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    Is it possible to Render over a Pebble Dash PreFab Garage?

    No cement , just breathable Limestone, Marble and hydraulic Lime. No repeat pattern, ALL hand carved. Stone finish feels like stone with a gritty surface.
  2. London Brick

    London Brick

    Pebbkledash to London brick 2 days.
  3. Wood to stone

    Wood to stone

    shed was timder t&g
  4. Pebbledash to stone garage

    Pebbledash to stone garage

    Decopierre sent this
  5. pebble-rock

    pebble-rock

    couple of examples
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    Bad Weather good or bad for trade?

    Well as the big freeze thaws, has your phone started ringing yet? Jan 20th is the next big payday, and credit card scare week. How do you see 2011 and the vat increase effecting your business.
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    Shocked at maintenance of our rendered house

    The LIME content in these products creates a breathable finish, though the existing render is the issue and going over it with more sand and cement and then oaint will not cure internal damp. The old stuff has gotta come off and without a tower or scaffold...
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    Exterior wall round a raised patio?

    Sound like a clear choice. Acrylic can be quite expensive thou' Try plastics direct for cut sizes. Original perpex is strong, some can shatter, so ask. Some of the decking materials might work for the posts and ballustrade.
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    Victorian bricks - can they be re-stained grey

    You can ask Brickaid they do exactly that for new builds when brick mismatching happens. Not sure why you want them grey if they were sandy when new????
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    rendering over pebbledash

    The latest trend is to turn dashing back to bricks using lime based finish like Decopierre or Blue FLag Base coat, then 2 coats 1st is the pointing color, 2nd the brick and then grooved out. Youtube it.
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    What is this insulation board called?

    Try e-bay and search kingspan seconds, same stuff, may be marked or have creases, but about half price.
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    what to do with fireplace?

    stone effect, lime based. copy any Before........ After. this patern taken from picture in BBC Home & Antiques.
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  15. stone fireplace

    stone fireplace

    decopierre
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    gas nailers

    I have a p700 paslode (Spit pulsa) gas gun. It will put a 20mm nail into a 12" RSJ, thou we used it for putting steel mesh onto walls/render/brick. The gas is dated, so need to be bought when needed, and you always run out of gas before the nail pack runs out. Box of nails and gas is about £45...
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    Electrical testing scam

    I once had a number of calls off a very pleasant girl asking for the serial numbers off various electrical items (power toos and equip), for annual standard testing. They always got a mouthfull as the scam is then to send an invoice for annual testing. Often they ask for a password and...
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    Customers paying by credit card ?

    REMEMBER ONE SIMPLE RULE. if your product or work can be paid for on a card, you can also be requested to pay the whole lot back if the customer has an issue at any time in the future. eg warranty, guarantee or workmanship. In 10 yrs my company had a regular issue with card payers in Merseyside...
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    rendering a pond

    Not sure if you mean the exterior wall, or the bit with the water in???? Please verify.
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    render choice help

    mate of mines works for a company offering external insulation and re-render service for mobile homes/static park homes etc: I am pretty sure he said there us a large% grant on the go at the moment. I can get detais if you want, or PM me .
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