Recent content by AWalklettPlastering

Is using this the same principle as multi finish? I really want to give this a go, expensive but I guess they can't make it in bulk like the multi finish. Think ill try and finds local company that can source it and plaster a wall in my house to advertise it. what sort of money would you...

pmsl!! i guess you mean around the velux when there's nothing to nail to? I find these beads good when there's not much render to nail to or the render is solid. I buy a pack to keep for those jobs

Mix it slightly runnier? My dad moans when I mix the plaster to runny but I'm used to working on my own. The plaster lasts longer. Mind you on average I put on one and half bags. If the suction isn't to ad ill put on two. I did do a ceiling a while ago that was 2 half bags first coat. No...

Also the floor is a concert would I need to do anything to that to make it water tight or would the concert be water tight? And or would the paint he puts on seal it?

Hey guys I have been asked to quote to render a pond. I have never done this before so need advice please. I have read that I need to add fibres into the mix? I have been trying to find where to buy fibres also? also please can someone confirm what mix and what I have to do? I was going...

oh i thought i did and didnt see the answers to what i asked, certainly not a price? i best pop to spec savers lol

cool first time i seen this, i must start looking into all different types of plastering. how much is this stuff a bag? and i guess you do two coats like normal? cheers

ok thanks guys :) i guess its only good for site work as its all flat? or if your lucky to get a fully flat ceiling on an old place. as alot of ceilings i plaster have small bows in that a trowel can get over but using a speed skim if would need to be 2" thick on one end if that makes sense...

im tempted to get one of these but am wandering something. ive heard that you put the plaster on, then go straight over it with a speed skim and then its ready to top coat as it doesnt being the water to the top. but would this not mean that the back doesnt dry? and the top coat could then...

I guess I haven't worked with sand and cement much so more used to bonding, it's lighter less hassle to mix etc.

Cheers guys

thanks stuart

ah ok thanks, not doing anything at the moment. but theres some jobs where you just have to hide the damp, at the moment i use sand and cement with sbr mixed in the render etc. just wandered if there was an easier way. thanks.

sorry if this is a repost but does anyone know if there is a backing coat similar to bonding or hardwall thats waterproof? Basicly to save time on jobs and obviously bonding is easier to work with than sand and cement. thanks

hello all my names alan and im a plasterer from Swindon i thought i was already a member but it must have been another forum so thought i would join and say hi. always good to talk to other plasterers :D