Recent content by Hodgo

Im in lowestoft, Il give them a look cheers.

That doesn't sound good atall. Im trying to find out about lime render and if a stainless mesh should be applied before application as I have a customer requiring a lime render and I totally want to avoid anything like what your experiencing. Hopefully someone will come back with something...

And can anyone recommend a decent lime putty/render company,and what would be best hydraulic or non hydraulic? cheers

Thanks limespread, I was actually thinking of meshing the whole area that had to be spread,would i need to do this or maybe just a harling coat to form a key instead of the stainless mesh? The price of the stainless is stooopidly high in comparison to galvanized at £23.24 + VAT for a 2.5 X 700mm...

A mister spray, its actually called a plant atomiser for spraying plants i use it for wetting up the plaster. Id personally say plaster the whole ceiling for a proper job as its such a large area to patch unless of course the ceiling is huge. Then you can obviously scrim the joints and no...

Id fill the hole with bonding leaving it a bit shy of level, then go over with multi finish,srcape back the excess plaster around the edge of the hole, then spray with a mister and fether out the edges with the trowel once the plaster has picked up a bit. nothing you can do about it...

Hello again people, I've just been to look at an external rendering job,the existing render has cracked and the customer is worried about this happening in future. The property is in a very east coastal location. Would a lime render be a more suitable option and set the customers mind at...

Tell me about it the scaff has been up a month and I've managed to hack off, mesh and scratch coat it, its been that bad and now the snow! This is definitely my last external job for the winter :-)

I was just going to ask about the timber but you got there before me roughcaster. Thanks again

Ahhh I see, I've got it, thanks for the advice guys very much appreciated. Easy when you know how eh !!!! Sounds like fun especially as the the scaffolders have made it so easy to get around!!!

Thanks for quick reply Micilin, Would you let the render pick up a bit first so the timber doesn't pull the gear off? I'm guessing it would if it was too wet?

Hello fellow plasterers. Im re-rendering a single chimney stack on an old property which is roughly a meter wide. I want to keep the old look of the existing work so i've opted against using angle beads as im sure the finish wouldnt look right. The finish on the external angles isnt bullnose...