Rndering a door bricked up

[diycooper]

I have just had a door bricked up on the front of my house, So i am gong to render it to match the rest of the front of the house. What bead is it i need to get for the edge on the bottom of the render ? Someone told me a Belcast, Is this correct?

Where its bricked up i need to use more render on the left than the right of the brick up. What do i do with the Belcast cut a bit of it off to run in with the wall?

 

[noseall]

bellcast or bell bead is what you're after.

 

[diycooper]

where the door has been bricked up on the left hand side i will need to use about a inch of render, but on the right i will only need to use 1 cm. so i need to run it in. how do i do that with the bell cast

 

[diycooper]

just had another look and it looks like the person who done it used a bell cast all along the left hand side where the door was. But on the right there was about a foot to render so he never used one. But now the door has been bricked up and the render needs to match. Whats a solution here ?

Can you upload pictures on this. So i can give you a better view of what i mean?

 

[noseall]

bell bead is one option, albeit a rigid one.

you could always fix a timber batten to the wall and use this as a shutter stop and form the render bellcast to the batten, tapering as you go. use some thing like 50 x 50mm timber as this will provide you with a broad enough platform upon which to taper the render down.

 

[diycooper]

Do i need to bond the block before the render it?

 

[brist]

No just wet it with water

 

[noseall]

No just wet it with water

smart advice.

 

[diycooper]

Got my materials. Going to do this in the next few days,weather depending.

Do i screw the bell cast to the wall ?
What is the best mix to use 3 parts sand to 1 part cement or 4 parts sand to 1 part cement.
Why dont you bond the wall ?

Thx for the help

 

[diycooper]

ok i have got the bell cast on just need answers to my other to questions?
Thx

 

[brist]

4 Sand 1 cement and 1 lime
Masonary nail it on

 

[diycooper]

Is there not already lime in the cerment?
I am doing this tomorrow so dont bond it?

 

[diycooper]

Done my first scratch coat yesterday. Its going to need another scratch coat, how long shall i leave it before coats ? And should i bond it now or just wet it like the first coat?

 

[brist]

In the morning and just wet it

 

[diycooper]

thx