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Hi Mike, i dont have a company as such, i used to worked for Trumpers in Birmingham for 8 years but they got took out in the recession, shame cos they were established over 100 years, so me and and a few of the lads went self employed, I built my website Heritage Plastering Specialist -...

No they wouldnt allow that.......... Who in the right mind would want to core out off-site-then fix it up - then set up rules to run over it insitu, then adapt the running mould to suit the rules. Crazy suggestion. Although 200lm to run insitu would make me very rich very quick lol Shame im...

would it happen to be an art gallery, if so i had the same tender request today lol, thought exactly what your thinking @mikeadams1985 you can either run a mould or you cant, you dont need any more resources to run insitu.

Very nice work Chris. Heritage Plastering Specialist - Restoration and Conservation

Hi Guys, Thought id share this little job with you all. I did it in 2004 when I was still working with my "Old Skool" mentor Bob Johnson. I've also worked alongside the great Geff Orton at Shuggborough Hall and the one and only Barry Allenby the "legend". I was brought through with this stock...

Hi there, Gilbow tinsnips are probably the best on the market, although expensive they should last you almost a life time. You can start with rolson tin snips, I use jewellers snips for cutting curves and finer detail, but remember quality files are equally important. tin snips | eBay...

It was just a bit of plywood mate with a load of nails hammered into it in a zig zag pattern. Click the link below for the full video. http://www.plasterworkspecialist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/lime-plastering-and-pargeting1.mp4

@Nisus, it was Trumpers Ltd who I used to work for, they were owned by a building restoration company Sapcotes, they went bust and then Linfords another restoration company brought Trumpers and they also went bust hence the reason I have very little contacts because as an employee they make sure...

The wooden profile you see in the picture is just a muffle for coring out to within 5mm of the finish, behind that is the finishing profile cut and filed out of zinc. (1mm gauge)

I just dont have the right contacts to get invited to tender for such work, Ive only been self employed for a couple of years and been very fortunate to get all this work through another plastering company. I only built my website in April so im still trying to get established in google etc...

oops!!! just realised this discussion is about a floor screed and not render. Also the post is nearly a month old. I need to utilize my saturday nights more i think lol

Hello All, Just thought id share a couple of lime plastering jobs with you. I noticed not many people post their work in this section so i will try and freshen it up for you.[/URL][/IMG][/URL][/IMG][/URL][/IMG][/URL][/IMG][/URL][/IMG][/URL][/IMG] Heres another job that was very...

thankyou @ARTisan, i was taught by some old school spreads who have retired now. I was very lucky to have the opportunity. Heritage Plasterwork Specialist - Restoration and Conservation

For frost to cause damage, water needs to present in the brickwork to blow the scratch coat, in the scratch coat to blow the float coat or in the float coat to blow the finish coat. When i say "blow" i mean de-laminate from the previous application or coat. If you have used waterproofer and the...

Price for full mesh, its a no brainer, erase all doubts in your mind, and approach the job fully confident it wont fail and youve done all you can. Heritage Plasterwork Specialist - Restoration and Conservation

sodium citrate is the way forward, if running on the bench i only use casting plaster, if running in-situ i use 2 casting plaster : 1 lime putty. Heritage Plasterwork Specialist - Restoration and Conservation

Hi mate. we dont discuss rates or prices on this forum. equation is simple though. Day rate your willing to pay for labour - divided by the amount of square metres you expect to be done in a day = price per metre.

Forget about the depth, PROJECTION is the only measurement to consider when cutting a mitre on any size cornice. Sit the cornice on your cutting table with the ceiling edge on the table, hold the cornice in projection (raise it to 90 degrees), providing the end of your cornice is square, measure...

I would tie a piece of string to a pencil and to a fixed point on the ground, let string out to desired radius 1.5m in this case, spin radius with pencil marking my cut on 3mm ply or hardboard, cut out with jig saw, carefully nail to finished face and form reveal/soffit, remove template and make...

