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

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

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.

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💪🏼

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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 😊👍💪

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

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.

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

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 ❤

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

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 👏

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

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

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.

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.

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

I love watching people who have integrity 🙏

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

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

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

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

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

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. 👍👍👍

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

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 😉😂😂

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💪

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

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

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

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 👊

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 😁👊

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

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!!

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 👌🏾

Well done mate 👏 👍 excellent work

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 👍

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. 🏆

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Solid content pal... New sub earned.

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

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!

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

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!

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.

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

alot of panels in one set, respect.

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

O my what a price nice, was quoted £600 a wall, 4 walls to a room, all ready and prepped just waiting plaster. Nice one good man 💪👍🦾

Excellent work

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

Top notch lads 👍

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

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

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.

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.

Brilliant vid😊

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

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

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 👍🏻

I love how you consider the next tradesman's job and make sure you don't make it hard for them. Nobody seems to do that nowadays, they are just in and out as fast as possible doing the bare minimum they can get away with.

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

Brilliant video.

You make it look so easy 👍

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

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

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

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 👍

Great work kirk, what do you do with rubbish at the end of your jobs? Do you take it away with you or leave it with customer?

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

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

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.

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

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?

Great work what make of sbr do you use please.

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

Chuck some cement in the water before you add the bonding and don’t mix it to thick,takes a bit of practice but goes off quick and doesn’t shrink and we pva the Chanel’s .Why didn’t you pva the walls instead of sbr?