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Currently doing a renovation job just now and half is old stone work to be finished with white wet dash, the scud and scratch coat is a five one one with lime as asked for by client anyway question is the top coat, will I need to keep same mix or can I use an add mix or is that defeating...

Just started a job on an old farmhouse, the client is wanting all the old existing roughcast (wetdash) which is coming off in sheets stripped and re done in a wetdash. The stonework underneath is in pretty decent nick except from the corners which have opened and have blown, my intentions are...

How are you finding things just now on the work front, picking up, slowing down or what? Been fairly busy myself but begining to slow down, going to see a guy lookin for subbies the morra for skimming work in hotel renovation but i can see it far enough in regards to prices, so will see what...

Went to do a patching job today (roughcast) above a window and discovered the lintol is blown a bit in the middle, the lintol as a whole is sound and doing its job so rather than digging it out and replacing it ( its a beast) i would rather just shutter and repair but im not sure what would be...

Doing a high ceiling job the day and dropped the fecker and gave it a tasty ding and it's a write off, my trusty ol 16' MT is now confined to the render bucket. Any suggestions might try something else for a wee change however i do love my MT's, needin a 16 ss broken in as i have a wee bit of...

Roughcasting a house just now and the customer is want the garden wall done, just the usual height with copes and feck knowes how much paint on it whisch is going to be a nightmare so is there a bagged render basecoat i can rattle over the top as she is wanting the wall casted the same as the...

Bonding coat, skim?

From K-rend, anyone used it whats it like? Been asked to do a job later in the year, basically it's 250m2 and the client wants a smooth render which will be ok to do in the winter and he is wanting the the house split in two ie a bellcast/stopbead to split it at 1st floor level and he wants to...

Maybe a stupid question but does it need to be well eh scratched back? Let me digress, i have been workin on a hotel rennovation job since monday and we are re-doing the chimney heads 250m2 to be precise however my question is after applying topcoat i find floating it up gives it a nice even...

Got a job on wher the whole front elevation the house is bossed (roughcast) and ready for coming off, it is brickwork below and i was wondering if i should use rendaid or will an sbr slurry suffice also if i use sbr should i use it through my scratch?

Spawn of satan Thats all

Wee bit of advice required regarding insurance work, was called to a job today (burst watertank) and they require a quote for the ceilings in the hallway and the kitchen (totaling 30m2). Anyway my question is, in the kitchen the ceiling has like a stipple effect artexy finish on the ceiling and...

Further to my last thread on powerwall, i was at the job yesterday and there was some of the old roughcast to be removed which i did and underneath the block is thermalite which is in very bad nick, would it be best to use a stabiliser on the block before i scrim it or an sbr? The block has...

Done a small plaster repair job few weeks back about 1m2 in a living room, now the problem is that there is a dark line as though it hasnt dried properlyt between the finish on the patch i did marrying into the existing plaster which is old school plaster (lime maybe not sure) this line seems to...

Drove past a job today where they had fully sheeted and plugged the gable with EML, was thinkin would it be cheaper to just use 1m wide roll of poly scrim with an adhesive coat or EML and fix then s/c it?

Got a house to do which was brick built 30+ yrs ago the client is wanting a complete over hit of what is there (dry dash s/c), the original corners and bellcast have all been formed and i was wondering what the best method of attaching new beads would ie to dab them or drill and fix given the...

Got a call last night to look at a house need roughcasted, went to see it today and it has been scrimmed with adhesive coat and has been like that for at least 2yrs the guy said. Now my question is - is there anything i will need to do in particular to the adhesive coat before topcoating it...

Went to a job yesterday where the guy has a weird yellow looking stain on one wall in his livingroom, he is in a top floor, three story block of flats and the wall is on the gable side. I went into his loft space and had a good look aroud the area however there was no evidence of a roof leak...

Whats the generally accepted price per m2 for skimming? Got a job on and im wondering what is reasonable, been a while since i did any private work.

Alright folks, names Willie from the west cost of Scotland and i served my time as a Slater/Plasterer however the firm i worked for never really entertrained plastering as it was all new builds i worked on, however over the years and with the tradesman i had i learned the trade and can now say...