How about 'knocking it up' in a wheel barrow with a shovel (i use a three pronged rake known as a drag) and then feeding it onto your hawk. Or am I missing something? Youll end up with a very poorly wrist if you attempt to knock it up by the hawkful lol. Make sure you check with Ty-Mawr what...

That fully answers my question, the product is not fail proof and therefore can fail after installation, so yes the warranty /gaurantee is worth having to cover eventualities as described in the post above which cant be blamed on fitting error.

This is the best post yet on this subject, certainly cleared up a few issues i had, and so does @CurrierPlastering post I agree £150 is small change to the likes of weber etc when you look at the bigger picture, and yes, im sure the teachers do care about their jobs and what they do. The only...

@plasterjfe Thanks for your input, I fully understand and agree with everything you say. This is where I stand with the product at the moment. I like the product, its transformed many council estates in Birmingham where I live. (shame about the ex-council houses who havent had the money to get...

@johniosaif, Hi there, have you gave any more thought on getting around this ridiculous red-tape thats getting in the way of a plasterer rendering his own house? Maybe its worth opening a new thread to conduct a survey asking does anyboby know of an EWI system thats failed and been put right at...

Honestly mate it will be fine, ive never had it crack once cured, you can dub out AND scratch it in the morning. Ive been using prompt for over 10years now, its just like casting plaster but cement. Just gauge 1 shovel of sharp sand, 1 shovel of plastering sand, 1 shovel of prompt, chuck into a...

Examples of UseAccelerated building operations, emergency repairs, rebuilding of openings, quick build up of any type of masonry, quick or rapid (use of Tempo), very useful for fitting doors and windows. Underpinning operations, with a higher compressive strength than NHL based lime concrete or...

@ARTisan, You dont seem keen on using prompt? Just mix up prompt 1:2, dub out your areas with it, wait til it sets 15-20mins max, then go about your scratch coat in your usual manner (s/c straight on top,) return following visit and top coat.

@bubbles, I have never used it for dubbing out when using lime although you can, I like to keep lime as pure as possible unless architect spec says otherwise, I would like to know how to get a picture on here, at the moment i can only put url for some reason, unless im missing something lol. I...

For details on prompt cement see Rapid quick setting Prompt Natural Cement there are other suppliers too, this is just a good example for educational purposes.

Prompt is the way to go for sure. I use it all the time, its designed for bulking deep areas, has the ability to set underwater and become waterproof lol. There are lots of ways to mix prompt, it can be used on its own, mixed with sand or gauged with another mix. I use it with sand 1:1 to run...

Im afraid you will find Lime Plastering is very difficult to break into for two reasons: A) It is almost impossible to tailor a course that covers the different aspects of lime plastering, heres just one scenario, how would you teach somebody to do a lath and plaster ceiling? if you had 10...

I would stay away from it, has he gave the "cowboys" a chance to put it right? It looks like a very nice pad he lives in, and I doubt he would just write-off £10k (im guessing) of work and move on to the next plasterer just like that. He is the type of guy who has inspected every elevation...

You dont have to be approved to use St astier lime or mastercrete cement or rugby cement or gyproc coving or casting plaster or anything else to do with plastering. Why wetherby and k-rend think theyre so different is beyond me. From listening to people on the forum, the funds are still yet to...

Hi Will, sand stone is a soft material therefore sand and cement would be too strong and also suffocate the building. You need to use lime to allow your building to breathe which will help control humidity which will inturn reduce condensation and mould growth inside the cottage. You also have...

Hi mate thank you, I dont get involved much as you can see, this is my first post /reply. lol. Im a lime plasterer, i do modern aswell but my main work is all lime, lath and plaster, fibrous cornice and in-situ work.

Hi Carlo, is there any pattern to this popping? is it all over the building? at different heights? how far apart do they occur? are all the failures the same in size? does it fail back to the brick/stone background or is it just the top coat? When did the failures first happen? did you PAINT the...