as long as the temperature is above 5 during thenday and doesnt drop below freezing overnight then you will be fine. im still roughcasting/rendering in the winter, just not in the past 2-3weeks
what does mcc stand for? surely nhbc will pick up on it not being thick enough. is there shadow lines showing through where the blocks have been laid?
im starting a house next week just along the road from you, pop in if you want to see how it should be done
firstly, sorry to hear this is still ongoing.i was hoping you would have it sorted by now.
are any of your neighbours render in a similar condition? if more has crumbled off then there is absolutely no way this has been applied correctly. weber comes with a guarentee but i dont know if this...
It does seem a tad expensive. Not only for your renderer, but the scaffold aswell. As a rough guide, i just done a similar sized gable, that got taken back to brick for £700 plus £350 for scaffold
My nose got the better of me...
It turns out you aren't exactly correct in what you are saying, although not entirely incorrect!
It says pretty much says the guide for the ratio of freeflo/water is for Portland cement. If you use any other types of cement then a trial is reccomended to...
Get a grip pal.
If you look back i said to go on a course as he will get more trowel time
no one in their right mind would go to a customers house and show them everything they know about plastering. Thats unless they are a one man band like yourself and 90% of the posters in this section...
Ask your plasterer when he comes round to price the job. He will tell you the best way. A lot of plasterers hate coating over this background so they re board the ceiling and skim. Personally, I would scrape it all off and 2 coats of finish