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How is the colour of a roughcast wall adjusted? Sometimes you will see a dark brown, sometimes a grey, sometimes a beige...how is the desired colour achieved. Had my house roughcast beige and i asked them to roughcast below the bellcast a dark brown so it contrasted but it ended up pretty...

Any blown bits of rough cast, hack out till i find a secure bit, then level this with some mix to existing roughcast level, let it dry, then sratch coat it? What is the best tool for scratching with? Should scratches be vertical only? Lastly, What is a safe area for a novice to work over...

Alastair - cheers Fix the beads with some mix? What size beads? Scratch coat to what thickness? Full depth of the bead or leave some of the bead for the 4/1 coat. Should I knock out the old bellcast first it is out quite far?

Thanks for reply When you say render, do you mean to put my sand cement mix over existing and then pebbledash it and job done?

Hi I want have a go at roughcasting my old garage, it is currently roughcast and I would like to (thinking it is easier) to roughcast over the existing, there is a small section about 2 foot sq which is hollow, the remainder of it seems pretty sound but. I have done a bit of plastering and...

The cable going into the meter is twin and earth and I didnt check the external wall, i expected to find the cable going into main fuse then into meter but all there is a big old twin and earth with LN going to meter and the PE going into a connector block then board. All looks a bit iffy..

Hi Couple of questions: I am looking at a job just now, the supply cable comes through wall but straight into the meter, I cant see any Primary Supply Overcurrent Device (mains fuse) is this right??? Also, the board carries semi enclosed re-wireables 3036 - how do I identify the main...