount of money. Hows kireran getting on learning when do you think he be ready to whack a set on unattended 👍

Brilliant vid😊

Excellent work

Oh man. I was a plasterer for 10yrs. It was torture 😂 earnt 1k a week site plastering. But I lost my mind. Retrained as a bricklayer. Similar earnings. Wasn't as hard...I mean...hard but not as testing as plastering. Now...I'm a construction project manager. University as a mature student was difficult. But it was worth it. More money less work...physically of course.

This mans not a plasterer,hes an artist.just class

Fair play cracking job fair price and extremely considerate of other trades not many around like this .

Watch out for filling in chases in old terraced properties with bonding the bottom 1mtr because of rising damp!

Use SBR if you want ripples and lumps in your finished skim where it’s not gripped, I’m not a fan of it personally, £600 for an afternoons work I don’t know any spreads round my way who are getting those prices.

How many nails do you put in ur standard 2.4 bead?

I gave a lot of work to plasterer in greater Manchester area… I had to clean up all the time because they didn’t use masking tape , I was told they didn’t want to spend the money, so I started to tape everything of myself

Cool channel. Can i ask a question? My old mans a plasterer. Often fancied retraining and learning it meself. But im an old sod meself now (42). Do you see many older fellas retraining and coming into the trade?

Dont forget the floor layers that have to scrape yer plaster off the floor b4 fitting 😂.Nice job pal.