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hello flynnyman no i will get one there is drainage there dunno if its any good

met with the developer today after meeting a site manager there for another company he said the same as you basically the substrate was saturated before render and that the coping stones were wrong but the developer says rubbish its all because of the render i have told him to get a report and...

hello rigsby photos

hello Zolco the houses are in Roehampton and you can contact me here or at acoustic.ceilings@btinternet.com thanks

thanks rigsby i am there tomorrow so will post the pictures but is there no one you pay to get a written report to prove it

hello all we have cracks to the bottom corners of windows going diagonally about 30% of the windows are affected we also have water staining coming through on the below ground external walls these are walls holding the garden back from the basement garden we also have water staining beneath...

thanks algeeman and the two properties are new build the below ground walls are not tanked and have affected the render in these places however there are only a few cracks but on every elevation looks like no new pants this month

didnt know how else to get the colour and we actually mixed it allowing for a bag of cement to be 3.5 shovel but rounded it up to four and i know about the sandtex systems was looking for a way of keeping that mottled natural look

next question is can it be repaired i dont know a way of doing this than overpainting or redoing any suggestions

hello everyone did a render job to two houses in roehampton last year for an existing client both new builds builder made me do it in the winter even though i warned him and he wanted it to be a natural finish which he showed me a different house we have cracking we have discolouration on the...

thanks theclemo and bigk and bobby your right shouldnt really but the lure of the £ ahhh the lure of the £ gets me everytime and im sure theres lots of things you shouldnt be doing some you win and some you end up crying

pug sloughs lovely you must have gone to the wrong bit Zombie cheers really helpful Fatarm cheers but have no idea what you mean but we say all the gear no idea is it like that? love you all

well what can i say your all brilliant just thought for a honest answer ask you lot i only wanted a bottom and top price. we have just started taking jobs of this size never dealt in plaster when i did labour only and never did it myself and i do know how to price supply and fix but not labour...

i know we arent suppose to talk prices but what can i do my tapers are paid 2.50 - .3.20m2 on taping they say it should be £8m2 labour only for skim if its a front room then yes but over 5000m2 must be cheaper i know there is a big difference between commercial and domestic as we do both and...

hello everyone hope your all well last time on here asking for rendering advise thanks for all the help we are a drylining company and have been asked to price plaster skim instaed of tape and joint having a few moments with my men can anyone tell me how much labour only i should be paying for...

Hello everyone we have only done small rendering before and not a lot of it as you say normally extensions etc we are doing the ceilings walls and plastering to the inside this is what we normally do but the builder asked us to do render as it was in small panels I said yes i wouldn't say I...

Thanks have found it

The house is near Guildford as an update we have found a way of keeping the client happy we are now using sandtex high build as a new finish coat applying with a trowel then stippling to get result doing this on the front and back as the sun hits it at such an acute angle it's only on the house...

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Hi everyone, thought i would help out the old man with getting these photos up for you, if someone could confirm they can also see the pictures that would be great! Ta Ryan

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Ok seen video will have a go tonight it can be seen on Instagram #acousticceilings in the meantime

Having trouble getting photos on

Ok have spoken to loads of people now and I have heard of a sanding stone is this a wind up cause I've got a van load of skirting ladders

thanks everyone if nothing else the support is great will try to get pictures up taken at two oclock with no cloud of course evidently we must have used the wrong sand he suggested kiln dried and wants it dead smooth even the architect was stunned maybe my devishly good looks have upset him we...

Yes the builder has complained about it, on my way to site as the imperfections can only be seen at 2pm..... Was wondering if there was a paint that was maybe abut thicker than emulsion but probe rely not in realms of sandtex high build as there is little pitted bits where the sand has washed...

Hello everyone new to this site so be nice we have completed the render to a large panelled house and had each area passed by builder 4 months ago they have painted and removed the scaffold but now when the sun shines at certain times of the day it looks uneven is there any way of making...