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Do any body use an accountant to do their tax returns or do it themselves,cheers

let you all know when finished,hopefully he may change his mind,

i have offered him other options but he is stubborn as he knows better, if i had my own way i wouldnt bother but i feel because he has other work for me, and the customer is adamant he wants the monorex finish, as i have explained to him we are not doing it properly, but that is why i have...

i phoned the rep yesterday and he told me what most have told me,you cant put monorex on concrete panels,you cant use eml,you cant go over painted surface unless you use parinter,i asked about why i cant use sbr slurry his answer was only paint will stick to paint and it wont work,which is a...

good idea,cheers

yes they are 600mm concrete sectional panels and only the front to render and thats 2.4 m wide by 2.0 high with a 1.2m x 1.2m window in it, the rest of the rendering will be over painted dashing,but anyway thanks for advice

correct me then,thats why i am asking for advice,what is the right approach,cheers

whats wrong with renda grip thats what it for,i should have said i am discing the painted render first as well for key

just renovated the inside of an outbuilding now the customer wants the outside rendered in parex which i have never used before but i am sure i can get the hang of it,but theres a few questions i would like to ask,the building is a half concrete sectional garage so would renda grip and using...

anybody make up their own self leveller,thinking of mixing it at 2-1 sand and cement mixed with sbr/water and give it a trial run as its so expensive to buy and see how it goes,cheers

still nobody has mentioned the best sponge

are all medium sponge floats for skimming made of the same material or are some better than others eg refina,i see them in selcos,wickes, on amazon etc so just wondering which one to buy,cheers

yes your photos show exactly what my work turned out like,i will try some board finish on the next job and see what happens,

i had the same problem as you,in march/april i skimmed out the whole upstairs and landing/passage on mostly plasterboard and over existing unibonded mortar walls,every wall and ceiling came out perfect,in june i skimmed the whole downstairs and every wall/ ceiling came out as you described full...

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anybody using the upvc beads for skimming, and for rendering with sand and cement, i know they are more expensive but they are also rust free,just thinking of giving them a go,cheers

when u mean motley do u mean patchy,not uniform colour with slight water marks

never had trouble like that before,i still think its that quinns cement,wont be using it again

i soak it down then go over it 20 mins later

the dashing coat goes on thinner than the render coat so its nothing to do with that,but i am convinced its the cement as it says on the bag "new improved" so what does that mean "more additives"so i will be phoning quinns up later on to see exactly whats in the cement and is it a chemical...

rendered a wall with blue 10mm fibreglass mesh embedded in the render coat using a 4-1 mix with waterproofer,the cement i used was quinns which i have never used before,but anyway 2weeks later hosed wall down top coated with 4-1 and 1/4 lime using same cement,but as laying on it was bubbling as...

why is 10 mm fibreglass render mesh recommended over 4mm mesh for render whats the difference,i thought the 4mm would be stronger

thanks all

how do u get the dimples off a new plastic float to make it smooth,use a sander or similar,thanks

how long does the magic sponge last

thanks all

what size do you cut them and what thickness do u buy,also are they only used for the final finish or can you use them in the early stages,only used ordinary car wash sponge for the final finish

are those blue render sponges advertised with refina any good,just looking at them and just thinking would they improve the finish on sand and cement when fining down,or any recommendations,thanks

painted rendagrip on a plain wall 2 days ago,looking at it i got no confidence its going to adhere to it and stay on could i use sbr slurry over the rendagrip to give a better key,if it was a small wall i would take a chance but this wall is 40 sq ms and exposed to the weather,thanks

have an external render job to do and its going over existing plain render which is cracked but solid and impossible to come off,so what is the best approach rendagrip or sbr,thinking of render coat,fibreglass mesh,and its a dash finish,thanks

thanks all

i shall try that as well

yes diagnosed with the doctor as tendonitis,she may be wrong, but also cant take ibuprofen etc been given cocodamol but booking an appointment with physio this week

anyone suffer tendonitis in the top of arm/ shoulder,and whats the best treatment for it other than giving up the trowel,

i will give it a miss then

anybody using book a builder,just had a phone call for me to join at £699 plus vat,promising ten leads a month,is it another rip off !

homebase to expensive,went down weekend as i had an e mail advertising marshaltown hawks a tenner and marshalltown trowels for twenty pounds,checked the stock and told there was quite a few of each left but went down opening time but not any there,just a ploy to get you there also irwin jacksaws...

goodnight all

they are hacked off now,dot and dabbing tomorrow

another question if i am going to tile over tile can anybody advise an adhesive to use other than a ready mixed adhesive as it works out so expensive,thanks

good advice all,

i have tiled on tile in the past with the right adhesive but its the amount of adhesive it takes, the dubbing out of the voids as you go along,i have skimmed over tiles before but not tiled then on on top of the skim,so i will explain the pit falls and options then its up to them,thanks

i have another job to tile over metro tiles with 600x300 wall tiles,the metros have been put on over sand and cement and are going to be very difficult to get off,as there are voids in the wall could i use neat pva and skim over to get a flatter surface to work to and then tile over just...

thanks,

how deep into the render does the mesh go,i laid on the render and then trowelled the mesh in,when i scratched the render it was exposing surface of the mesh is that ok or should i have put another tight coat over the top to give it a bit more depth and then scratched,thanks

been back to the job,rendering is now curing and hardening up ready for next coat,

thanks all

no it didnt dry out to fast,and building sand was used,its been hosed down now over the last 2 days so going back to check it tomorrow

yes same wall

after rendering a stone wall which had been unibonded first for key (not exposed to the weather)how long for it to cure as after a week its still quite soft and powdery,mix was 4-1 with waterproofer,thanks