The pipe work run in these days is normal , unless client wants to pay more , believe me many plumbers videos you can watch they only upload good ones , there’s the true sight which you wouldn’t see 😂
It's all the plastic push fit pipe and fittings and lack of proper apprenticeships, piss poor lead roof work by roofers and lack of pride in work. We were once the envy of the world for our tradesmen, now it's like the wild west.
I'm a 55 year old,...... old school gas engineer and belive me I would never leave that rough job to the plasterer. Well rescued . If a customer insists on buried pipework it's definitely being run in 15mm copper and I am definitely chasing the pipes in. And cleaning all my shit up.
Dunno if anyone has ever mentioned this, but getting the apprentice to film you is a great way of holding their attention and making sure they're listening and learning!
If only TH-cam was full of decent videos like this. Not the circus that seems to becoming, sponsored and influenced. Keep up the good work and content.
This video should have been posted on the first of April. Calling this job done by a plumber is an April fools joke. Top quality work and advice by Kirk
That plumber should be ashamed leaving it looking like that, but he won't, that's why he left it like that. Well rescued. Lots of great tips, very educational.
I know the money wouldn't be the same, but you'd make a very good plastering college teacher, Kirk. You can see you have a passion for it, I went to college for a different trade and I had an old teacher there Mr. Morris who was brilliant with us. He cared so much we didn't fall behind on our course that he even came in when he was really sick bless him!
36:25 Always think about the others coming in after you ! i was taught that from an old Joiner when i was 17 i said that will do and he went off it with me !! lesson learned from a young age and he was 100% spot on! keep up the good work 👍
It takes a good tradesman to sort out a bad tradesman’s work, brilliant work there sorting that dodgy plumbers work out, I’m a plumber with 35 years experience and I’ve never left pipe work in that state before👍🏻
watched a number of your videos really impressed with your skill and teaching us your knowledge i removed my kitchen ceiling replaced plasterboard and coved it then plastered it ,have tried some skimming in the past ,but i give it a go at 57 this was hard work i got a good result but as i did it i thought how you would have laughed at my attempt and the amount of time it took
Thanks for sharing that mate, im a plumber and tiler but ive never understood plasterers. For my money one of the hardest jobs in the trade so lots of respect. Very diplomatic too, id never have left those pipes like that but your solution was brilliant. Also good to see another Northern lad on the tube, no offence to lads from darn sarf but i often think everone imagines all builders are bald cockneys lol. Cheers brother.
Hello Kirk I'm a time served Plumber with 51yrs experience and my Dad was a Plasterer. If I left pipework like that my life wouldn't be worth living. Just pure laziness and couldn't care less attitude. It is probably functional but just crap work. Plastic has such a high coefficient of expansion! What was he thinking!! Also you can't find it with the stud finder if you wanted to screw into the wall. Anyways you managed to save the job, looked like the customer was thankful😂
Great workmanship and the fact your being political against the shit work you been left with is a great way to be. Instead of complaining and moaning your giving advice and finding solutions. Love it
Your Dad's dead right about leaving it smart for the next guy ..... i went to price up a job after work one day - Big posh property - Electric Gates - Security everywhere - Got let in, knocked the door in my old Plastery Clothes, Long Unkempt Hair, looking like a bit of a Homeless Hobo .... The lady who answered the door was visibly SHOCKED! ... She said; "Well now You're here, you'd better come in I suppose" ... The vibes couldn't have been more negative .... Anyway, i got the job because they were desperate! to get it ready for the painter ... I finished it (A Bathroom) got paid and thought I was lucky to get out with that!! ..... Next week, She phones me out of the blue, full of praise because her Painter had told her it was the best plaster finish he'd ever painted over ...... She kept me there, going back every few weeks to do more & more work for Her ... Whether it needed doing or NOT! 😂😂 ... So YES!! - The Moral of the story?? ... Keep it tidy, keep it clean, keep it GOOD! 👍🤠
Honestly, I've never seen a trades person so courteous and respectful for both the customer and the end result of the job 5:12. I wish all trades had your sense of conscience and values! Great video!
Maybe worth waiting till the person paints those patches and then show them in the video at the end. That way we can see how much of a neat job you have done. Excellent work, looks like tough graft but very rewarding.
