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sounds like the original guy failed to prepare the wall properly. pva is widely used by most spreads but wba, gypprime and thistle bond it are far superior products. although more costly. usually a good quality pva is sufficient if applied correctly (but you can get some crap pva), in my...

TANK the wall. irregulare stone is hard to chemically inject, as you need to find the same level on both sides, so i would go for this. take wall back to brick @ 1.5m, treat for salt ingression. apply a thin, flat coat of render with waterproofer in it all the way to the floor. there...

you need to float and rub it up, then devil it before skimming mate.

one of our vans is of the road so the bricklayer has been mucking in with me for the past few weeks now. We turns up at the job yesterday its only a small ceiling, drop, reboard and skim. so we are all ready for skimming, an i asks the brickie to chip a few bits of the whisk before we...

sorry for that bigbob i took the "plaster around" to be around an I beam, if it's just a normal lintel then i would still go for the gripfill.

or dont turn the light on :wink:

i normally glue chocs of wood on the inside of the lintel and screw to them filling the spaces inbetween with rockwool. to sort the underneath out i use gripfill or something of the like.

i have never used any of those products, but i am sure they will be fine. so long as you dont breach the dpc in any way you should be fine to render anytime also did you inject the outside wall on the same course?

skim it all :D !!! sorry mate no ideas of what that is

i do damp proofing for a living mate, i never use lime unless it is specified by the customer or english heritage (on listed building). as superslasher says use a good quality waterproofer in your mixes scratch coat 3-1 top coat 4-1. some use waterproofer in the scratch coat only some do in...

In a nut shell dot and dab is faster and you can get reasonable results yourself. if you are getting a spread to do it then my personal preference would be sand and cement because it is more durable. if your spread leaves it anything other flat flat and smooth then dont pay him!! i...

i would also prefer the float and set method as rc suggests, it is a longer process but imo gives a superior longer lasting surface. if you are worried about the thermal properties of sand and cement v's plasterboard's then why not use a renovating plaster over a waterproof scratch coat? i...

i feel for you glagow, honestly i do cos i have had one recently like this, but the threat of ripping it all off was enough for him to sh*t himself and pay up. key his f8CKIN mercedes. :twisted: !!

you render his house and he says his business partner is away and his walls are leaking? Did he explain how you are responsible for his walls leaking, having only rendered them? sounds fishy to me this one, one thing i know is that if he refuses to pay, rep or no rep that render would be...

tell em your gonna hack the lot of unless they pay! you completed the job they aint paying so reclaim your materials!!!! has worked a few times for me (roofing work). they will sh*t themselves when you turn up with a kangoo to take it off. if your worried about your rep, then make a...

also there is a chance that it may not contain asbestos, i may be mistaken but it was not used in artex from about 1988 onwards.

i recently replaced some old asbestos gutters and drain pipes and the tip near me will take them. they wont take them off trades but domestic they will. It has to be wrapped in thick plastic and completely sealed at both ends. i treble wrapped it using visquin and duct taped the ends...

nice profile pic, you can plaster my walls anyday!! :shock:

there are dat b*stards everywhere. there is a reason why skips are big and either bright green or illuminous yellow. so you dont drive into them!!!

f*** me the cops came out and took photos of a skip, some n*bhead has reversed into. what the **** is going on in this world. years ago everyone woud have laughed there nuts off and that would have been the end of it. hope it goes your way tm an hope they take the p*ss out the driver.