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Thanx for the reply was the sand cement mix ratios ok It was hot on the days the rendering was done and the sun did catch it all afternoon soaked the walls but was drying out quite quickly.It wasnt remixed again at all . The 3 in 1 admix is from one bottle which includes waterproofer...

hi been plastering and rendering a few years lately having a problem with render blowing cracking and sometimes top coat appears weak ie easily marked when ladders leant against them i always soak walls first with water use washed plastering sand 4 and 1 cement use addmixture everbuild 3 in 1...

thanks for your reply to my post coulyou check my reply & let me know what you think many thanks

the dash we did manage to gat off meant we had to re block gable wall we have used the eml technique on one small wall already it fixed well to the dash and was used over bad brickwork and cracks angle grinded the dash in criss cross lines to give another key it rendered up well on scratch coat...

many thanks its not all the walls just one in particular cheers

Please advise Iam rendering my mothers house but cannot remove the dash as it so hard when it does come off it is damageing interior plasterwork and loosening brick work the interior is completely finished and decorated was told to screw sheets of expanding metal lathe over dash twith screws and...

Thanks for your help i want to recoat the floor ,with wax oil if possible. At the moment its finished with varnish , how sholud i do this & is it possible to do this without sanding the floor back to bare wood with industrial sanders as my house is open planned, & ive already finished the...

no i didnt sand floorboards before varnishing/waxing didnt think i needed to as they were new

hi they were 6"x1" soft wood tongue and groove floor boards from timber merchants the varnish and wax were both brought from diy shops b&q i think as am diyer thats all i used does this help any and was also informed wax oil is a better product please help

have laid pine floorboards a few years ago stained them then varnish finish after a short time it started to ware away i then sanded them and stained again this time using floor wax same thing happened they are exposed to lots of foot traffic is there a better way to finish please advise

have laid new floorboards stained them then varnished them in quite a short space of time the varnish wares away have also used floor wax couple of years ago which did the same is there a better way to finsh than varnish or foor wax please advise

I want to replace my combi boiler in my house is there a way i can work out the btu rating of each of my radiators they are all fairly new but i dont know there btu outputs . I wondered if there is a formula using the height of the rad and the width of the rad and whether they are doules or...

roughcaster your help has been fantastic and very helpful will take your advice and wait a while many thanks again

sorry to be a pest would feb wintamix help i know some brickies who use this in the winter months and was told they nalso use car antifreeze in there mix

thanks very much for your help

PLEASE HELP can i still render in winter months and do i need to add any additives into my mix to protect from frost many thanks

I have rendered most of my house in the summer and was told to use washed plastering sand the scratch coat was 4 and 1 mix the top coat was 5 and 1 and to soak the walls 1st. I used a 3 in 1 plasticiser retarder and waterproofer to help prevent it cracking blowing or going off to fast WORKED...

thanx very much for all your help one moer thing please where can i buy the waxoil

any products you would recommend