lime plastering

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hi, been asked to quote for 100 sq mtrs of lime plastering. Need to know roughly how much per sq mtr to charge an if i have to supply the lime plaster how much is it?
 
ok here we go.....three coat work is usually specified by architects for all good buildings, but sometimes two coat work is specified for inferior rooms, closets, attics, or cellars in the same building. three coat work makes a straight, smooth, strong, and sanitary surface for walls and ceilings when properly executed. this is a quote from the plasterers bible ;)

so are you going to be plastering a good room or an inferior one?
 
kirk johnstone said:
ok here we go.....three coat work is usually specified by architects for all good buildings, but sometimes two coat work is specified for inferior rooms, closets, attics, or cellars in the same building. three coat work makes a straight, smooth, strong, and sanitary surface for walls and ceilings when properly executed. this is a quote from the plasterers bible ;)

so are you going to be plastering a good room or an inferior one?

Three coat work was used to straighten up the irregular backgrounds (odd sized hand made bricks, etc.), when working on modern building blocks which are generally regular in size you should only need to use two coat work to get a spot on job aj. Although on a listed building you'll probably be working over uneven backgrounds so give a price for two coats and for three coats where necessary. What you have to remember when reading these books Kirk is that a lot of the information is just reused from older books so may not be relevant to today and that some of the guys writing the books are just not up to date with modern materials, try talking to some fibrous plasterers and they can't believe that not all work is three coated, it's because that's what they've been taught.
 
essexandy said:
kirk johnstone said:
ok here we go.....three coat work is usually specified by architects for all good buildings, but sometimes two coat work is specified for inferior rooms, closets, attics, or cellars in the same building. three coat work makes a straight, smooth, strong, and sanitary surface for walls and ceilings when properly executed. this is a quote from the plasterers bible ;)

so are you going to be plastering a good room or an inferior one?

Three coat work was used to straighten up the irregular backgrounds (odd sized hand made bricks, etc.), when working on modern building blocks which are generally regular in size you should only need to use two coat work to get a spot on job aj. Although on a listed building you'll probably be working over uneven backgrounds so give a price for two coats and for three coats where necessary. What you have to remember when reading these books Kirk is that a lot of the information is just reused from older books so may not be relevant to today and that some of the guys writing the books are just not up to date with modern materials, try talking to some fibrous plasterers and they can't believe that not all work is three coated, it's because that's what they've been taught.

it dont matter about modern materials because he is using lime and thats why i stated this ton him. scratch/float/finish. its the same as s&c then multi but you just use lime for the whole process mate, if you wer to work over irregular backgrounds i would recommend you go round first and prick up any hollow spots ;)
 
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