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Thanks for the reply.There are afew round here with the same ideas,in fact there are some with even bigger pitch roofs than mine would be.I guess the council should be an go on this,aswell to have same sort of tiles to match the main roof,,but i will check it out,also would makein the frame out...

Hello all,Could do with some info, My front porch roof at mo is an flat felt roof but its due for an refelt soon,my brother as some spare tiles which would cover the area i have. The roof is 4m wide and from back to front is 750mm what i need to know is what wood to use as my frame.also its...

Can i Render over old Rendering with paint on it.i will get all the flakes of paint that is there.the wall looks petty bad and over the years its been patch here there and everywhere.plus its not very flat and all i want to do is like an thin coat..can i get away with bits at little as 5mm upto...

Thanks PrenticeBoyofDerry..What i was tryin to say is that an plastering ref guide for all DIYers and new plasters..I guess it would take alot of writeing up an full complete guide

Thanks for the tips guys.its always good to see diff plasters do thing diff,i guess everyone to there own as long as the result ends up good 8) but on an other note would be nice to understand all the lingo..as someone new to this and i have spent some days reading though the 1st 27 pages...

Thanks guys,am new at plastering and not very fast an hopeing that will come in time and i thought an table would be quicker to get on the hawk,let alone save my back every 2 mins..I have a 1000 and 1 questions but i will read abit on this forum 1st :lol:

Hi all,i just completed an week training in plastering,Damm it hard work but the results are great.I just started get some kit together so i can do my house,Got an spot table and instaed of payin £18 for an bit of wood i made one with an bit of half inch plywood.what do you guys treat the board...

:D :D nope but i need it to look alot better than it is right now...

Thanks benn05 I checked the link out and i think that is proby what i will get.£63 not cheap..just for 15kg.i proby need 30kg..

Thanks for the replys..will look into it..Nice 1 :D

could i use sandtex and get this sort of finish..am not lookin to be 100% same but an rough texture look.Thanks

Hi all i made an post in the plastering section and even some have come up as to what it might be i was told to ask over here..heres an link to my 1st post.. //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1471632#1471632

Thanks guys for the replys..not sure how long sandtex been out.but the work on the 1st post pic was done over 10+ years ago and it still looks as good now as it did then. I will post in the paint section linkin over to this post maybe someone also could give me an idea on where to get this...

Hi all,This is my 1st post and hope someone can put me on the right path..am tryin to get this finish on the front on my house. see pic as to what i mean..I have been told that its rollon with sandtex.my wall as just flat render on at mo but its rough and i would like to get this sort of...