plasterers hop up

philrab66 · Post by **philrab66** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:28 pm

Hi all can anybody point me in the right direction for plans for a hop up/trestle suitable for plastering around 450mm high and around 300 wide. i know i will probaly have to adapt plans . have had a look around but can only find flimsy saw horses.
thanks in advance Phil.

EddieJ · Post by **EddieJ** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:34 pm

What happened to the good old days of beer crates with a wooden top, or size one bandstands?

dave.m · Post by **dave.m** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:24 pm

EddieJ wrote:What happened to the good old days of beer crates with a wooden top, or size one bandstands?

Eddie,
Most beer now comes in non-return bottles and is packaged in cardboard and cling-wrap. Don't think it would stand up to what the OP wants.

Phil,
Some cordials, and Newcastle Brown still come in crates so have a look in your locals back yard for a couple of crates.

dave

speed · Post by **speed** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:52 pm

i keep all my plastering stuff in a stanley moblie chest, so i use that as a hopup, saves lugging a heavy hopup and a bucket of tools

markmyers1 · Post by **markmyers1** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:12 pm

I'd go with the crate (beer/Milk etc) or tool chest, we got a small metal step up at work which was cheap, be available from most diy stores i would think.

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:23 pm

I've got 8 beer crates and they are worth their weight in gold, I use them for all kinds of jobs where I need that extra height!

royaloakcarpentry · Post by **royaloakcarpentry** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:59 pm

I use my skill saw box and my pull along tool box and hop between the two.

fin · Post by **fin** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:05 pm

i use my tool box, or a step ladder or one of them ally hop up things with the foldable legs.

philrab66 · Post by **philrab66** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:18 pm

Went for the wickes hop up in the end £29 youngman brand so all sorted.

yampug · Post by **yampug** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:12 pm

hop up? never needed one i'm six foot six

fin · Post by **fin** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:42 am

dude, thats the same as the hop up i use. well handy thing like. rather than making a hop up make yaself a table. i used to p*ss about scooping the plaster out the bucket. not now though. bit of ply and a few lengths of 25 x 38 lath is all you need.

plus a few screws and a pair of bolts to form a pivot like.

marc1106 · Post by **marc1106** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:15 pm

i have four of them on the van, if you use them with four scaff boards you can do a whole ceiling without touching the floor!!
also handy for long runs of wall units too! saves the knees long term.

royaloakcarpentry · Post by **royaloakcarpentry** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:52 pm

fecking ell Marc1106, how tall are you?? I never need to kneel down for wall units lol.

Stilts are another good method for plastering ceilings, as well as doing suspended ceilings.

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