Search results

Hi Been asked to do a rendering job on concrete blockwork ( garden retaining walls around a pool ) and was thinking of using a sand /cement /lime mix as there may be quite a bit of heat/cold expansion/contraction so want a bit of flexibility. Would normally add hydrated lime to the mix to aid...

Hi, Been on the forum a while but this is my first post so please be gentle. : ) I'm currently doing a interior plastering restoration project on an old house which has lime plastering and old wooden corner beads which have perished. I want to keep the appearance of old rounded corners at...

Hello, Looking for advice about rendering an external pine end west facing wall with NHL 3.5 lime render. The house is circa 1870 and has a failed sand/cement roughcast finish on random stonework that was originally built with lime. The existing roughcast sand cement render was added well after...

Hello, Looking for advice about rendering an external pine end west facing wall with NHL 3.5 lime render. The house is circa 1870 and has a failed sand/cement roughcast finish on random stonework that was originally built with lime. The existing roughcast sand cement render was added well after...

Hello, Newish non- professional member here but with 30 years fairly extensive general building experience which has involved building and restoring two stone barns and several houses so can probably be described as beyond weekend DIY stage. Have self taught myself to plaster internally on...