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    Rendering a Boundary wall, 2 different brick facings

    I have 30 sqm of boundary wall I would like to render, having never used krend or any of the other makes, I was advised to just go with scot rend as its basically sand and cement. back wall is concrete and the other brick is just common brick, joints are scrapped out, its all been cleaned and...
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    Interesting Lady

    News article about a woman collecting human/dog hair for use in lime plaster for renovating her 16th century home, googled her name and found she does training courses. here is the news... http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=149510589 and here is her site...
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    Knees are the first to go.

    Stepped down from my wee step backwards from doing a ceiling and my left knee just went, I couldnt keep my leg straight and I went down onto my knee. It was the weirdest thing like I had no control over it, was fine after a minute and had no bother after it. Just one of those things I hope it...
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    Alternative to WBA in B&Q

    Is there an alternative to WBA in B&Q, my local wickes is miles away. Cheers.
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    Rendering, how do you do it.

    Replaced the back door and the render around the sides and above the door has came off, want to attempt it for saturday coming. It's back to the brick, do i need to put a scratch coat on first, what kind of sand and cement should I use and in what mix (3-1 etc) and should I use a retarder if I...
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