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Just sand and cement butter coat with sand and cement and lime roughcast 6mm clean

Hi guys I was wondering could some one help me with these pics , just done some roughcasting and noticed there's the tiniest of little hairlines here and there . They aren't hollow or anything but just wondering what caused them . You can't see unless your nose is up against the wall and it's...

Hi guys just a question any help or advice would be appreciated . I'm just about to stucco finish a bungalow. The owner has given me 20mm drop beads which are bigger than I ever stuccoed with before . I've scratched them in with the scratch coat . I think I still need to dub them out further ...

I had the exact same problem. Done everything as instructed but couldn't get it to play ball at all, load of shite

Depending on how big the areas are and where your corner beads are bungalow should be fine . I think every one will admit it doesn't get any easier Laying it on even after years. Really could do with 2 laying anything of decent size on . Gotta be done in 2 passes and mix has to be spot on every...

Ok thanks for all help

Il have to have a go then see what happens.just checking it's safe to still go over the green scratch coat for the final stucco finish , scratched the panel Wednesday so it's still fresh even to rub with your hand , was hoping to finish it tomorrow ??

Hi guys , just wondering if every one else is still laying on when it's 2-4 degrees outside ?? Got some sand and cement site work ready for finish coat. Temperature is low for the remainder of dry days before it turns piss poor again ? Just wanted to know what's safe to work to ? Thanks

Yeah if your going over s+c it usually goes purple straight away so if you can bang the skim on then you'll get a really good chemical bond too

Yes I have done a couple of tyrolean jobs lately , mainly patching in existing . I been using the weber tyrolean range

Get down to your local dominos pizza place . The trays they carry the Dow in on are perfect in height and length for dashing . Been using them for years and their usually only too happy to give them away because after they use them once they go to get recycled apparently

Ok guys thanks for all your help il get on to it straight away , thanks again

Yeah that sounds easier thanks ! If all else fails would it be ok to paint the rend aid on with a brush ? And il leave it set for a day or 2 before applying the s+c . Can I just go over the rend aid without dampening down yeah ?

I have always sbr'd them , then it's all sealed nice ready to skim , or use the blue grit product . I'm sure some one will have a load of different ways but that's always worked well for me

Hi guys , I was after some help regarding the rend aid product . I'm in the process of starting an old stone cottage and obviously the lack of key on the big stones was a problem so the customer has bought the rend aid product to save me slurry coatin it and taking 10 years to scratch it lol ...

Ok great stuff thanks a lot guys.sbr slurry is sbr mix with cement yeah ??and how do you scud the wall ? Flick the mix on with a brush is it ? Thanks

Hi guys me again . Just wanted to double check with more experienced plasterers that I'm doing things properly . I've hacked the old plaster off and the the wall behind is a mixture of old red house bricks and a load of stone . I usually brush the wall with a hard brush then wash the dust off...

Ok guys thanks ! So il just stick to personnel preference ,just checking it was ok to use feb externally without waterproofer in mix that's all. Do you have to wet the wall down before you start laying on over a waterproof scratch coat ?? The water just seems to sit there ?

Hi guys , I Just wanted to ask a couple of questions . I usually use waterproofer in my sand and cement mix for the scratch coat and the same again with lime for the finish coat . I was talking to a couple of lads last week and they only ever use feb externally and no lime . Is that ok to do ...

I think your right owls thanks , he can have parex instead !!

Hi guys , has anyone heard or used Graffiato finish ? Been asked to do it . From what I can gather it's similar to alpine and parex monorex? Any help would be great , thanks

Would you guys recommend feb or waterproofer in the mix

I thought it was always waterproofer external ? Then either waterproofer or feb just inside ? Is it ok to use the feb on topcoat outside yeah ? Or do you use waterproofer and feb in the gauging water ?

Nope I have got a pu emir float I apologise

What float would you recommend for floor screeding ?

I see ,thanks for explaining . So chances are if we were to stick a normal or stronger mix on it won't bond as well and could blow ?

Can you explain it in a different way ? Lol

Any tips on breaking in a cross grain float quickly ? I got a small pu float that's well worn in for stucco , but we got a big floor screed session coming up in a couple weeks so I wanted to break the bigger float in quicker ready to use on the floor? Maybe a light sand every night ?

Just wondering , what's the reason for such a weak mix of sand and cement on the Thermalite

For around the windows . Would you recommend waterproofer in mix or just Feb? I find feb much easier and quicker to screed and float

The manager in work won't let us dot and dab anything he reckons it only causes problems on these shitty council houses

Never used hardwall guys just wondering what's it like ? Similar to one coat. ?

Yes standard thickness andy . Some of the blocks are cracked so I will tack the cracks with mesh first . Thanks to every one for their input . So basically all I do is put my batons up , sbr, apply 6-1 scratch coat whilst tacky , then another coat , screed it flat , then Job done ? :)

Ok cheers and even 6-1 over the old red house bricks and block? It's a mixture of everything built in one haha ! And then a top coat screeded at 6-1 as well ?

Hi guys , just been sent to repair a load of walls inside house . Their all cracked and hollow . Hacked them off with hammer and bolster easily ! Looks like they have used browning as a scratch coat then skim to finish . Properties a council house . The walls are a mixture of Thermalite blocks...

Thanks guys !

Hi guys , just wondering what everyone usually does with sand and cement . I usually start with 4-1 for the dubbing out and then the first coat ( same day) then finish coat of 5-1 just wondering is that ok ? I know some boys do a 4-1 for the first two coats and the finish ? Just want to know...

Thanks for the help guys

Help! Can any one help me with some advice and a basic how to do an alpine finish ? never got taught it and never even seen it being done . Got a rough ideas in my head but if some one could help me that would be great . The walls only 10m2 so perfect to practice on , probably won't ever have...

Thanks to every one for their input

So guys would you recommend using pva inside before skimming over old paint and old skim and old artex ? And just sticking to sbr outside ? Sbr is so easy inside tho , just roller on and away to go I was thinking !

What you saying john? Just to wet the sand and cement down with water on the screed coat

Hi guys , just a quick question , is there any does and don'ts with sbr internally ? I always lash it on and apply the sand and cement when tack , or if I'm skimming usually wait until it's sucked in ? We always use sbr inside instead of pva because saves time waiting for it to pull in and saves...

Hi guys , this is a strange one and any help or advice would be much appreciated . Me and my mate roughed and skimmed inside a council property last year sometime after it had been underpinned and treated for damp. . A couple of months ago we had to go back to hack off and re do some of the...

Yeah I would rather it hacked off before doing again mate to be honest. Thanks

Hi guys , just wondering has any one got any ideas is it possible to render over existing parex monorex ?? There's one panel on a job that's blown and cracked in some places for some reason , so he wants it patched in and gone over the old work ? Is it possible and what's the best way to do it ...

2 coats it is , wet mix up a little and a metre or two square before falling back to 2nd Coat it

No just one pass mate , I always have done it in one ? What you suggest

Hello everyone , just wondering has anyone got a solution to my problem !! We have always used a machine to apply the parex monorex render and there's never been a problem . Changed companies now and were hand applying the stuff and every so often I'm having these small lumps and bumps on the...