Good video that. How long did them ceilings take mate start to finish

This channel is becoming my naughty secret. The family go off to bed and I get time to watch pastering. Love it. Got some plastering to do soon and can't wait for a try. Got my new trowel in the post today. Happy days. Thanks for all the insight and tips.

well done no fuss, no panic, nice and calm approach great guy and good easy explanations

I appreciate all the time you are spending teaching us your skills and experience. Thank you

This has to be one of the most informative videos I’ve ever watched on KZfaq! The fact that I’m a spread makes this very impactful for my work and income. Kirk, I feel like you just massively upgraded my plastering IQ in one video. Pint Inbound and hat off to you sir!

hi mate. absolutely love the videos. I'm fairly new to plastering myself, I watched one of your videos to learn a bit more. I'm now hooked and can't stop watching. every vid is so educational mate, fair play.

It’s a real pleasure to watch your videos. Thank you for everything you do buddy. You are doing an amazing job

Brilliant video, definitely gonna give this a try looks so much easier rather than trying to bust a ball putting a 5 bag set on from the off.

Loved watching that . A real craftsman to his trade . I'm a brickie of over 30 years and can do render and rough cast and have done a wee bit plastering helping family and doing bits for myself . Your videos are great content .

Great info as always Kirk. Many thanks. And as Giordano says “Live long and plaster“ ✌🏽

Top video mate, won't be putting 3 ceiling on myself but will use the method for areas larger than I would usually attempt.

Kirk is the best an well explained plasterer iv watch an a top man iv been doing plastering about a year an iv yryed this my self trying to work this prosses out but this has just put the cherry on the cake thanks kirk top man keep em coming loved this 👍👌

That was a great help Kirk. A lovely job and your best video yet. Thank you.

Plastering for years never done rolling mix , heads mashed just watching you😅😅😅😅, great vids

Kirk possibly one of the best explained plastering related videos out there! Start charging only fans ha !

Helped me understand this a lot more me and my boss do this a lot now appreciate it kirk👍

Hats off to you Kirk defo cleanest spread I've ever seen! 👏 👍🏻 with out shadow of a doubt I would of cained that oak door by now! 🙈🤣 keep up the good work fella 👍🏻

Brilliant video mate, you've helped me learn the process massively I'm a bricklayer wanting to skim. Put 2 walls on so far and both turned out well but also winging it but I'm loving your videos thanks for posting!

Brilliant work Kirk I have 2 yrs before I retire ,50 yrs on the trowel both shoulder worn but enjoyed ceilings particularly. Just want to say please think about wearing safety glasses got plaster in my eyes 30 yrs ago nearly took my sight away but nurses saved it ,got a real bollocking of charge nurse for wasting nurses time washing my eyes for 3 hours with saline really hurt.

Quality video . Nice to see in depth . Top spread 👍👍

That is actually a great little tip. Thanks!

Excellent job as always 👏 👍

Me and my lad use this technique we put on over 200 meters yesterday absolutely brilliant mate keep it mate

Tell you what mate. It’s bad enough doing the gauges but stopping and commenting and talking through it takes some doing. Great video Kirk 🍺👍

Brilliant work

Plaster all day but for some reason I still sit and watch videos of plastering when I get home hahaha. Love the vids Kirk motivates me to make em👍🏻

Excellent tutorial, definitely going to be using this system in the future 👍

Thats very good. Never seen any my plastering friends do that. 👏.

Great stuff Kirk.

Very clean worker and real nice Guy , well done Big Man

Cracking vid Kirk 🙂Great technique and very informative 🙂

Brilliant explanation kirk some going there mind lots of people would be lost great content as usual 👍 👏

You made me think of The Crystal Maze. Top vid, keep up the good work.

Yes yes Bro hope the two of you are happy n well. Im 15 mins in & I'm lovin the vid. I'm over in Speke now on a job. Bonded the kitchen out. Ive had to stop over for the night as the PVA has gone onto silk walls. I PVA'd it before dinner today & it's still piss wet. I've thrown a blow heater & a dehumidifier in ther for the night .......( will that work ? ) Hopefully if the PVA has dried I can be back home in Manchester before the school runs tomorrow as i have 7 children 👊🏽💀

Excellent, thanks for that.cheers.P

So informative. This channel is gold. Much❤Kirk

Some good effort put into this channel. Not an easy job to do three artex ceilings 👍

Great work aswell my friend impressed

great work bud, great system too 👍

Great vid mate !