There are many useful tips here about the correct choice of materials - thank you for your detailed explanations as you went along. I was shocked by the clumsy and lazy way the plumber had installed the flexible piping below the radiator - I'd never allow that in MY house!
Just chanced upon you mate and this video. Loved it and was hooked to the end. Great to see how much care and pride you take in your work. I’m an adult switching career and learn so much watching videos like these, thank you
Hi Thanks for a very good and straightforward video ,your work is first class and magic .From an old decorator ,who does small plastering projects and would like to be as skilled as you .Regards Chris 👍😁
Nice work and some great tips. I think a lot of DIY plasterers get put off by starting out with a patch job, not realizing that it's one of the most difficult jobs to do and get a good result. Whole walls are much easier, but I'd recommend anyone's first attempt to be a small ceiling like a WC. Ceilings are easy, because the plaster doesn't fall off the trowel when you work into the edges. That's all kind of counter intuitive.
Definitely counterintuitive mate. I wouldn’t recommend a ceiling for a learning experience. A pantry wall or airing cupboard back wall would be my shout. Even if you don’t need to do it. Very easy to replaster if you mess up.
You skills are tremendous and your a brilliant plasterer without doubt. The plumber should be ashamed of themselves. Horrendous work by them. You'll fix it big man. Don't doubt it!!!!
Great video I always run 15 mm copper or other heating pipes in 20 mm pvc conduit you can then plaster straight over, never cracks after. You can also fit the conduit after the pioes are installed by cutting a line on one side and pressing over the pipes.
Hi mate. Don’t know if you’ll see this but I’ve done 2 artex ceilings over the Easter weekend having never plastered before. Your videos have been brilliant to give me the confidence (which is most important) to tackle it. I need a bit of caulking around the edges but other than that I’m well happy with the results and no plasterer would do the job anyway as it was too little work.
Great videos mate I’ve never plastered a wall in my life but I’ve just spent the last 2 and a half hours learning and having a laugh with you! Cheers look after yourself 👍🫡
Jesus that plumber who did the chase at the start is a cowboy. Using push fit is only ok when you can get to them when they leak, burying them in a wall you’re stuffed. Plastering over copper is also terrible as well as there is a risk that the plaster could attack the copper or solder. You’re spot on with the conduit, allowing for expansion is exactly right.
Finally, I know with gas work you can't leave even a brass fitting unless you can access it. I assume water is the same especially with the expansion and contraction from heating and cooling of the heating system. Nevermind plastic push fit which can fail within a couple years. They're great for under a caravan or somewhere you can access and but may freeze. Otherwise copper and solder.
I'm just a DIY'er and even I'd be embarrassed by that so called plumbing. Also, love the channel. Watched a few videos and it's helped me with my plastering of my son's bedroom.
What a Cracking good job. It was a privilege to watch such excellent work. Well Done. It's nice to see someone who thinks about their work and how they can achieve better quality.
If going to have pipework stick out the wall at least put it in an electrical box with blanking plate and drill holes out for pipes shocking pipework that
Top job m8 … I was a Artexer and if you come to a pattern is on thick scrape it off and apply SBR leave for 24 hrs and you can apply your plaster and your never ever a problem if you use pva you still have to wait 24hrs for applying your plaster, if you do this artex won’t remove from the ceiling or walls this is only if you have to scrape back Artex ❤ love your channel 🙏🏽
Those push fit fittings shouldn't be in a wall to start with, then wrap the pipes in hessian lagging, I'm a plumber by the way, shit job from the plumber, not to mention the boiler flue
we do plastering much different here in New Zealand but if i could offer some advice. the new board the plumber installed on the ceiling is a little too far sunken in for me. what i do to save time is remove the board and pack behind it some thin hardboard. takes 5 minutes but saves so much time having to correct the sunken part with loads of plaster.
So many great tips, but that tip of marking the around the already cut plasterboard and then cutting the hole is great. Could've used that many times in the past.
