Recent content by getroundtuit

Glad the REP's back in place, so what would you suggest to the original OP? what's on my house as I've said is not much more than sand and lime. Time will tell how long the MP75 will hold up but as I suspect the rest could fall off and it will still be there, it looks better than it did, and...

http://www.knauf.de/pdf/bilder/katalog/33769/prospekte/p10_putze_engl_23022009_screen.pdf read through this and it does'nt say anywhere for external use but it also does'nt say not to :lol:

What got me in the instructions, it says it can be used on internal walls and all other elevations (that being external) also the the designation MP75 G/F Gypsum/Fassade (facade) It does absorb water slightly as indicated by the colour change, but it is only slightly and nobody else seems to...

Putz only means Mortar/plaster etc., MP75 Maschinen Putz 75 (machine mortar) it does contain gypsum. I did'nt paint the repair and when it's really damp outside it goes a little bit pinkish. I did wonder whether to use it myself because in the description it said " for all internal walls and...

[/url] No mistake! they use it inside and outside here in Holland, where did you get that it was for inside? There are two types of MP75 white bag is lightweight and the Brown bags ordinary, I used the Brown and it's in it's second year already on the wall and still looks good after a winter...

//www.diynot.com/network/getroundtuit/albums/ Firstly I'm not a plaster and what you see in my pictures is the first work I've ever done. When working in the construction a Proffesional Plasterer friend advised me to use Knauff MP75, mixed by hand or otherwise for everything. Its very easy...

I have a very large property that I am constantly fighting against vermin. I poison the place from top to bottom and have tried to block every concievable point of entry with PU foam and do my best to remove all food sources. It's true a mouse can get through a hole the size of a pencil! and...

plastic cable ties should be ok, I doubt the heating cable would get hot enough to melt them.

I've used dimmer switches to control ventilater fans before, you need to be sure the fan is'nt rated higher than the switch. I use a Multifan controller now though that will control the fan according to temperature and switch the heating on if necessary :wink: