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    Electric shock ⚡️ ⚡️ ⚡️

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

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

    It will be a b*****d to float on a dry coat of SBR.
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    Plaster peeling after tanking

    may have had his mother on the laptop all day!
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    Artex pattern showing under new plaster?

    The Artex pattern had not been obliterated before being skimmed.
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    Self employment: WHY !

    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...
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    Hp12

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

    Yes. Although I call screed semi dry.
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    Concrete blinding

    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.
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    Overboard or Unibond

    Over board is the best bet.
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    Apprentice getting to work

    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...
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    Advice on render to use on timber framed house.

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

    Try Anglia lime company. They will have it all pre mixed ready to use.
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    Newbie with a render problem after selfbuild

    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.
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