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i hang mine up in the van and keep an oil stone just in case, also have pleanty of trowels that are all broken in so you can just swap and change ;)

you wont because i know nothing about it

thanx :-*

just post when you are ready mate ;)

no worries mate, if you need to know anything more just ask mate ;)

well i dont know what to say... im sorry for trying to help, maybe there should be a question and answer section with no banter in it so that if someone wants to know something then they get a full explanation for an answer, this way they can get a full grasp of the method. maybe i am in the...

they are the ones i was talking about so i stand corrected, but what is a reinforced steel joist then because thats what i was told they were and they do have them because i just posted a link? now i am confused? are there different types?

http://www.theconstructioncentre.co.uk/products/internal-walls/reinforced-steel-joist/

yes it is a fun furum and thats why there is sections for fun like the bar and the privat members part and the talk about anything part, but my guides are in the new to plastering part and i am just answering questions in the general discussions on plastering part so i dont know what your...

well you go and stay in the tips and tricks of the trade section and i will stay in the general discussions on plastering section to answer questions.... like the start of this post ???

i skimmed my first wall today ;D

i beg to differ sweetie :-*

the thing is mate, i write my guides for people who want help, thats one of the main reasons why i come on this forum, if you want to know how to suck eggs then why dont you ask irish because it seems that he dont want to talk about plastering any more. what is the main reason people come on a...

what else do you want to talk about mate?

come on fellas, we all started knowing nothing, he has come to ask questions and thats how you learn :)

never new that, whats the difference mate?

haha you can tell you are irish, you are asking me to shut up about plastering on a plastering forum? this could be the start of a joke paddy was on a plastering forum when micky said...... ;D

coming out of my ears mate

is this mark 1980 the 2nd

hello mate, you are just up the road from me :)

yes mate, i do this even if its one wall and i try to leave it as long as i can to dry out and shrink, but i know sometimes the job must go on ;)

good night mate ;) they just use rib lath when fixing straight onto a solid wall (not battened) because the render needs to grip the back of the lath, so the ribs cause a void for that to happen, thats all mate ;)

what was the mesh like mate? you got me interested now, was it rib lath?

oh i will let you off then ;)

what would warrant using a machine?

was it s&c mate?

me dad put a £1 each way and we won £2.20 each ;D pint on way home :D

i have a small amount of scrim left on a roll if anyone is interested ;D

and not put a dust sheet on the carpet :D :D :D ;D

and the young ones..... i am only 23 or are you implying that you wont learn much from me? ;D

i am pushing all the time for my customers to have something different as i love this sort of stuff and up to now it is paying off and people seem to love it (but not as much as me) ;D

to be honest mate i have never used mesh, the only thing close to it i have used is metal lath, and i dont know much about modern renders mate and only s&c and lime, although there are loads of guys on here that will be able to help you mate ;)

if i only have one or two walls to float then i will use it to lay the screeds

do you want a guide on it mate?

for what?

welcome mate ;)

you are right in what you are saying, and like i said i have only ever done this on quoins and never had to do a wall like this, although this is not the best way i think that it will work, it wont necessarily stop the moisture going into the brick, it will just go both ways. or he could use...

crazy on here mate ;D

nice one chris, i can see where you are coming from mate, i wasnt trying to be funny but i do think its important for people to know how to do things properly :)

am good arnt i ;D

thanx for the reply bruce, i wish i had found this forum earlier, you all seem like good lads so i think i could fit in well ;D

looks like a caddy to me

to be fair mate when i first read the post i thought he was on about s&c

yes mate and it draws the moisture out of the previous coat stopping it from sagging ;)

its not that hard mate, driers.... a dry mix of sand and cement, put you first coat on then throw a dry mix at it (like pebble dashing) then second coat and more dry mix and so on, the most i have built out in one day is about 7 inches mate... dont be shy with the driers, keep throwing on untill...

or when they get your number of the van

if you are going to use driers make sure you use the same mix ratio, i only do this when building big quoins ;)

you could use driers mate, but it could get very messy

i aint arguing with big segs, i am just offering an alternative :)

i call that rinsing, and its best when you get a fit bird because they dont expect it. its crap when you have to stop at a red light though :o