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I would stick jute scrim on the foam, paint the foam with neat pva then press the scrim onto / into the pva, don't brush the pva over the scrim as you want to keep all the little fibres lose to bind the skim coat to it.

I'm with TM on this.

That would give cold spot condensation and black mould spots. the thinnest insulated board I know of is 22mm.

Um, well yes but only 3 foot squares in the middle of the biggest walls in the house, never whole walls.

sounds like lime mortar, best tool to remove is hatchet, just start at the bottom and chop at a angle.

You might get away with a sealer primer paint, I would ask the mod's to move the post to the decorating forum.

We hang them on 8x8's, 3 foot in the ground and back filled with concrete.

DMG Timber, King's Lynn, they may do custom made. They have a web link.

You don't take cuttings, you take a bud and graft it on to a root stock or another bush, if you want a standard rose the go dig up a nice straight dog rose from a hedge and cut to height and graft on to that, its about rose budding time now, try a search on rose budding.

:lol: :lol: :lol: love it, wish I'd had the two colours to play with but I've never seen grey finish.

Might take a while but distract girlfriend when she is slamming the door, once she's slammed it on her fingers it will get closed more carefully. :twisted:

Its two coat work, scratch & float.

Did you leave your scratch coat with a open course finish or did you leave it looking nice and smooth ?.

Talk him out of it if you can, if not then I would batten it horizontal with 2x1 tile batten, no more than 400 centres then cover with a breathable roof membrane, then use rib lath for your render key. screw the batten to the house timbers as it will help when you come to take it all off.

Could be, I should get a good look by next year as I think quite a bit will of drop off by then. :lol:

Yes, use your trouser leg it is easier clean off.

Do the render walls with cinder blocks or concrete blocks, its won't blow off them like it will thermal blocks.

I can't find a picture, done many in my time but don't know the name of them. :oops:

thanks external, as I said I'd never seen it before.