I was a plumber gas engineer for 55 years and like you very conscientious in my work and a very clean and tidy worker. My pay back was to have work 365 days a year for 55 years if I wanted or needed it. I make you 100% right in your work ethics. Only difference to me and some other plumber/ gas engineers I used to walk away with the job completed holes toothed out bricked blocked and plastered. A carpenter electrician and timer etc. Just done a big kitchen at age 71 and the kitchen supplier wants to feature my kitchen. I fit as a fiddle and can run spits of mist young guys. 😂 Keep the good work up mate👍
We re built our 1869 Victorian Timber frame House. They were also Bodgers. The plane marks, chisel cuts & saw marks were all over the place. The plaster was 2 to 3 inches thick. Full of hair & all sorts of grit. The nails looked like they were from someone's teeth. A blacksmith made all the fittings. You could still see hammer marks from flat & pein headed blows. In short it was glorious. Wonder what archaeologists will make of our kraft using modern process, engineered components & time savers in general. Will the houses last? The only real fault was none or little foundations porous bricks, lime mortar with too much moisture & no damp course. Floor bearers layer on rammed earth. Woodworm in untreated timber. No vapour check under the hand made roof tiles. Vermin & insects, birds & a clay sub base saw to the rest. The house is the last of two left on our Hill. Both joined by a thick old wall of bricks, laid with shovels probably. The top finish & materials used were probably sourced locally. ie. In the county of Greater London / Essex. That's exactly where all our second hand materials came from. Making good from the best of old buildings around the same age. With new electrics, plumbing & services. Thank you. On The Trowel. Good engagement. Terry.
Thank you so much for this video. I have plasterer arriving in a few days after the electrician have done their thing. I was worried they would see the pipes and say I would have to get the plumbers back out to redo.
Exactly what i do the only mostly mesh in the first coat instead of scrim ,before i apply expanding foam i spray water to help it adhere and spray water over foam straight away after application it stops it expanding and sets it quickly, thank you for videos very informative even for a spread like me 25 years experience 👍
The days when one trade left everything neat n tidy for the next are long gone. Sadly we live in a fast paced what it done now society,allowing those void of interity earn a wage with minimal effort. Nice to see someone with pride in their work.
The expanding foam looks the fastest way of making it good, and will insulate the pipes as well, however it will easy damage if bashed! Another way would be to pin the pipes back as much as possible, then wedged wire mesh over them, also pushing the mesh behind the plasterboard top and bottom, then give it a thin coat of bonding with accelerator to send it off quick, then fill out with bonding to the boards, and use fiber tape over the joints before skimming.
Good video Kirk. I would be delighted if most of the pipe chases i had to patch up were that neat. What drives me nuts is when you leave a wall/ceiling all nicely polished, then sparky comes in and cuts wee holes all over the place to fish and run cables. "Its alright, it's just a wee patch, it'll take you 5 mins"......
I literally thought of using spray foam a few months ago and did my channels with that. I also added stainless mesh over the barrier pipe so the plaster has added strength from the mesh. It also means the pipes should show up on detectors so no one sticks a nail through them. Gutted I wasn't the first to think of the foam though 😢
I just did a patch job on ceiling around some drop down pipes where the plumber broke a chunk of plaster off. I wrapped them with some rubber from a bike tyre, patched right up to rubber and ended up with decent circular gap around each pipe after removing rubber.
Many many years ago, a well meaning person told me to wrap the pipes in scrunched up tin foil to prevent cracking. It went on a treat,- holds itself in place great. Ten years later all my pipes are starting to pinhole. Electrolytic corrosion caused by aluminium in contact with copper. So, don't be tempted to do that.
These yt videos are so important to show us, good people are in the labour trades. Uploader can't go do a poor job now either with this reference video.😅
being plastering 10 plus years and I'm still learning new skills , kirk i take my hat off to you your a credit to all plasterers I've learnt new skills watching your videos thank you 👍👍👍
Great job patching over that lego plumbing. Really not sure about putting JG or any push fit behind a beautifully plastered wall. You made a lovely job of it though for the plumber.
The pipe work run in these days is normal , unless client wants to pay more , believe me many plumbers videos you can watch they only upload good ones , there’s the true sight which you wouldn’t see 😂
normal for sloppy work but in no way correct
thats not normal thats just plain and simple rough workmanship.
That's one of the worst installations I have ever seen, those pipes were not installed by a real tradesman, cowboy yes, tradesman no.
It's all the plastic push fit pipe and fittings and lack of proper apprenticeships, piss poor lead roof work by roofers and lack of pride in work. We were once the envy of the world for our tradesmen, now it's like the wild west.