Great stuff Kirk a machine at getting gear on. Well organised.

I’ve been plastering for a few years on and off cos it’s mainly render I do so I always watch videos to keep on my toes, ur by far the best on KZfaq for tutorials

Making plastering look to easy mate!cracking video that bud experience taught me that trick but wish I saw this video 20 years ago to get the understanding crystal clear 👍

Fantastic - your content is the best

Old school plastering at its best ,weldone

Great video captain Kirk 💪

Great video Kirk well explained 👌🏻

Really interesting 👍🙂

great work

You're a machine brother 💪👌

Quality bud💪🏻🔥

Great video Kirk very well explained I reckon Kieron is worth is weight in gold .

Amazing vid, I knew plasterers did this but you’re the first person I’ve seen do a vid on it. Well explained top man, might even try it on my ceiling 😬

I’m a new plasterer, gaining confidence a little too quickly and have tried to put on too much too soon before. Bit me in the arse. I’ve actually been employing a very scaled down rolling gauge system without even knowing what it was called. Just for what I deem to be a big wall at my level. I thought I’d invented this system haha. Not getting ahead of myself and learning so much from you mate. Thanks again you’re a legend

That was brilliant tuition was very informative never seen it before although I’m not a plasterer I dabble now and then with the odd little job I find plastering very fatiguing at 58 my shoulders just can’t take it. This system could help me as I work alone and I’m very slow the thought of some jobs going off before I’ve got all of the area covered frightens the shit out of me as I’m knackered . Sorry for going on a bit but well done you’d make a great tutor 👍

top video again kirk !

Thanks

Badass 👊🏽😎

brilliant.

Great content Kirk, thoroughly enjoyed it, I thought you was a bit brave not covering them sort of doors using board finish mind, both did a great job 👍👍

Cracking video mate! Definitely not for beginners this method 😂

Here mate you are 1 good plasterer I must of lost half a stone just watching you

Nice one Kirk, I won't be trying that without a Labourer 😅

Essential to have a labourer for rolling sets I’d say

There is a video on KZfaq of a plasterer ( plastering an office unit in Shoreditch London….. he’s on a platform on wheels being feed plaster continually via a large dust bin. Using this continuous method.

Love your videos mate. I'd love to volunteer a day with you.

I have been Plastering 20years now 35 you have to treat the job with respect because its bloody hard on the body I mean alot of my work as been on sites I must admit going home knackered and covered in shit is starting to wear thin haha

Lots of variables with this i find which include type of weather hot or cool , surface type , access could all effect your setting time its like spinning plates but keep your eye on it great video though.

You must be super fit 😁😁. I would need a few days off after all that ha ha. Hats off to you lads 👍

So good you stated not for beginers i done a 112 m2 ceiling on my stuilts and you cannot stop always turning around and going back flattening out the second coating. You habe to know your drying times. And i work in the heat in spain lucking enough it was all over nive flat board but still had to SBR the entire surface and work like an animal

Worked on over 250m² in a 1890th building and used 4x42-25kg sacks. Plastered 9 slooping ceilings, thats a hell of a job putting thirst layer netting 2,20m long. One room was 4 meters height with 2 slooping ceilings which I had to plaster on a aluminium stand shaky as he'll. I worked for a friend to get into the job. I like your wet trowel technique, in Germany it's not usual, They use here the sponge. In my opinion the wet trowel is more smooth to handle and not that much sweating as to work with the sponge. The best way to work is the clean and smooth way. Thank you for sharing your technique, it's nice to compare. In my opinion the technique depends on the weather and how fast the plaster harden, as you showed it in a video where you had to wait to scrape walls outside a house and did a ceiling meantime and ate with your workers. Much respect to your work ethics and technique, I would call it the English way- as usual showed the whole world how it has to be done.

