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Great work and I think £300 would be a reasonable charge due to repeat visits and the value you saved them. As a potential customer I'd be very happy with 10% of the cost
Nice job Kirky. £200-250 seems fair to me, but I’m sure the Landscape Guy would happily pay £500, rather than the £3,000 quoted by Monocouche Man. David (from that there London)
Made a cracking job of patching that in. Considering took you 2 trips to complete the work and you needed a bag of material £250-300 would've been very reasonable. Served my time with my old man as well. 40 years later can still hear his voice in the back of my head. You're a top tradesman Kirk, all the best mate
This is why TH-cam has destroyed tv, you would never see anything like this on tv but it’s actually really interesting for anyone interested in DIY/ design
Top bloke! 👍🏻.. Not only giving us free tips and advice from your years of knowledge but helping people get out the s#&t on the way. If only there were more like you. You give me hope!!!.. Good on you Kirk.
Fair play bud...chap that plastered my house was very much like yourself...nothin was too much trouble...he did a small bit of pebble dash on me garden wall...no drama...no extra cost...ive recommended him whenever possible...top class...im a mechanic and try and approach jobs, customers and life, the same way.. cheers
It's so refreshing to finally see someone in a TH-cam video use tools that are actually used, a little rusty, a little dirty from the previous jobs. At least I can see it's not me, those tools are really hard to clean and everyone in TH-cam seems to buy new fit every new job...
Kirk, I follow channels from different trades (I'm a decorator) based on their qualities as tradesmen and as people - the sort you can learn a lot from. I've taken some advice you gave a while back about pricing estimates and I've found it to be very effective and a great long term strategy. Based on that i had a feeling that you'd do the right thing and charge little or nothing. All jobs are an investment as well as a transaction. Sleeping well at night is priceless. Well done pal 👏🏻👏🏻
Absolute legend. This how tradesmen were viewed once upon a time. Now it hard to trust most and the ones that do a decent job cost an arm & a leg. Got a sub from me based on your gentlemanly quality. Look forward to watching your other content. All the best chap
Remember you had to see the job, 2 visits, fetch the materials. Then you returned to check it. £100. But well done you did a favour 👍. It will come back to repay you in other ways. I do the same here in Spain, am a retired engineer & get all sorts of small jobs which I charge crazy cheap for, as it is my experience that fixes things. I have so much return work that I just can’t cope with it all 😂
I would of thought 100 quid was reasonable for doing that job. But being a better man you charged him nothing. Your a legend kirk. Fair play to you. Hope the landscaper passed on the good deed. 👍👍
I did a similar repair a while ago, not as meticulous as you, but I found that applying that stuff to the wall was easier using a small scraper than a pointing trowel 🤔
gets more dough in clicks on here, fair play to kirk though, gave me plenty of confidence on jobs i wasnt too sure on, a great teacher, the trade needs men like this to train the bet lot
100 pounds? Even at a minimum of a call out charge @£75x2 visits plus materials, you’d be looking at around £200. Can’t work for pittance in this day and age
Great content! You made it look easy but you are a skilled craftsman with a great attitude, I am learning something with every episode.respect to you sir!
Great video, thanks for sharing. I'm not a tradie, but you are definitely showing the good-side of the trades industry. It is a bit late, I would of thought for a repair job like that (based in Australia), I would of paid $300-350 (cash) (including materials and initial callout, product research, time and labour, 2nd visit, and a happy worksite). Again, great videos and a learning resource.
My Grandad said "never work for free" and generally he's been right. These kind of jobs can turn bad quickly.However if I knew the person well and they were a good customer,they'd get it free. The other benefit is if you haven't charged and you get "the phone call" a couple of weeks later you can tell them to get lost. Top work as always
KIRK!! ... That was a Masterclass in getting over a VERY EXPENSIVE Repair .... You could JUST! Have saved the Nation Millions£££'s ... Most DIYers could copy Your Method WITHOUT! having to call in the Experts ... A Very Nice CHUNK Of KARMA😇 Heading Your Way MeThinks 👍🤠
Thank you for this video. A contractor has done similar damage to our property but despite saying they would fix it, now isn't answering our calls. Considering having a go at this our selves - maybe!!
