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The best advice would be phone a plasterer!

Tell the customer not to slam the door as it may bring the ceiling down!

I put the scratcher over it.

Nice house, must have a decent council in Prestbury!

Don't use a cement grout on the concrete ,that idea died out about 40 years ago. The grout dries out quicker then the screed leaving the screed hollow. Just wet the concrete the lay the screed. 3 parts sand 1 part cement.

The walls are saturated. You are lucky that you have not lime bloom as well.

I use parinter as it keys to a painted brickwork. I give it a scratch and leave it for a day to set. Then a coat of O C R to a float finish. I Tyrolean it same day to get a green suction. i spray it very light ready for decoration. You can sponge Parinter up if the wall is spot on. Printer is...

Parinter is designed to produce a key . It is an expensive material, I just use it for a scratch coat to receive O C R float finish. For a Tyrolean finish I just mix sand and cement , very wet , and give it a very light spray to receive decoration.

Woodchip paper!

The problem with a replacement for your ceiling is the mess and the loss of your loft insulation. You will need the landing ceiling and walls redecorated. With an overboard you could have a timber ground added to your loft hatch. The insulation switch may have to be moved down a fraction. Less...

Put some photos of your property up. Are there other properties in the area in similar condition?

It is impossible to know the way forward without seeing the condition of the external.

If I was a midlands chap , I would choose the Kia! :risas:

Your timber frame building had a very poor spec for the rendering. I would remove all render, eml, and ply. If the condition of the ply is in as poor condition as your inspection. The ply will have to be replaced as it does give the timber frame its strength. Fit Knauf aqua panel , mesh joints...

That is the method we used. Give the bell cast batten a coat of shuttering oil so that it drops clean.

After the first minute.

Never use SBR on internals. Only on external render or floor screeds. Material must be applied when SBR is wet.

I guess that you are based in Ireland? The Carlite in Ireland is not the same material that was used in UK. years ago.

It is not the fault of multi finish plaster. Piss poor prep.

Just leave it alone, the water stains will dry out but it will take some time.

The main reason screed cracks is the D49 is at the base of the screed and not in the middle .

NO sand and cement. use a thin coat dashing mortar. Aleseco is the best dashing receiver.

I have had several belts from electricity, when rendering an externals. The most recent one the trowel kept vibrating on the wall.

I just buy plastic beads on the net. They have most colours in stock.

It will be a b*****d to float on a dry coat of SBR.

may have had his mother on the laptop all day!

Use PVA for walls.

The Artex pattern had not been obliterated before being skimmed.

This reminded me of a shop in Bury St Edmunds where I was working . The daughter and her mother told me that they thought the loft was haunted as they had heard noises . They ask me if I would go up into the loft with the daughter to have a look. While we where in the loft I noticed that the...

Wall ties failing is common if the property is within a few miles of either a salt marsh or salt water.

Yes. Although I call screed semi dry.

1 part cement. 3 parts sand, I would use sharp sand. 6 parts stone . I would use 10mm stone. Then put a wacker plate over the mix to consolidate.

Over board is the best bet.

When I was an apprentice, if working under 3 miles I would cycle to work. We would be paid traveling time measured from the firms yard. If the work was out in the sticks [Suffolk] in the yard for 6.30 for pick up in firms vans or mini bus. Our tool box which the leading plasterer made for the...

For timber frame properties , Would leave the ply on to give the frame extra strength .Fit Knauf Aquapanel with a thin coat system finish.

Try Anglia lime company. They will have it all pre mixed ready to use.

Firms like Anglia lime produce a lime based exterior paint. As regards the cracking I would guess that someone mixed white cement with the lime on application.

It is nothing to do with the roof system. Your property is either close to trees or water.

The college for plastering closed in Colchester by the time of my apprenticeship in 1963. They asked me if I would like to go to college in Cambridge ,60 mile away. That was about as difficult as a 15 year old getting to the moon in those days.

I don't think that it would help.

I have recently worked on a large bungalow. They had the walls drilled on the interior and the insulation pumped out. I was told that after about 15 years the insulation had all slumped to the lower third of the walls. They replaced the insulation with the polystyrene ball type. Then had the...

It does look to me like a Tyrollean finish. I think that it has been sprayed on top of an old render. I can see near the window frames where the old render was marked out in blockwork. This may be the reason with the keying of the Tyrolean. Plenty of cracks on the extension that needs...

Fitting aqua panel board is very heavy job. Tell the builder that it is a carpenters job.

I would give it a strong coat of PVA the day before I skimmed it. The same when I skim on top of wall tiles.

The way that I was taught in London was keep the base coat as tight as possible. We would scrape off to the scrim. Pin the mesh then an other tight coat ,finish to receive the thin coat. In the Netherlands they wanted a ticker top coat . They would fit widgets to the walls after 1 st coat which...

Render is NOT a DIY project.

As you are thinking about putting mesh over the walls. it would be a lot better to bed the mesh into a coat of Rendaid with a decent scratch to key the finish coat. As it is a very exposed property, use plastic angle beads. Not galvanised or stainless beads.

Mixing sand and cement lime for external render. You are 30 years out of date! For sand and cement render use Tarmac One Coat Render. pre bagged just add water you have the perfect mix. It all finishes the same colour and the sand is sharp enough to give a perfect finish. 1 bag covers 1 metre...

I am still lying in bed, making tents at that time of day.

I cut 2 templates, push them together ,when correct just mark top and bottom.