Recent content by Czar

Hi fellas, I'm concreting a small base of a fireplace. Just wondered how many bags of ballast I'd need for an area one tenth of a cubic metre? I already have cement so it's just the 25kg ballast bags I need. Cheers

Ok, I got the Wickes bonding agent in the end and have applied that today - it's ideal being pink as I can see exactly where has been covered, unlike with water/pva. I'm going to give it a coat of bonding tomorrow and then two coats of multi. One more question about the Wickes WBA, is there...

Cheers, yeah I've done a few ceilings so have some idea what i'm letting myself in for. I just haven't tackled any with the really thick artex before. Which bonding agent would you say is best if I went down that route?

Hi fellas, Having skimmed most of my house with good results I have been roped in to doing some work for a neighbour. She wants two bathroom ceilings done that have a quite thick fan-patterned artex on them. There's no way I'm up for scraping them right back so if the ceiling seems sound my...

It was actually Wickes bagged 'Plastering Sand'. About twice the price of sharp or building sand too... :x Another point, the wall is saturated from days of endless rain. There's a window in the weather tomorrow and I'm hoping to get the float coat on. Am I ok top coating a wall that will no...

I've now scratch coated a block garden using plastering sand. This sand was very stoney, but has gone on the wall quite nicely. Is there any glaring reason why I couldn't use a finer sand (kiln-dried?) for the top coat to give it a finer finish? Any pro's and Con's? Any thoughts much...

Hi fellas, Having lashed up a standard blockwork garden wall, i'm going to render it and then rent a tyrolean gun to finish (to match the house) - a few questions... 1) Any need to PVA the wall? If not, is it doing any harm to use it for better render adherence for an amateur like me...

Featheredge stuff? How would you fix that to steel rails? I think it would need arris rails at least, to nail the featheredge to, I guess? Fencing is fine for back gardens, I'm not so sure it would look right in the front though? I'm tempted to just cut the bloody things and see if there...

No mate it belongs to me. Private house on a private residential street (in Plymouth) :D Any suggestions??

Hi fellas, I want to cut the ugly metal bars and fill in between the pillars with blockwork. My question is, will cutting the bars destabalize the pillars? If so, will the blockwork strengthen them sufficiently? If that all fails, any ideas/advice on how to de-uglify this front garden...

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the bars need to go!

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Cheers for the reply. I looked at getting a midget trowel - 8x3 aren't they? It's the 3" end that I would need be using mainly. Any advice on how to get a great finish on areas a few inches wide, where you can't get a nice 'sweep' with the trowel?