This vid is absolute class mate. Production is great, the commentary is informative and direct - no messing. Subscribing straight away. Can’t wait to explore your channel :)
youre a top bloke mate, dont usually comment on things, recently have started getting my foot into the door with plastering and your videos are a blessing 👍
As others mentioned, restores faith in humanity, I still think you should have charged something to cover a decent wage, I am sure they would still have been happy. I am time served too and there is no way anybody can beat that match to the original. Impressive, congratulations! If only others would keep up the standards.
I hope the home owner is clever enough to realise how lucky he is to have a connection to you now and uses you for everything in the future. Especially since the guys who put it up didnt even suggest trying a fix and went straight to £3k
Brother of tools, I thank you for your experience and communicating it so well. You are also preserving someone's job (very honourable) and exposing weaknesses, and strengths. Excellent teaching. Also, your dissolving fears of 'eco' products, which Iv met some tradesfolk don't touch - they have no idea what they're missing. That mounting the post is on will make damage again :(
I'm a fence contractor, I always use Thunderbolts to fix timber to house walls, and I always use a multi tool with a diamond mortar blade to cut a square of render out in these situations. Just mark and pre drill the holes in the timber, transfer the mark to the wall, not forgetting to mark the width of the post so you don't overshoot, and carefully cut a small piece out. Multitools are ideal for this. A lot of fencers don't take time over small details, I've seen plenty of broken bricks where they just bang a 10mm drill through. I use a 6mm then the 10. It saves you hassle in the long run.
Brutal that the gate post can't come off because of the risk that putting the gate post back on will crack the render. Blimey. And if I was near your area I'd book you for work because of how helpful you are. You do a lot of good.
You could have charged for your time, materials and diesel to get there but you didn't. Got the old boy out the sh1t well and truly. You're a top fella 👊
What a gesture kirk, could easily have charged £100-200, considering the time, fuel etc, great to see not everyone is out to make money from everything, hope karma comes your way soon 👌
Question Kirk. Were you happy doing the patching as you did or would it have helped with the post taken back off for you, and a dowel of some some sort shoved in the bolt hole?
Good man Kirk - `what goes around comes around` always play the long game, doing a favour like that could lead to loads of recommendations and as we all know 9 times out of 10 with a recommendation your pretty much guaranteed to get the work👌
Fair play mate I’ve always been led to believe that it can’t be patched so good to know it actually can. 👍👍 If you’d said £300 I don’t think you’d have been too far out
I would just make sure materials are covered and hopefully around £50 would cover them as that materials quite expensive.. it all depends on your relationship with the guy who asked for your help.. the nightmare is it is your time and labour but as a spread myself you feel so guilty charging for it, I have been there and haven't charged.. your a nice guy doing the same
I didnt no you could patch coloured render like that never seen it done or heard of it being done so you cant see it. Brilliant work master plasterer from 1 plasterer 2 another 👌
Tasty work Kirk, have you ever tried using a plastering trowel to hold the muck instead of the bucket trowel and a margin trowel to apply it, thats how my dad taught me.
Hello Kirk You're the Master Plasterer I've said this before I've followed your progress and plastered myself for money The answer I'd give is not about money, it's more than that it's your time Your repair is perfect as always, however small it is. You have remember you could be on another job for the same about of time earning a full days wage I'd charge a full day here, regardless of the size of the job. You've made two visits and two trips in the van as well
Question, not criticism: Would it have been worth removing the post to make it easier to fill behind it? You could bolt the post back on while the render is wet to avoid the risk of repeating the problem.
Depends if its a job on the way in or from somewhere.... Also, when this landscape gardner recomends you to all of his customers that is worth these little jobs all day long. Bet he gets loads of walls that need render.
Hi Kirk, what is the best fix for monocouche cracks? Im in Spain and there are many properties that have been rendered. I run a painting company and we struggle blending in cracks before painting. Any help is appreciated
I agree with you on this. Why didn't the original person that did the render, offer to run round and fix it?. I bet they charged enough for the original job. Tight ar5es. Shows what a decent bloke Kirk is, to do it and not even charge.
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Great work and I think £300 would be a reasonable charge due to repeat visits and the value you saved them. As a potential customer I'd be very happy with 10% of the cost
£500 is easily justified for the quality and experience you bring. Not mentioning the amount he would have had to pay otherwise…
200 i reckon. 2 hours work, save the landscaper, customer happy. Everyone wins
Helping out a fellow tradesman like that was great to see. You didn't have to but you did it anyway. Top pro
Nice job Kirky. £200-250 seems fair to me, but I’m sure the Landscape Guy would happily pay £500, rather than the £3,000 quoted by Monocouche Man.
