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Thanks Jimbob. I finished scratching the front of the house yesterday and it looks just like the back. Do i need to spray it with the anti algae stuff and the waterproofer now it's all gone off or do i just leave it now. Cheers.

Cheers reeves, me and my apprentice bricklayer did it, he' s an handy lad mind. The low level roof has had the mortar joint raked out, lead will be placed in later. I've read on here you should never render over lead work. I'm over the moon with the finish we've produced but it's hard work, ill...

I posted on here a few months back asking for a few tips on how to krend my new extension, most advised against me 'having a go ' myself. well i've just scratched back my first attempt at rendering and i think it went ok. The one forum member that told me to just do it and gave me some good...

Who is it a disaster for? What's the worst that can happen , it's s**t, i take it off. Think about it from my perspective. I get to do it on my terms, when i want, no hanging around and not having to deal with renderers suckin'each other off saying " specialist work this" under no circumstances...

Thanks again jimbob. Does an i bar go by another name, i can't seem to find them in th 1 stop plasterers shop? How many bags should i mix in one batch, base coat and top coat? Do i need to prime the brickwork before the base coat goes on? Cheers mate. It costs nothing to be nice..Unlike some...

Thankyou jimbob. Decent answer. Should i not embed mesh in the base coat? When you say rule it off, is that a darby or a speedskim straight edge, or are they one and the same. When would you use a serated edge? ,immediately after i've applied the whole of the top coat or as i proceed with the...

Ok. Existing house is rendered, top half. I'm building a side extension, double story, this new gable, i'm doing in brickwork. I'll remove the old render off the front and back and re render the front and back only leaving the new gable in brickwork. I like a challenge, as i have said, money...

Hi all. So, having scoured and read almost everything in the rendering section of this forum i now want to 'have a go ' at doing my own home and the extension i'm soon to build. I'm planning on building the new gable in brickwork and k rendering the front and back. Although i'd like to save...