"Hi Graeme
We rendered the back of my house last year with K Rend - I'm just a landscaper but my right hand man was a plasterer so he did the technical bit.
I would say that £500 would probably be a fair rate for your job as it is quite small , so…"

"I would say never use a pressure washer. I always service my own machinery, but when the local Dealer used to do it they always pressure washed it first. So every year, about two to three weeks after using it again in spring, I would hear a bearing…"

"In the UK Irish guys were accused on being the sellers of dodgy Makita tools out of the back of vans, in California it was Mexicans.
Same tools, same type of operation, thousands of miles apart and possibly the same types of prejudices."

"A discussion about fake Makita tools from sixteen years ago.
https://www.finehomebuilding.com/forum/are-there-fake-makita-drills..."

"those were the days lol, now it's some master mind on another continent scamming and his hench men posting out the knock off gear from their uk distribution centre"

"There used to be guys driving around trying to sell fake Makita tools out of the back of vans, they only weighed half of what their should have done and if you held them up and looked through the vents the motor was about a third of the size it was…"

"The whole structure looks a bit fragile , very unsightly . 
I wonder if the damaged area can be chisled out and repaired with some coloured mortar ?"

"I just use a garden hose 2 or 3 times a year, to rinse down the mower, maybe a bit of degreaser spray, wipe off/dry with kitchen towel/rag and that does the trick. I do re-oil the moving parts and the cables each time it's washed as well, not just…"

"i have the makita job radios and coffee maker but haven't tried the garden tools. Bought a very realistic fake 18v makita battery on ebay recently, very convincing including makita branded packaging, etc. However within minutes of close scrutiny I…"

"However Makita warn against trying to push the batteries too hard, once the tool slows down or stops don’t let it rest to recover a bit then run it again.
Also take spare batteries with you and don’t recharge the tool batteries using an inverter in…"

"I think Stihl and Ego are pretty good, I also use a lot of Bosch 36V, which are very good packs as well but killed a charger one time running too many batteries through it in succession on a warm ish day which caused the charger itself to over heat…"

"To quote Stihl, who expect you to be charging the batteries twice every working day:
The use of a quick charger has no detrimental effect on the useful life of the battery.
The battery and charger are intelligently connected during the entire charge…"