David (from that there London)
You're a true gentleman and legend Kirk. You got this bloke out of the shit here, and the patch repair turned out great, mate!
£180
100% legend
Made a cracking job of patching that in. Considering took you 2 trips to complete the work and you needed a bag of material £250-300 would've been very reasonable. Served my time with my old man as well. 40 years later can still hear his voice in the back of my head. You're a top tradesman Kirk, all the best mate
This is why TH-cam has destroyed tv, you would never see anything like this on tv but it’s actually really interesting for anyone interested in DIY/ design
Just found and watched this video your generosity lifted my spirits after a bad day. thank you
Top bloke! 👍🏻.. Not only giving us free tips and advice from your years of knowledge but helping people get out the s#&t on the way. If only there were more like you. You give me hope!!!.. Good on you Kirk.
The world needs tradesmen like you , as an old tradesman you restore my faith, well done!
Fair play bud...chap that plastered my house was very much like yourself...nothin was too much trouble...he did a small bit of pebble dash on me garden wall...no drama...no extra cost...ive recommended him whenever possible...top class...im a mechanic and try and approach jobs, customers and life, the same way.. cheers
The nod for the other person to do something nice for someone else is what go to me; truly spreading the love. Top bloke 👍🏿
It's so refreshing to finally see someone in a TH-cam video use tools that are actually used, a little rusty, a little dirty from the previous jobs. At least I can see it's not me, those tools are really hard to clean and everyone in TH-cam seems to buy new fit every new job...
Just clean your tools properly I’ve been a spread for over 30 years look after your tools they’ll look after you
Exactly the person you’d want working on your house, knowledgable, professional, tidy and a top bloke - keep up the smooth work 👍
Kirk, I follow channels from different trades (I'm a decorator) based on their qualities as tradesmen and as people - the sort you can learn a lot from. I've taken some advice you gave a while back about pricing estimates and I've found it to be very effective and a great long term strategy. Based on that i had a feeling that you'd do the right thing and charge little or nothing. All jobs are an investment as well as a transaction. Sleeping well at night is priceless. Well done pal 👏🏻👏🏻
This is TRUE old school feel good, entertaining and informational TH-cam.
Good on you mate.
What a good bloke you are!! Love watching your videos, your a real role model as a tradesman .
We need more people like you in this world. Top man! 👍🏾
This video deserves millions of views and likes so your kind spirit is repayed. Salt of the earth you mate
That's a superb outcome, love watching a skilled tradesman do a great job. 👏
Absolute legend. This how tradesmen were viewed once upon a time. Now it hard to trust most and the ones that do a decent job cost an arm & a leg. Got a sub from me based on your gentlemanly quality. Look forward to watching your other content. All the best chap
Beautiful job, perfect match! Every time I watch your channel Kirk, my faith in humanity is restored. Keep up the good work. 👍🏻
I would say £300 is a fair price for this repair. Materials, your time for 2 visits and of course, your knowledge. Great repair mate.
What a guy helping the landscaper out . Great job as you always do
Remember you had to see the job, 2 visits, fetch the materials. Then you returned to check it. £100.
But well done you did a favour 👍. It will come back to repay you in other ways.
I do the same here in Spain, am a retired engineer & get all sorts of small jobs which I charge crazy cheap for, as it is my experience that fixes things. I have so much return work that I just can’t cope with it all 😂
I would of thought 100 quid was reasonable for doing that job. But being a better man you charged him nothing. Your a legend kirk. Fair play to you. Hope the landscaper passed on the good deed. 👍👍
100 bucks seems fair, since you need at least to come back the next day to scrap even tho its a few minutes job
I did a similar repair a while ago, not as meticulous as you, but I found that applying that stuff to the wall was easier using a small scraper than a pointing trowel 🤔
gets more dough in clicks on here, fair play to kirk though, gave me plenty of confidence on jobs i wasnt too sure on, a great teacher, the trade needs men like this to train the bet lot
100 pounds? Even at a minimum of a call out charge @£75x2 visits plus materials, you’d be looking at around £200. Can’t work for pittance in this day and age
Not worth driving to a job for £100. £250. Paying for expertise not how long it took.
So good of you to do someone a turn and putting some faith back in to the building community well done.
Absolute legend. Cannot thank you enough for being the guy you are. The trades need more people who are in it for the love and passion. 👏
Thanks for the video. Always a pleasure to watch a true craftsman at work.