Then you would recommend the plumber if he does that prep first
Your apprentice is lucky to have such a good teacher
I'm a 55 year old,...... old school gas engineer and belive me I would never leave that rough job to the plasterer. Well rescued . If a customer insists on buried pipework it's definitely being run in 15mm copper and I am definitely chasing the pipes in. And cleaning all my shit up.
Yes ther not plumbers now its press fit guns and push fit pipes in walls need to be in felt lagging to allow for expansion and corrosion
Yeah im counting those speedfit fittings all getting buried!
you're obviously a good tradesmen, brilliant.
V@@esuohdica and waiting for the leaks to come through.
Agreed. That pipework is shameful.
Dunno if anyone has ever mentioned this, but getting the apprentice to film you is a great way of holding their attention and making sure they're listening and learning!
If only TH-cam was full of decent videos like this. Not the circus that seems to becoming, sponsored and influenced. Keep up the good work and content.
Decorator here. I'd be over the moon walking into that. Nice job
This video should have been posted on the first of April.
Calling this job done by a plumber is an April fools joke.
Top quality work and advice by Kirk
absolutely shocking....
That plumber should be ashamed leaving it looking like that, but he won't, that's why he left it like that. Well rescued. Lots of great tips, very educational.
The person who done that is no plumber
Push fit it the wall ,, shocking
When you know a guy that can do it cheaper.
I'm no plumber, but I'd take a guess that neither is the geezer that did that pipe work.
My thoughts exactly
😂😂😂
It probably wasn't the plumbers job to chase the wall out it was probably a builders labourer
Yeah not within any zone at all....gonna be fun when next person buys the house and goes to fix something to the wall. 😂
I am and I agree with you totally a real cowboy both job
I know the money wouldn't be the same, but you'd make a very good plastering college teacher, Kirk.
You can see you have a passion for it, I went to college for a different trade and I had an old teacher there Mr. Morris who was brilliant with us. He cared so much we didn't fall behind on our course that he even came in when he was really sick bless him!
'If you're a plumber you might consider putting your pipes into some sort of conduit'
Love your optimism Kirk, dont ever lose it 😂😂
36:25 Always think about the others coming in after you ! i was taught that from an old Joiner when i was 17 i said that will do and he went off it with me !! lesson learned from a young age and he was 100% spot on! keep up the good work 👍
It takes a good tradesman to sort out a bad tradesman’s work, brilliant work there sorting that dodgy plumbers work out, I’m a plumber with 35 years experience and I’ve never left pipe work in that state before👍🏻
In all my 35 years as a painter I've only ever had the fortune of working after a spread of your calibre a handful of times... you guys are gold-dust.
Cheers mate
watched a number of your videos really impressed with your skill and teaching us your knowledge i removed my kitchen ceiling replaced plasterboard and coved it then plastered it ,have tried some skimming in the past ,but i give it a go at 57 this was hard work i got a good result but as i did it i thought how you would have laughed at my attempt and the amount of time it took
Thanks for sharing that mate, im a plumber and tiler but ive never understood plasterers. For my money one of the hardest jobs in the trade so lots of respect. Very diplomatic too, id never have left those pipes like that but your solution was brilliant. Also good to see another Northern lad on the tube, no offence to lads from darn sarf but i often think everone imagines all builders are bald cockneys lol. Cheers brother.
Hello Kirk
I'm a time served Plumber with 51yrs experience and my Dad was a Plasterer. If I left pipework like that my life wouldn't be worth living. Just pure laziness and couldn't care less attitude.
It is probably functional but just crap work.
Plastic has such a high coefficient of expansion! What was he thinking!! Also you can't find it with the stud finder if you wanted to screw into the wall.
Anyways you managed to save the job, looked like the customer was thankful😂
Aluminium foil over the pipe?
