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Looking at a monorex job do i need to use a mesh in it. That raises another question when and why do we use a mesh. Obviously it adds strength
 
A lot of houses and extensions (more so )are built with light weight block (3 newton) so the mesh as you say give strength and also reduces the risk of cracking , bit like skimming board work without any scrim , if you know what i mean :RpS_unsure:
 
So keeping that in mind if using on a 1930 s built house (brick) the mesh wouldnt be needed. I know to apply the Monore in 2 coats wet on wet. The rep didnt mention any mesh. I suppose thats wht
 
So keeping that in mind if using on a 1930 s built house (brick) the mesh wouldnt be needed. I know to apply the Monore in 2 coats wet on wet. The rep didnt mention any mesh. I suppose thats wht
I would mesh anyway as it is not alot more money to do ,and mesh should be used around all openings , doors, windows ect ,as these are weak points ,if you mesh it all then that gives you peace of mind
 
That interesting it was either Monorex or Pral M i was going to use but TP are quoting £95 ( enough for 6m sq) delivered to site ready mixed (WET). I thought it was available bagged but TP reckon not
 
he has to start somewhere. 6 mts seems as good a place as any. :RpS_thumbup:. TP may have got confused with pre mixed. it comes in bags in loads of different colours. cant see them mixing it at their yard first.
 
Indeed any plasterer should be able to use products like monorex , its not rocket science , just rendering , none of these bagged or pre mixed renders are much different to each other , like pft wales said everyone has to start somewhere , and the basic info is out there on forums like this , even the makers offer a days course to learn how to use them , cant be that tuff if it only takes a few hours of training to pick up .
 
Indeed any plasterer should be able to use products like monorex , its not rocket science , just rendering , none of these bagged or pre mixed renders are much different to each other , like pft wales said everyone has to start somewhere , and the basic info is out there on forums like this , even the makers offer a days course to learn how to use them , cant be that tuff if it only takes a few hours of training to pick up .
Most are a lot easier then s/c ,imo :RpS_thumbup:
 
I agree Keithuk , youtube is full of videos giving away our trade secrets for free any products any time :RpS_thumbup:
 
Indeed any plasterer should be able to use products like monorex , its not rocket science , just rendering , none of these bagged or pre mixed renders are much different to each other , like pft wales said everyone has to start somewhere , and the basic info is out there on forums like this , even the makers offer a days course to learn how to use them , cant be that tuff if it only takes a few hours of training to pick up .

Not necessary true that, I agree the basic principal of plonking it on is the same, but there all a slightly different composition, and all have different set times, weber, Enewall, sto, parex there bagged gear are all different.
i see so many poor render jobs it's unbelievable that the domestic public has paid good money for and some monkeys turned up to do, because"it's not difficult to put render on" some of the pictures reps send me is shocking across the board for systems ie scratch renders, acrylic, silicone, ewi's. Go and work with a renderer or get a renderer in,and learn from them. to advise people to have a go on somebody's house that they are paying for in good faith, is bad advice IMO.
 
Agree with Owls. You tube makes it look easy but all these products differ slightly from one manufacturer to another. Work with or offer to spend a day observing
 
There's nothing wrong with starting out with different aspects of the game, but there's ways and means of doing it, I went working with a machine gang originally for beer money for a few weeks.
 
its only six meters

scrape renders . are they all that different ? same day summer..next day winter... a good spread wont leave it rough. its more to do with rough lazy waankers when you see a bad job and that job would of been ruff whatever finish the rough spread was applying. timings vary by the weather as much as they vary btween manufacturers.
 
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