Price for the job - £125-£175 cash.
Great content! You made it look easy but you are a skilled craftsman with a great attitude, I am learning something with every episode.respect to you sir!
So kind of you to do that and sharing your knowledge by videoing it. You’re a very generous guy, thank you Kirk.
Priceless, knowing that you saved the landscaper so much stress.
Knowing you Kirk you probably only charged for materials. You really are a hero.😊
Thank you for this! I have searched before how to do it, came up short, this is great
Great video, thanks for sharing. I'm not a tradie, but you are definitely showing the good-side of the trades industry. It is a bit late, I would of thought for a repair job like that (based in Australia), I would of paid $300-350 (cash) (including materials and initial callout, product research, time and labour, 2nd visit, and a happy worksite). Again, great videos and a learning resource.
Kirk is my go to ,I'm a female on my own and I need to learn these things to keep my home in good repair
My Grandad said "never work for free" and generally he's been right. These kind of jobs can turn bad quickly.However if I knew the person well and they were a good customer,they'd get it free. The other benefit is if you haven't charged and you get "the phone call" a couple of weeks later you can tell them to get lost. Top work as always
Nice to see there are still decent tradesmen out there. Great work
Champagne job big fella. You sir are pure class.
KIRK!! ... That was a Masterclass in getting over a VERY EXPENSIVE Repair .... You could JUST! Have saved the Nation Millions£££'s ... Most DIYers could copy Your Method WITHOUT! having to call in the Experts ... A Very Nice CHUNK Of KARMA😇 Heading Your Way MeThinks 👍🤠
Looks easy but they won't have his experience so they got no chance
Brilliant! Expertise in action. Kindness goes a long way.
Thank you for this video. A contractor has done similar damage to our property but despite saying they would fix it, now isn't answering our calls. Considering having a go at this our selves - maybe!!
This vid is absolute class mate. Production is great, the commentary is informative and direct - no messing. Subscribing straight away. Can’t wait to explore your channel :)
salt of the earth mucca we need more people like you in this world
I knew you wouldn’t charge him anything!!!!Top bloke!!!!
youre a top bloke mate, dont usually comment on things, recently have started getting my foot into the door with plastering and your videos are a blessing 👍
As others mentioned, restores faith in humanity, I still think you should have charged something to cover a decent wage, I am sure they would still have been happy.
I am time served too and there is no way anybody can beat that match to the original. Impressive, congratulations! If only others would keep up the standards.
That’s really good, I’ve done quite a few mono and silicone repairs in my time, there both difficult to blend completely.
Even I can follow these instructions and I’ve got adhd. A true teacher. Good content. 👍🏼
Terrific job Kirk. You are a true tradesman.
Top work always, that guy won’t forget it either. Reputation is king
I hope the home owner is clever enough to realise how lucky he is to have a connection to you now and uses you for everything in the future.
Especially since the guys who put it up didnt even suggest trying a fix and went straight to £3k
Brother of tools, I thank you for your experience and communicating it so well. You are also preserving someone's job (very honourable) and exposing weaknesses, and strengths. Excellent teaching. Also, your dissolving fears of 'eco' products, which Iv met some tradesfolk don't touch - they have no idea what they're missing.
That mounting the post is on will make damage again :(
As always Kirk excellent job lucky landscaper you deserve a few beers.
I'm a fence contractor, I always use Thunderbolts to fix timber to house walls, and I always use a multi tool with a diamond mortar blade to cut a square of render out in these situations. Just mark and pre drill the holes in the timber, transfer the mark to the wall, not forgetting to mark the width of the post so you don't overshoot, and carefully cut a small piece out. Multitools are ideal for this.
A lot of fencers don't take time over small details, I've seen plenty of broken bricks where they just bang a 10mm drill through. I use a 6mm then the 10. It saves you hassle in the long run.
Brutal that the gate post can't come off because of the risk that putting the gate post back on will crack the render.
Blimey.
And if I was near your area I'd book you for work because of how helpful you are. You do a lot of good.
If its that shoddily fitted the first time the gate slams in the wind the render will blow anyway.
fantastic job and you can tell you have pride I your work, very rare these days
I think that's pretty bad of original renderers to not tell the customer what product they used on their property
they wanted a quick 3 grand
Awesome work Kirk you never fail.
Top man.
You seem a honorable man. I need so much work doing to my house but keep putting it off cos I just don't have trust in tradesmen who won't rip me off.
