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Evening all I have a small krend job first time with texture finish for me can anyone give me some rough setting times for k1 spray over 6mm hp12 doing it next week and does it make any difference if lay on next day or is it the same setting times even laying k1 on days later ?????

Evening fellow spreads I have a big problem, started scratching up exterior walls for smooth float finish render, It seems to pull in too quickly to flatten properly, which does concern me for when we start ruling off and floating up. I have tryed sbr on the back ground 50/50 water and sbr...

i was thinking of going on one of those golden trowel courses to get some practice in on the the scratch bk krend, I've already been to Ireland and i managed to get enough info to use the silicon thin coat system which I did on my own house but I know of problems occurring with scratch bk. any...

has any one used the skimspeed rules, I bought the ox skimspeed with plastic blade thinking did both skim and render but I since realised otherwise, is there much difference in the blades???? and are the rules good for k rend too

evening all, I'm after some advice on weather to brush a watered down mix of sbr on the brick substrate after dash has been hacked off, if so what's the best dilution anybody pls, new work is 2 coat smooth sand and cement.

Evening all, Does anyone know of the best site for the cheapest plasflex replacement blades it seems the 16 inch is a little difficult to find????

Evening all Has anyone got any advce on skimming steep curved ceilings, where the curve has been formed all the way around the room, done a few before now but always find them a bum, I use a plasflex which does help but I was wondering if anyone had any tips cheers

Evening all Anybody know which spat is best for krend hp12 and hp14, am thinking 22 inch but in size

Just after a bit of direction please anyone, when applying the insulation to block work what is best foam application or adhesive mix and what brands?also at what point are the fixings put in at the same time or later any advice would be a great help thanks

Anyone know how long primer tc can be left on the substrate before applying tc 15, I know 24 hrs as a minimum but what as a maximum cheers

Is there anyone near to the chester area or willing to travel as I'll cover fuel costs to finish off a job with tc 15 krend,

Has anyone used tc 15 before ?? I 've done some at my own house and it looks some what very textured finish in limestone white doesn't look good at all. I found it very grainy to rub up causing the texture finish not quite what I expected after speaking to krend thought it was gonna be fairly...

Afternoon all I've just finished floating up some hp12 base coat but got a few hairline cracks occurring, will these pull through my top coat? Any ideas anyone :(

Anyone familiar with aquapanel exterior, I've fixed some to my own house and the joints which I filled with joint cement and tape have got fine hair line cracks just wondering if the this will pull through on my thin coat render system ???

Afternoon all, just after some info on what thickness the external render boards come in I.e the polystyrene type and what brands sell them. Appreciate any advice.

alright all, well i've got some rendering to do on my own house probably next spring now but here is the problem the 1st floor has tongue and grove which i will remove then we have timber up rights which normally i would fix any addtional timber in place and then eml it ready for sand and cement...

just out of interest can anyone tell me what lime plaster consists of apart from the obvious and what form it's purchased in cheers

alright lads i,ve got a job that requires lime plastering because of moisture build up so should i just use lime in the float coat say 5 1 1 like render external but i expect i would not need to use waterproofer in the scrach just feb is this right, i ain't done any lime inside before cheers

how differcult is venetian plastering compared with skimming and is it something i can practice without going on any courses ???

evening lads, so i've started chopping the blown render off the garden wall and i've noticed that there is severe dampness that bad that the morter joints have got i think sandy salt sitting on the surface and the face of the bricks are coming off with the render, some of the bricks are loose...

hello all i've just been to the house where i did a smooth render job an i noticed some hair line cracks and where the cracks are it sounds hollow so it's safe to say that it hasn't bonned in those areas am wndering why it's happened and the other half of the house which another plasterer did...

i'm pricing up for a garden wall and unfortunetely it is engineering brick so some good key is required i'm looking for the best method before i start. and another thought comes to mind is what length and height is it before expantion beads come in to play any ideas on this one lads thanks

i've got a job coming up that needs one new block interior wall rendering ready for skim application now can i stick with my exterior batching whitch is 5,1 scrach and 6,1,1 float then devil or can i get away with one coat work if so what batching would be best, the guy wants sand and cement no...

just wanting to know if using building sand with lime would binde well enough on a render sand scrach coat, the reason for the building sand as a float coat is that the i feel that the local rendering sand is a bit too corse for a smooth render finish anyones thoughts on this one pls lads oh and...

well what can i say pebble dashing must be the most difficult of all render style finishes but i knew before i started it is a differcult technique to master :( anyway i seem to be going wrong somewhere because i have been laying on at the top and moving across then flick pebbles,then below and...

so i'm going to use sbr slurry as a bonding agent on to the old scrach which won't come off ,i'm under the impression that sbr comes in a 5ltr carton like pva, is all sbr brands good? how do you knock up the slurry and how do you apply it. any help pls oh and how long to cure cheers

ok lads so i can't chop off all the painted pebble dash cause it's solid so what would be the way forward 2 or 3 coat or at the very worst eml followed by 3 coats ???

just wondering if its possible to use adhesive for fitting external beads prior to rendering,its just a a pain fitting them with morter and i always usually fit beads interior with adhesive to stop them binging off.can't see a few dabs making a problem unless of course it affects the sratch coat...

i'm skimming a bathroom out and i've put bond it on the two longest walls, hope it does what says on the tub ;D ;D should see the walls am skimming it's as if the tiles were layed on th wall while the render was wet, cracks in the render exactly where the tiles were, like a chess board ;D ;D

alright lads, wondering which waterproofer products would be best to use that is available local prior to pebble dashing. builders yards local to me are huws grey, jewsons, wickes, b&q, travis perkins, wirrel builders, thanks for any advise ???

anyone seen or used this new tool on the market it's called bladerunner for cutting platerboard with ease, it's meant to be double bladed and safer than a stanley anyone used it ;D ;D

i've got a job coming up which requires thermal board and to be honest i've only used it once or twice before, now the problem i had with it last time was that the board kept popping off the wall in places so to get around this i knocked some large nails into the board to hold it in places. does...

anyone have any ideas of a price for one 18m and two 3m walls, height about 9 foot. for scrim and skim on plasterboard and fit 6 beads and a few chases to bond out. the reason i ask is because it's for a company and i am not sure what to charge with it all going through the books and i hate...

just wondering what most of you would use to float and skim a membrane? am thinking a sand and cement mix first slurry flick on first to give key and scrach 3 to 1 flollowed by 4 t0 1 float, skim multi. or maybe carlite bond straight on to it with 1 coat, i hear its ideal cause the membrane has...

does anyone know if they would free hand or use a straight edge on a float coat , the walls are not that straight as it's a cottage am sure you all could picture this and am making good after damp course :-\

i got a damp course job to price up tomoro, heard alot of you guys say that once the wall is injected, you would tank the wall before applying the scratch coat. what material do i tank with? is this bitchman? ???

just wondering exactly what do we tank on a damp wall before applying scrach coat

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