hi andy. what size do you use for scratch coat and top coat. same or different.. claw75essexandy said:I use fibres in all my rendering both scratch and top coat.
do you use the sbr as a waterproofer or mix it with another waterproofer. does that make sense?bodplasterer said:Fibers are great we put them in all our rendering now you just cant take the chance with sand being so fine these days and sbr.
Fair comment church......never tested them ourselves but ive used them in 1st coat for about 5 years or so...think u need a good handful per bucket.......read a test by builder mag which they raved about lol no doubt the fibres company took them on a jollly up before the artical came out. I probably use them cause no-one else uses them around my manor, so offering them something else and i always include it in my spec/quote sheet ( helps to minimise future chances of cracking).......a few guys over the years say they make very little difference.....but at 2 quid a bag..why not bag last me a good while...church said:We used the plastering fibres back in the summer, we done a test and spread some set out on some polythene , one with fibres in and one without , when they set we snapped them to see if the fibres made the multi stronger , didn't make a bit of difference tbh but we carried on using them just put more in