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It's still mostly sand and cement and skim in Ireland, some sites use hardwall but it works out more expensive Very rare for it not to be skimmed the next day and never have any trouble with it Put a nice drop of waterproofer in the mix to make it nice for floating and no lime

Anyone have any way of slowing down bagged joint filler? It's grand when the bag is new but once it's open a while it goes off in no time

I wasn't going to attempt it myself but wouldn't mind doing the course all the same, not sure if anyone does the course in Ireland though Was just a bit disappointed with the floor I went to see when I saw it up close, it still felt nice and smooth to touch but this one had loads of trowel marks...

Anybody know much about microcement? Was planning on doing the floors of my house with it but went to see a shop that had the floor done and it was full of trowel marks Is that the way it is or was it just done badly or maybe that's the way the shop owner wanted it done? I thought it would have...

Just throw half a cup full into the scud mix

Yeah exactly (y)

Yeah no need to water it down either Would be better to scud the lintel though with a bit of sbr through the scud mix instead

The last house I did like that the builder put a strip of dpc and mesh up to the slate trim. If it's plastered right water shouldn't be getting behind the fascia

The magnesium ones are 320 or 266 ex vat from ramboo and the aluminium are 20 quid cheaper The magnesium ones are a nice bit lighter though Nearly every new house in Ireland now has ufh so the ceilings are at least 9 feet high and sometimes more depending how much insulation is being put under...

I have the yellow magnesium ones and think they are definitely worth the extra cost, my feet used to be sore after a day on the old single bar ones but never have that problem with the double sided

Too much lime in the top coat can also cause it to happen

Haha nah that one cost 40 quid I was gonna just dump it but thought I would ask on here first Will give the cling film trick a try and dump it then if that doesn't work

Anyone know of any tricks to straighten the bristles?

That one actually has a Honda petrol engine but you can a diesel version as well

Has anyone bought or know anyone who has one of these? Just wondering if they are robust enough for plastering full time?

Do you use waterproofer or freeflo or plas when putting site mix through the machine?

Telling ya lads just try the ragni they are brilliant Never liked the 103 degree ones but these don't dig in at all The Mt 90 degree and good as well but need breaking in I find

Yeah that's the one Best one I have ever used anyways and doesn't need any breaking in

Didn't like the ox one I bought either Best one to buy is the ragni

What type of finish are you going for? A few shovels of lime with less waterproofer make it easier if doing a nap finish

What are the health risks caused by impact drills Zolco?

Just read that thread there cheers Natwasere Looks good, be great if they were in the shops over here. Had to order mine online

When did this happen?

Cheers lads, got it there I just swapped the handle from the plastic to my rendering trowel cos I never use the plastic one, find it useless. Does anyone find the the plastic nela any good?

Has anyone changed the handle on their nela trowel? Is it just a case of loosening off the bolt and forcing the old handle off?

I thought the plastic mushrooms were bad for popping and people use the metal ones instead?

When are ye setting up in Ireland? Guessing it will be in Dublin somewhere?

That's not even a 160mm one it's only a 140

That stuff takes ages to go off, we put it on one evening thinking it would be grand by finishing up but was too soft, mate went back the next morning and it still wasn't set

Why not use hardcoat instead of s&c? It would be all done in one day I see on our site any walls painted on s&c and skim too soon and the paint starts peeling pretty much straight away Horrible job to go back sanding it as well

that's what they look like and they are called plasterboard edge bead. Just make sure to skim the wider side or else you will get a crack running along the edge of the bead. We have to use them now on every new build here because all around the windows are taped for air tightness

A 150mm full fill cavity will meet part l of the building regulations, adding insulated plasterboard to external walls should improve the ber rating further

I can't see it being busy enough to give up the work in Galway but it's too far a drive to commute in as well so will continue to rent in the city. Would love to buy a site somewhere between barna and furbo and build if I had the money

Ha not far at all, I am renting a place in barna. Building the house out past clifden though village called cleggan

Couldn't agree more Moy the planning process was one of the most frustrating things I have ever done and I was lucky with my land being inside the 30 mile zone so didn't have to prove need of housing but they still made it as hard as possible

How do you check out hot birds when you are driving the van with your missus in the passenger seat without getting caught?

Funny I will be plastering my self build soon and was thinking of posting the same question. Would like to do a weber mono or something similar just for something different to all the houses in my area (West Galway) But being close to the sea it would be red in no time and the extra cost Will...

Yeah I had to pay about 5 grand as well which is a load of bollox but what can you do. Hear of people getting hit for anything up to 18 grand in other counties. People used to send in letters saying they would pay after the house was finished but wouldn't pay anything so the councils won't let...

I am doing a self build in the West of Ireland and have to agree with previous posts about doing a soil test, I ended up having to bring in 48 loads of fill costing thousands and it wasn't really something I had budgeted for. In Ireland we also have to pay development contributions to local...

To be honest if you are happy with the prices you are getting now you should probably stick to close to that, can't see how you would be able to hike them up 40% and still get them. The west of Ireland is full of lads claiming social either full time or part time who will undercut you and can...

I got a transit custom as well this year and am very happy with it. The new vivaro's are only 1.6l so you really need the twin turbo version and they are a good bit dearer. Fiat have the same van out now called the talento as well though and probably a bit cheaper than the vivaro for the same van

Diy market even

They are the cheap stuff for the day market, any of the stuff with Qlt on it isn't proper marshalltown

It's not the render anyways, we haven't had any rain in weeks certainly not enough to soak in through the render at least. I would try changing the lead apron

A Mt pre-worn is probably your best bet for using straight away. I started using my nela premium a few days ago and it's lovely to use but that was after nearly a year of rendering

I don't think patination oil will do any good, it has to be put on as soon as the lead is in place to work and is only to stop the lead staining roof slates.