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I would speak to Womersley's at Heckmondwike. Welcome to Womersleys; Providers of Natural and Eco Friendly Building Products. They do lots of lime products and would be able to advise you.

Hi Fireblade Course is going ok, but I've been really fortunate and have found a plasterer who has let me work with him - currently labouring on site. Great experience being in the real world. If you can get some it is definitely worth it. Also, the college is trying to be as flexible as...

Yeah, best I don't do fixing.

Oh, OK. Sorry, but I'll be of no help to you. Hope you manage to sort something out.

Sorry if I'm being dim but are you just looking for a labourer to help you out on this job or a real plasterer?

And this Plastering Corner Stones - YouTube

I think they are quoin stones - try this. http://www.plasterersforum.com/plasterers-forums-information-guides/33207-guide-quoin-stones.html

Oh, and this one The art of the plasterer; an account of the decorative development of the craft, chiefly in England, from the 16th to the 18th century, with chapters on the stucco of the classic period and of the Italian Renaissance, also on sgraffito, pargetting, S

Here's another one - American I think, published later than Millar's and much of it taken from his work but might be worth a look. Mortars, plasters, stuccos, artificial marble, concretes, Portland cements and compositions; being a thorough and practical treatise on the latest and most...

Might be a woman. Apparently there is at least one woman on the Monday eve course are doing good work given they haven't plastered before. Is that you Rye Pye? Does Steve or Ian take the class?

Hi dsdave If Rye Pye has not bitten your hand off, I'd be more than happy to come along with you for a bit of experience. I'm based in Halifax - Ludd foot.

Indeed, I is. Hi Rye. Are you at Craven on the level 2/3 course? Or are you doing the evening course? Did you do the course with Dan over the summer?

Thanks to Richard for letting me come along and see modern rendering in action. It was great to spend a bit of time on site with someone with enthusiasm for the work and materials and committed to producing quality work.

So, can we have a lime section?

Cheers Richard, that's an offer I can't turn down. My email is john.vaul@btinternet.com.

So, I've been on this site for a year now. I live near Halifax but have just started a level 2 course at Craven College in North Yorkshire, after doing a short C and G course at the same place over the summer. Being 41, many of you may say I am too old to start getting into this sort of...

Cow dung slurry mixed with lime putty was used for parging chimney flues according to my book. But if you are only apply over already existing plaster that may not be an option.

Great Thread! I'd like to see a lime section too! Is it still possible to get Keene's?

Ah, I wonder why that is - certainly there are chaps there that would bite you hand off if you had an apprenticeship going. It's quite a small place - about 18 of us - mostly young guys 17-20 - and a few really old blokes like me.

I'm just doing a level 2 diploma but I think they do NVQ assessments as well. They also have apprentices coming in once a week.

Hi fireblade I'm in a very similar situation to you. I'm 40 and have just started a part-time course at Craven College in Skipton. I was thinking about doing the one at Leeds but decided I could get to Skipton from Halifax with a little less hassle although they are the same distance. I hope...

I am level 2? Wicked! What level do I need to get to the get a CSCS gold card? Thanks for sorting my CRB Barry. Do you want me to send you my passport details and my NI number, too? And do you just need my debit card details or my credit card details as well.

Right. Will get that done. Do I invoice the cost of the CRB to Danny?

I had 5 point deducted the other day - why was that? What is the prize for getting to 1000 points?

Oh, yes, that was probably why it failed. But the house is in the hill-side and sits right by the side of the public highway so opportunities for dealing with the source of damp were limited.

Right, I get you, gypsum based plasters don't like getting too wet. Our garage wall had gypsum plaster board dot-and-dabbed (is that the right term?) to a solid stone wall that gets damp. I had to pull it off because it failed - went all crumbly and fell to pieces.

Right, I've another basic question. (Hope it's OK to put it in this section) I see a lots of reference to PVA for controlling suction. Why don't you just use water?

For the benefit of non-spreads - is that rubbish? Give it a score from 1 to 10.

Thanks, Warrior....I just meant not being a plasterer (or the customer paying for the work :RpS_biggrin:) it's easy for me be to be a dreamy idealist. No disrespect to customer or plasterer, but I'd like to see the work of past craftsmen appreciated and looked after with matching materials. If...

Being a nobody, maybe I should just keep quiet but why don't you apply a lime plaster if that's what is there already?

So pure gypsum is the same as plaster of paris? And gypsum based plasters just have stuff added to them like retarders and perhaps aggregates? And the colour is determined by the colour of the gypsum dug out of the ground? How long does a gypsum plaster take to go off, approximately?

Thanks Flynnyman.

Hi As a non-plasterer can I ask the following basic question. Is stuff like Thistle Board Finish and Multi Finish just gypsum or is it gypsum with a light weight aggregate? And what about backing plasters such as Bonding - are they a mix of aggregate and gypsum? If they are mixes what...

I'm not working at the moment, Warrior - I'm house husband. :RpS_biggrin:

Hi All I joined this forum a few weeks ago and thought it was time to introduce myself. I'm not a plasterer, but have become interested in plastering mainly through my interest in old buildings/conservation. I'm mainly hanging in the background at the moment but may pop up from time to time...