I'm gonna try this when I plaster room. Ceiling and reveals first then flatten, then second coat then next gauge I'll first coat 2 walls, then drop back flatten the second coat on first gauge then flatten first coat on second gauge. I think I'm getting it 😂 I can plaster a room in a day on my own but definitely not that easily. I think I'm in love 😂 great video mate your absolutely smashing it out the park. I'd love to buy you a real pint one day 💯🎯

Nice, my elbows hurt just watching.

Fantastic!, please ignore what my channel is about its a side hustle, I've been plastering for almost 20yrs now and never came across this method, you learn something new every day, congrat's bud on an excellent job and a fantastic demonstration, have a great day.

Phew I need a cuppa after watching that! 👍🏻 🤣

Hi Kirk, great video as always, when you use sbr do you leave it to go tacky? And I've never used board finish before, usually do 50/50 mix bonding and multi for first coat

good money day pal!

Kirk your a good teacher, but lay off the hay bale's, I too find it tricky working in confined spaces, get the greyhound padwan into the sweat box's 😉😂🤣😂🤣 Great Channel, keep swinging 💪the trowel

I’m a 20 yr old plastering improver just getting confident to lay on 3 bags first coat and still leave professional finish and this video helped a lot now can bigger hits when needed

I used to roll sets but stopped after a few houses. You do get through some meterage but for me I like to have a break. I just use half time or extra time now

U been wacky wines captin lol spot on content m8 as always

10:25 😅 I saw you,mate 😉 😂

You need a switched on mixer snd cleaner upper for this and one who knows his quantities plus those speed skims will save so much time as youre not up n down on a hop up plus less tired as youre flatting from the floor. In this 3 ceiling example what was the start to finish time excluding sheeting out and the clearing up???

Been watching u for a little while kirk when I do artex I put a coat on let that go off then do 2 coats have you tried the fast set plaster is handy for small jobs

My god 3 ceilings done in 4 hours how many sqm is it? I’m a plasterer of 23 years and I’m feeling like a beginner watching this guy,, it’s not a nice feeling 😳🤣🤣 massive love and respect 🫡

You can teach an apprentice to do the flatten stages in no time. This also gives them a chance to learn the patterns you follow to lay on. You can’t work like this a lot. Your joints will be ruined.

Kirk, my first plastering job for a builder was to skim 13ft high walls. Used a rollling gauge , started on scaffolding and two coated the top half of the wall and finished by feathering the edge. Took away scaffold and did the bottom half and made sure I had plenty of PVA on the join and used water when blending in. Used the same technique on large ceilings. Comes up a treat. Not sure if I’ll have the nerve to try your technique, another great vid!

Very ,very intelligent man!

good graft mate, do u have a link to the trowel your using please

Awesome, who knew plasteres used spreadsheets?

Goodman

Kirk you absolute madman... the prospect of having multiple sets on the go is terrifying to me! I'd love to be able to even do one ceiling, but I bet my shoulders would be dead. You must have Olympian fitness! I see you pointed out the bad fat in this vid. Will you show the good stuff you can use to fill in another vid? Or are you planning a more in depth video on both good and bad anyway? Sorry, another question... the cleaning of the ceiling line around the 27 min mark, is that the only time you need to mess with cleaning ceiling lines and angles up, when the set is finished?

Great vid out of curiosity do you apply it neat to ceilings

Kirk Is there a reason you don't use a board and stand ? What about stilts ? What about joints if you've got 1 big ceiling 🤔 great vids by the way 👍

Best video yet mate. That was really informative and explained brilliantly. Would you need to alter it if it was all on backgrounds with different suctions?

I'd have had to cover everything, me. Especially those nice doors. I take 3 hours plastering and 5 hours scraping and cleaning up 😅😅. But then I'm only a diy'er.

Best plastering channel and good laugh too

Hi Kirk. Would it be possible to do a rolling set on a 27 foot length X 10 foot artexed wall if I did half the wall then the other half? Would you see the joint doing it this way?

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Noticed you don't put much plaster on your trowel. Great video.