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    sandblasting stonewall

    Sandblasting will remove the lime anyway. Internal blasting is a bind, look up soda blasting, which is cleaner and less agressive on Cheshire stone (Is it red or sand coloured?) also good examples on C4 Restoration man web last weeks episode...
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    sto render-good or not

    Available through Mike Peters Group fitted for around £30 mtr I seem to remember.
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    I want to paint my fence blue...

    3 years to date, and no fade yet. I/m happy for the price. and actually emulsion is just vinyl in water so many traders use it outside but hussssshhhhhh its not for the public to know, put exterior on the outside of the can and charge more simples*8
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    I want to paint my fence blue...

    Yep I only got a silver medal for that one, maybe brown would have been more acceptable to the pensioners club
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    sandstone wall

    Build in concrete block and get deco pierre in . lancs stone over pebbledash. features added, arches, lintels quoins.
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    I want to paint my fence blue...

    We painted a fence 3 years ago with ORANGE emulsion I got off a BnQ returns shelf. Sounds Ugh! But see what u think. Cheaper too the 5 ltr tin did two coats on four panels. The black was \Sandtex . picture taken today.
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    Moss removal ?

    Never go to a dentist for a cure for piles.
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    Roof Coatings

    current count for roof-coaters in UK 156 'companies', 4 years ago 7. Oldest established 15 years, Kent & Manchester. Then came Aquashield (Over 30 pages of bad stuff about them on one saving forum) ,their ex-salesmen have started many ops' on their own since. Not many do the job properly and if...
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    rendering cellar ceiling

    We use ceiling sprayers (45 degee unit) air fed, Used normally with with Decopierre, sticks like 'it to a blanket, up to 20mm thick, just one coat needed if no paint on the existing surface. Also used sharp sand, BS and OPC a few times if no stone or brick shapes to be carved into it. Some...
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    1900's farmhouse gable end to re-render help please

    Nuff said http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nso_HX_w7TQ
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    render system for SIPs house

    Damn,you came you saw and you concurred ! Too late mate :lol:
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    render system for SIPs house

    Yer I Concur too, but councils chopped down our local Concur tree, due to H&S issues, so no more. :lol:
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    render system for SIPs house

    There seems to be two theories, if not nailing then skim on the mesh with first coat, but I like the fact that the mesh is connected, so we tend to put it on first. For Sips, I guess a smooth skim with the mesh, then nails. The Spit comes with a magnetic washer holder that allows very good fix...
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    render system for SIPs house

    We bought rolls of 5mm squares F/glass mesh and put it on with a Spit Pulsar nail gun (with washers) over a bad surface before spray applying a sharp sand, cement mix. Worked very well. I have seen 10 mm mesh too.
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    Outrageous roof cleaning and sealing prices?

    Best price from a reputable roof coaters company for a clean, repair, treat color coat is about £2500-£2700. STOP them from getting access, turn off the outside tap, and if they arrive call the police. They can NOT legally sigh off any cooling off period as they A) Cold called B) Came to...
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    render system for SIPs house

    Decopierre on youtube.
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    Pimp the Pebbledash

    Thanks Jonnie, about time someone without major 'grumpy old man' syndrome put their penny in the pot. Right on all accounts. :D
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    Pimp the Pebbledash

    The neighbours wall was full of paint drips from their attempts at painting the gutter, so I went over the walls with acid and then some colours which will fade to the correct shade within a few weeks, As will our work. One happy neighbour. The London brick next to this property (right of) was...
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