Great workmanship and the fact your being political against the shit work you been left with is a great way to be. Instead of complaining and moaning your giving advice and finding solutions. Love it
Brilliant episodes by a brilliant plasterer keep up the good work
Very impressive, good to see a skilled tradesman who takes pride in his work. Shout out to your Dad Kirk 👌
Your Dad's dead right about leaving it smart for the next guy ..... i went to price up a job after work one day - Big posh property - Electric Gates - Security everywhere - Got let in, knocked the door in my old Plastery Clothes, Long Unkempt Hair, looking like a bit of a Homeless Hobo .... The lady who answered the door was visibly SHOCKED! ... She said; "Well now You're here, you'd better come in I suppose" ... The vibes couldn't have been more negative .... Anyway, i got the job because they were desperate! to get it ready for the painter ... I finished it (A Bathroom) got paid and thought I was lucky to get out with that!! ..... Next week, She phones me out of the blue, full of praise because her Painter had told her it was the best plaster finish he'd ever painted over ...... She kept me there, going back every few weeks to do more & more work for Her ... Whether it needed doing or NOT! 😂😂 ... So YES!! - The Moral of the story?? ... Keep it tidy, keep it clean, keep it GOOD! 👍🤠
Nobody asked pal
@@Cruioooi78I asked, no one asked for your negative input. 😮 nice one Peter! ❤
@@CEO786 i dont think so pal , move on its Sunday
@@Cruioooi78who are ya
@@unknownt7648I’ll tell you who he is….a right plonker with nothing good to say.
One of the best DIY channels on TH-cam
Honestly, I've never seen a trades person so courteous and respectful for both the customer and the end result of the job 5:12. I wish all trades had your sense of conscience and values!
Great video!
Thank you
Maybe worth waiting till the person paints those patches and then show them in the video at the end. That way we can see how much of a neat job you have done. Excellent work, looks like tough graft but very rewarding.
There are many useful tips here about the correct choice of materials - thank you for your detailed explanations as you went along.
I was shocked by the clumsy and lazy way the plumber had installed the flexible piping below the radiator - I'd never allow that in MY house!
wow that pipework was shocking
Proper
Just chanced upon you mate and this video. Loved it and was hooked to the end. Great to see how much care and pride you take in your work. I’m an adult switching career and learn so much watching videos like these, thank you
Hi Thanks for a very good and straightforward video ,your work is first class and magic .From an old decorator ,who does small plastering projects and would like to be as skilled as you .Regards Chris 👍😁
Nice work and some great tips. I think a lot of DIY plasterers get put off by starting out with a patch job, not realizing that it's one of the most difficult jobs to do and get a good result. Whole walls are much easier, but I'd recommend anyone's first attempt to be a small ceiling like a WC. Ceilings are easy, because the plaster doesn't fall off the trowel when you work into the edges. That's all kind of counter intuitive.
Definitely counterintuitive mate. I wouldn’t recommend a ceiling for a learning experience. A pantry wall or airing cupboard back wall would be my shout. Even if you don’t need to do it. Very easy to replaster if you mess up.
If only plasterers in my area were like you. Very tidy work mate.
That was a Friday afternoon job!!! Plumber could smell the Weatherspoons beer mats 😅😅
😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks
Thank you very much mate
There's only one word to describe this...... professional...... another sweet job as usual....😊🇦🇺
You skills are tremendous and your a brilliant plasterer without doubt.
The plumber should be ashamed of themselves. Horrendous work by them.
You'll fix it big man. Don't doubt it!!!!
Plumbers done a sshhiiiit job there Kirk.
Great video I always run 15 mm copper or other heating pipes in 20 mm pvc conduit you can then plaster straight over, never cracks after. You can also fit the conduit after the pioes are installed by cutting a line on one side and pressing over the pipes.
Hi mate. Don’t know if you’ll see this but I’ve done 2 artex ceilings over the Easter weekend having never plastered before. Your videos have been brilliant to give me the confidence (which is most important) to tackle it.
I need a bit of caulking around the edges but other than that I’m well happy with the results and no plasterer would do the job anyway as it was too little work.
Great videos mate I’ve never plastered a wall in my life but I’ve just spent the last 2 and a half hours learning and having a laugh with you! Cheers look after yourself 👍🫡
🙂🙏 thanks for the support and thanks for commenting mate
Shocking pipework but fantastic plastering and that tune at the end 🎶❤️
Shocking work
Your Dad sounds like a top bloke. Great work mate!
Jesus that plumber who did the chase at the start is a cowboy. Using push fit is only ok when you can get to them when they leak, burying them in a wall you’re stuffed. Plastering over copper is also terrible as well as there is a risk that the plaster could attack the copper or solder. You’re spot on with the conduit, allowing for expansion is exactly right.
Finally, I know with gas work you can't leave even a brass fitting unless you can access it. I assume water is the same especially with the expansion and contraction from heating and cooling of the heating system. Nevermind plastic push fit which can fail within a couple years. They're great for under a caravan or somewhere you can access and but may freeze. Otherwise copper and solder.