You could have charged for your time, materials and diesel to get there but you didn't. Got the old boy out the sh1t well and truly. You're a top fella 👊
What a gesture kirk, could easily have charged £100-200, considering the time, fuel etc, great to see not everyone is out to make money from everything, hope karma comes your way soon 👌
Question Kirk. Were you happy doing the patching as you did or would it have helped with the post taken back off for you, and a dowel of some some sort shoved in the bolt hole?
Good man Kirk - `what goes around comes around` always play the long game, doing a favour like that could lead to loads of recommendations and as we all know 9 times out of 10 with a recommendation your pretty much guaranteed to get the work👌
Looks great Kirk, well done mate, such a nice thing to do.
Top job Kirk!
Top man with your good deed 👍
Fantastic job kirk,top man, all the best to you mate 💯🇬🇧👍
Thats an absolute touch there mate, well played.
You're a true gent mate. I did a job for someone and they wanted to pay me for it. I refused and said the fact they'd thanked me was payment enough.
Fair play mate
I’ve always been led to believe that it can’t be patched so good to know it actually can. 👍👍
If you’d said £300 I don’t think you’d have been too far out
Pulled him right out of the shit there, I think he probably loves you now! Excellent job very well done 👏
Great job! Plus to gove it at that price (no spoilers). Hats off to you. You will get something in mind someday when you need it.
The trade needs more guys like you ,👍
I would just make sure materials are covered and hopefully around £50 would cover them as that materials quite expensive.. it all depends on your relationship with the guy who asked for your help.. the nightmare is it is your time and labour but as a spread myself you feel so guilty charging for it, I have been there and haven't charged.. your a nice guy doing the same
I didnt no you could patch coloured render like that never seen it done or heard of it being done so you cant see it. Brilliant work master plasterer from 1 plasterer 2 another 👌
This made my day, you are a true gent
What brand of tape is that please? And another cracking job you are a true professional and a gentleman 👏
In terms of cost, forget the 3k, that's here nor there, it's for your time, I would charge 150 per visit, excellent patch up job btw
I agree £150 per visit is fair 👍
That was an impressive patching job.
Very nicely done Kirk.
A great job, and a cracking bloke. 👍
Tasty work Kirk, have you ever tried using a plastering trowel to hold the muck instead of the bucket trowel and a margin trowel to apply it, thats how my dad taught me.
Great work and attention to detail mate. 👍🏻
What a true gent, nice to see someone with the same ethos.
Would love to see more future videos using Ecorender products...
I would've paid £250 for those patches. Cracking job mate!
Hello Kirk
You're the Master Plasterer
I've said this before
I've followed your progress and plastered myself for money
The answer I'd give is not about money, it's more than that it's your time
Your repair is perfect as always, however small it is. You have remember you could be on another job for the same about of time earning a full days wage
I'd charge a full day here, regardless of the size of the job. You've made two visits and two trips in the van as well
Question, not criticism:
Would it have been worth removing the post to make it easier to fill behind it? You could bolt the post back on while the render is wet to avoid the risk of repeating the problem.
Always wanted to have a go at plastering, I'm not sure i ever will. Gotta say i love watching you work though.
Thanks mate
Depends if its a job on the way in or from somewhere.... Also, when this landscape gardner recomends you to all of his customers that is worth these little jobs all day long. Bet he gets loads of walls that need render.
i knew you'd do that! the world needs more people like you!
Talk about skill and perfection, what a good job.
Always enjoy your vids mate, your a top guy.
Wow, that is an absolutely unbelievable patch mate, you would never know anything had happened! Pure skill and experience that.
What a gent, well done you👏🏻
Genius ! No two words about it
Hi Kirk, what is the best fix for monocouche cracks? Im in Spain and there are many properties that have been rendered. I run a painting company and we struggle blending in cracks before painting. Any help is appreciated
People get too mean. Things like that happen. You'd have to be a real bastard to insist on on redoing the whole wall.
I agree with you on this. Why didn't the original person that did the render, offer to run round and fix it?. I bet they charged enough for the original job. Tight ar5es. Shows what a decent bloke Kirk is, to do it and not even charge.
Unreal mate. 🤌🤌🤌
You've got a heart of gold kirk, the guy must be over the moon 👍👍
What a gent you are Kirk.
A rarity in some tradespersons, but you are great.
Great job Kirk 👍
Really enjoyed the video and you are a true gent 👍🏻
👍What goes around comes around.