External rendering - stop beads instead of corner beads?

[loply]

Hi folks,

I'm getting some external rendering done, and the guy who's doing it has been round and nailed stop beads all round in preparation.

Thing is, he's used stop beads even on corners, cream plastic ones with about a 10mm lip on them. This presumably means I'm going to have a 10mm plastic cream strip down every corner.

To my mind he should be using the same kind of beads a plasterer would use on internal work? Not just a stop bead?

Is this normal? Not sure whether to pull him up or not.

Cheers for any advice,
Rich

 

[^woody^]

If the render goes around a corner, then corner beads are used. Proper bell cast beads above DPC - and above any openings.

Ideally, stainless steel not plastic.

 

[mcluma]

outside always stainless steel. otherwise they start rusting and blow you're render

 

[loply]

For god sake, now I'm going to have an awkward conversation with this guy asking why he's put stop plastic beads on external corners. God knows what excuse he'll have.

He's stuck them to the concrete blocks using window mastic, is that okay?

 

[mcluma]

He's stuck them to the concrete blocks using window mastic, is that okay?

No