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    rat trap cavity

    anyone got any advise on meshing it successfully,,,
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    rat trap cavity

    yes.its a double extension kithchen below and bedroom above, both rat trap walls matey
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    rat trap cavity

    Hi guys. Im currently render dashing a pre 1920s house in s wales and we have hacked off and found the walls to be a rat trap cavity that is pretty loose.whilst ive heard of these walls before ive never worked on one. Its very loose in places and seems a little unstable. .im very reluctant to...
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    rugby premium cement

    i had this problem recently and had to hack it all off, the rugby premium cement has lime added to it and when you add waterproofer with(i was using freeflo) it it rips right through it,, i got in touch with the rep and they said its not the first theyve had on this, i assume its the one in the...
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    parex dash receiver

    i tried it today lads, dont bother,, this is not good for sand an cement,, its way too sticky and it slumps to quickly,, it draws to quick also,, stick to there base coat or float up with nails like we would with skim,,you have to be 100% flat or itll slump,, theres no cheating here,, but then...
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    parex dash receiver

    hi guys steve again from jnc.. does anyone know if you can use the parex maite dash reciever over normal sand and cement,,im just dashing a house in conventional and the customer has just ask if we can use the coloured render and dash,,and just wondered what the process is or do we definatley...
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    pebble dash problem

    beader,,i think youve hit the nail on the head matey,,weve been to site today and this one wall out of three is on the side to an alley,,whence we dashed it it was dry and nice,,today it was like a rolls royce wind tunnel,, we didn cover because we never do as we dont dash in inclement weather...
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    pebble dash problem

    normally i dont tend to go along with my hawk to push stone in,, but with this stone i may have to do that, my stone was damp not wet,,,the terms dry dash mean dry,,not mixed with a cement mix, ive damped my stone before in the summer months and never had this problem,,so pass,, all my...
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    pebble dash problem

    when we dashed the wall hung lovely it didn suck in or skin over,,took the dash lovely,good coverage,,hardly had to work the wall at all,,,im thinking it may be the dash needs washing,,it was a little damp from the bag and maybe it was too wet to see it was too dusty,,its stumped me
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    Bits in your multi-finish

    this happened in about 2005,, little black bits in the multi finish,,they found that some part was breaking down in the plant and stopped all process,,our local merchants were restricting sale to only 3 bags a day or 5 if you were soley a plasterer,,and the prices were stupid,, dont know if...
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    pebble dash problem

    thanks bubbles,, good point,, but i always have my boys mix by buckets so i can see what ratios there mixing by the amount of cement bags and i also use a measure jug for the freeflo,,ive had dusty dash before but it never came off like this does,,,,,,
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    pebble dash problem

    thanks oli,, hope so,,starting to lose the will to live with this,,:RpS_lol:
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    pebble dash problem

    pebble dash problems??????? hi all, my first post as a new member,,my names steve and i trade as jnc,,ive been plastering years on n off like most, ive hit a problem whilt dry dashing,, ive just dashed two houses in yellow spar on a buff background,, the first is great like all my previous, then...
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