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    lime plastering.

    thanks for replies guys.
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    lime plastering.

    patched a wall approx 1metre with hydraulic lime/washed sand in october 2022, the top coat is bagged lime superfine from Ty Mawr, couldn't put the top coat on until now, will the bag be ok? wet wall?. advice please guys.
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    Rendering shed at bottom without dpc

    2 coat k a slurry then sbr coat with scratch coat,then topcoat render.
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    external plastering.

    cos we are knocking all the dash off, thinking of ewi,solid brick walls, will inject metre high dpc inside,possibly knock all internal plaster off if needed. Any ideas, (the sprouts idea , very expensive lol)
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    external plastering.

    been to see a detached brick built house 1920s,all the inside paper peeling and black everywhere on all levels, the outside is pebbledashed with cracks , needs knocking off, a dpc course ? and pebbledash again ?. the walls are solid, what do you guys think? ewi? hydraulic lime plaster? or...
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    Rendering on Stonework

    metal lath
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    materials

    depends on the job, if i'm pebbledashing no lime in the scratch coat only the top coat, waterproofer kills the suction and lime creates it, if i'm rubbing up render, float or sponge finish i use lime in both coats, different plasterers different opinions.
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    Teach me about......

    also febond blue grit £33.75 delivered on ebay,i haven't tried blue grit yet, but febond is a good name in the industry.
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    sbr

    cheers church
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    sbr

    client want's to skim over old plastered wall,was going to pva and skim over,but thinking of sbr slurry then pva and skim,the skirting is on the wall so it's to tight to sbr and render cement/skim, anybody done sbr slurry then pva skim?
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    sbr

    putting a couple of coats of sbr slurry on to cellar brickwork,but the customer dosen't want the walls plastering,is it ok to paint over the sbr with masonry paint?
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    vitcus plaster

    i did a post on this november 27 with pics,nightmare stuff,used it a couple of times now and hopefully never again.
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    sbr

    discussing sbr with another plasterer, he puts sbr in scratch coat mix as well as waterproofer,said he has had some problems with waterproofer not holding back enough and with sbr better all round, i emailed technical dept at cementone, and the reply was( waterproofer and sbr will entrain too...
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    sbr

    it acts as a waterproofer,better adhesion,less chance of cracks all in all supposed to be the dogs wotsits.
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    sbr

    cheers warrior, rain stopped play today, leaving it now till easter tuesday.
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