I'm just a DIY'er and even I'd be embarrassed by that so called plumbing.
Also, love the channel. Watched a few videos and it's helped me with my plastering of my son's bedroom.
Ive 35 years of plastering Kirk ,fill in ,bed scrim in it used to be (hesian or cotton ) lol ,ive never had any come backs 👍
So would you bond the pipes in, scrim and then plaster over? (I’m doing this soon)… I would appreciate your opinion. Thanks
Copper pipes need to be taped or lagged 1st @@toplad81
I’m so impressed with this guy!
make it look so easy dude total respect
What a Cracking good job. It was a privilege to watch such excellent work. Well Done. It's nice to see someone who thinks about their work and how they can achieve better quality.
I wish all plasters was as conscientious you. I've been decorating for 50 years and I have seen some rubbish plastering. Great job done.
That pipework looks shocking stuck out the wall. Nice job Kirk. 👍Regards, Dave
If going to have pipework stick out the wall at least put it in an electrical box with blanking plate and drill holes out for pipes shocking pipework that
Top job m8 … I was a Artexer and if you come to a pattern is on thick scrape it off and apply SBR leave for 24 hrs and you can apply your plaster and your never ever a problem if you use pva you still have to wait 24hrs for applying your plaster, if you do this artex won’t remove from the ceiling or walls this is only if you have to scrape back Artex ❤ love your channel 🙏🏽
Good stuff. "Take your time and get it neat". If only more contractors took a little more pride in their work like this.
Amazing I was just talking to the GF about renovating and hiding the existing piping which is visible on the wall.
You're a smart man that thinks about his work at his expense? Do the best job at all costs
Lovely work mate
Incredible attention to detail thanks
The tip with cutting the foam back is class 👍 what a difference to a saw
I always use an old hacksaw blade, works a treat.
Really good work 👍🏻👍🏻
That plumbing is utter shit, how has the customer accepted that?
I'm no plumber, I have got to agree what a sh*t job that Cowboy has done with that pipe work
Little things wrong make a big difference
Those push fit fittings shouldn't be in a wall to start with, then wrap the pipes in hessian lagging, I'm a plumber by the way, shit job from the plumber, not to mention the boiler flue
Terrible plumbing no fittings allowed inside the wall its that basic
@@tonykyle5229exactly never bury a pushfit
we do plastering much different here in New Zealand but if i could offer some advice. the new board the plumber installed on the ceiling is a little too far sunken in for me. what i do to save time is remove the board and pack behind it some thin hardboard. takes 5 minutes but saves so much time having to correct the sunken part with loads of plaster.
Beautifully described. Your apprentice will learn the right way to do things
Plumber here, that’s a crap job bud. Totally get your pain. Great job from you as usual
So many great tips, but that tip of marking the around the already cut plasterboard and then cutting the hole is great. Could've used that many times in the past.
Great job as always. A real grafter. Keep up the excellent work 👏
Great work. Good plasterers are true craftsmen.
I was a plumber gas engineer for 55 years and like you very conscientious in my work and a very clean and tidy worker. My pay back was to have work 365 days a year for 55 years if I wanted or needed it. I make you 100% right in your work ethics. Only difference to me and some other plumber/ gas engineers I used to walk away with the job completed holes toothed out bricked blocked and plastered.
A carpenter electrician and timer etc.
Just done a big kitchen at age 71 and the kitchen supplier wants to feature my kitchen. I fit as a fiddle and can run spits of mist young guys. 😂
Keep the good work up mate👍
I love comments like this 🙏👌
We re built our 1869 Victorian Timber frame House.
They were also Bodgers.
The plane marks, chisel cuts & saw marks were all over the place.
The plaster was 2 to 3 inches thick. Full of hair & all sorts of grit. The nails looked like they were from someone's teeth.
A blacksmith made all the fittings. You could still see hammer marks from flat & pein headed blows.
In short it was glorious.
Wonder what archaeologists will make of our kraft using modern process, engineered components & time savers in general.
Will the houses last?
The only real fault was none or little foundations porous bricks, lime mortar with too much moisture & no damp course. Floor bearers layer on rammed earth.
Woodworm in untreated timber. No vapour check under the hand made roof tiles.
