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    Bauwer light and finish

    Hi lads. Got a sandstone house to do in bauwer. Customer has specced 60mm on external walls and 40mm on internal. What's best to use as guides as heard best to use these? Customer is wanting it finished with the bauwer finish with mesh embedded but heard it doesnt leave a nice finish and you...
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    Best lime product.

    Hi. Been asked to price a listed building. It's all stone walls and needs done in lime or breathable product. Total is 320sqm What's the best bagged product out there as not done any lime work for years. Been looking at lime lite and bauwer. Looking at £7000 to £8000 just in materials from...
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    Parex mono sponge finish

    Done plenty of scraped but customer adamant they want sponge finish... Big areas so is colour ok or patchy? And any tips as considering not doing job if it's not nice to sponge up. I personally cannot see it being nice sponged. One lad saying he used a power float and sponge and looked ok but...
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    Tyrolean looks bumpy??

    Done a big tyrolean job. Sand and cement floated up then weber tyrolean. Looks mint including when sun is on it. Customer text last night he had up and down lights fitted everywhere and looks bumpy only in darkness with lights on. Gutted Was thinking of trying to fill out with more tyrolean...
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    Damp Job sovereign recommend

    Looked at a damp job. Building is sandstone and mixture of rising and penetrating. Outside been rendered which won't help as we know sand stone needs to breathe. Sovereign have said I should knock off full height. 1 coat of tanking. 1 coat of renderlite. Metal stud partition and insulate board...
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    Eml fixings

    Got a wet dash Job to do. Going on top of painted wet dash so going to mesh it. What fixings you guys using?
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    Weber course

    Just started on my own been plasteting 17 years and last 4 years subi to lads that sprayed krend. Called weber lads today as heard it's better than krend. Be hand applying he said mist new block work with water. 1st coat 7 to 8mm push mesh in around doors and windows, rule and leave to take...
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    Hi Everyone

    Martin from Cumbria, Plastering 14 years now and only now found this forum:glare:
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    Newbie looking for tips

    Well plastering since left school so 14 years now, In Cumbria we all seem to be stuck in the times myself included, Still apply 2 coats by hand and flatten with trowel then 2 wet rubs with trowel followed by a hard rub with trowel, Using a 14 or 16 inch steel marshalltown... I know there is...
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