Recent content by Jimmyatko

I kind of do know my coarse, im really not bothered about the amount of blood and sweat going into my house as long as im not harming it, i have 9" walls and ive read the arguments that a slaked lime(putty/hm) offers a better vapour permiability than a nhl. Hot mix is a 3:1, 2grit,1 red(for...

Il learn to live with cracks now, i simply cant take it down, ive the whole house to do and this was the smallest, least used room, a practice and experiment room, il take what ive learned from this room and not make the same mistakes again i hope! I do like the idea of using hotmix, what...

Whats the issue with merchant sands??

I believe my house to be built in hotmix, i cant see how the country was built solely on putty or nhl, logistic's cant work! its an old farmers house, all no frills. The nhl coat was that insulated Ultra, cant think of the brand name? Its lightweight when mixed so i thought it it may relieve...

But its 2 coats up, 1st coat was a hot mix, 2nd was nhl and finish cost was putty and silica sand

Hi guys, again im after advice following the intsallation of a new lath ceiling, i applied a hair first coat using cooled down hotmix (plenty of hair) and left to dry for a month, i put alot of water on it and the n applied nhl lime 2nd coat, with hair and left for 4 days and put a 4mm lime...

Theres no name on the boarding, i gave the board a misting but it looked like the water was rolling off another issue is i cant build up layers as i have approx 55mm from wall to door frames, 40 mm insulation rest render Im not after a smooth finish on my walls, i used a mix of 3:1 being 2 grit...

Hi all, ive just started internal render/plaster on my house, after about 5 days im still having to rub over cracks, admitedly, its a coat over wood fibre insulation, the coat also does have hair in. Its the first time ive ever done lime plastering so im hoping for some constructive...

Hi all, after some advice, ive an old barn conversion with a gable end made up of what lools like 'soft bricks'. Im after rendering it after ive replaced a few of the real badly crumbled bricks, but wondered what treatment to put over to give it a good seal? Is there something to put on before...