Vermin & insects, birds & a clay sub base saw to the rest.
The house is the last of two left on our Hill.
Both joined by a thick old wall of bricks, laid with shovels probably.
The top finish & materials used were probably sourced locally.
ie. In the county of Greater London / Essex.
That's exactly where all our second hand materials came from.
Making good from the best of old buildings around the same age.
With new electrics, plumbing & services.
Thank you. On The Trowel.
Good engagement.
Terry.
Thank you so much for this video. I have plasterer arriving in a few days after the electrician have done their thing. I was worried they would see the pipes and say I would have to get the plumbers back out to redo.
You made that look so easy. Massive respect, skill mixed with experience. Great video thanks.
What I recommend is calling a decent plumber getting him to do his job properly then come in and skim up 👌
Exactly what i do the only mostly mesh in the first coat instead of scrim ,before i apply expanding foam i spray water to help it adhere and spray water over foam straight away after application it stops it expanding and sets it quickly, thank you for videos very informative even for a spread like me 25 years experience 👍
The days when one trade left everything neat n tidy for the next are long gone.
Sadly we live in a fast paced what it done now society,allowing those void of interity earn a wage with minimal effort.
Nice to see someone with pride in their work.
You are a very good plaster mate, credit where due.
This dude's abs are made of bonding 💪
Kirk might be an idea for the kids tshirt "lil plasterer in the mix" 😊 Great work!
Another cracking job.well done kirk
The expanding foam looks the fastest way of making it good, and will insulate the pipes as well, however it will easy damage if bashed! Another way would be to pin the pipes back as much as possible, then wedged wire mesh over them, also pushing the mesh behind the plasterboard top and bottom, then give it a thin coat of bonding with accelerator to send it off quick, then fill out with bonding to the boards, and use fiber tape over the joints before skimming.
Good video Kirk. I would be delighted if most of the pipe chases i had to patch up were that neat. What drives me nuts is when you leave a wall/ceiling all nicely polished, then sparky comes in and cuts wee holes all over the place to fish and run cables. "Its alright, it's just a wee patch, it'll take you 5 mins"......
Brilliant information and great to see how you fix the bits we never see..
A great clear video. Thank you.
Another ace job Kirk! Its always a complete pleasure watching a master at work! Thank you!
Shoddy plumbing job there
At least you work with other trades plumbers electricians not against them. So nice to see x
Just found your channel, very useful and entertaining!
Iv never seen neater work it's incredible
Great Plumber .......as usual 🫣☹️
Great.
I love seeing attention to detail on a job…
I done a bit o diy plastering recently and found myself saying in my mind "take a little bit,go in neat" lol
You are a true professional, amazing!
I literally thought of using spray foam a few months ago and did my channels with that. I also added stainless mesh over the barrier pipe so the plaster has added strength from the mesh. It also means the pipes should show up on detectors so no one sticks a nail through them. Gutted I wasn't the first to think of the foam though 😢
wedging against the valve .. brilliant idea
I thought so aswell. I did the trick perfectly
That plumbing is shameful, well done lad you are a top bloke!
I just did a patch job on ceiling around some drop down pipes where the plumber broke a chunk of plaster off.
I wrapped them with some rubber from a bike tyre, patched right up to rubber and ended up with decent circular gap around each pipe after removing rubber.
Many many years ago, a well meaning person told me to wrap the pipes in scrunched up tin foil to prevent cracking. It went on a treat,- holds itself in place great. Ten years later all my pipes are starting to pinhole. Electrolytic corrosion caused by aluminium in contact with copper. So, don't be tempted to do that.
These yt videos are so important to show us, good people are in the labour trades. Uploader can't go do a poor job now either with this reference video.😅
being plastering 10 plus years and I'm still learning new skills , kirk i take my hat off to you your a credit to all plasterers I've learnt new skills watching your videos thank you 👍👍👍
Great job patching over that lego plumbing. Really not sure about putting JG or any push fit behind a beautifully plastered wall. You made a lovely job of it though for the plumber.
Top class mate nice clean work it's Really hard to patch up and it be dead on
Some awesome tips there fella👍
Brilliant work mate . I only wish I could get the mix right when plastering.
thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍🏻👍🏻
sometimes on you tube you do actually get a great professional to watch & learn from just my opinion mind.