Hi all,
I'm brand new to this forum but have some basic plastering experience and very much enjoy the work. Hopefully you pro's will be able to help me with some advice. I have two gate piers at home (pictures attached) that I'm planning to render, there are also walls either side that will be rendered and I have rendered walls before so not a complete newbie, but never rendered piers before. The Mrs would like to keep the tile detail at the top of each pier and have it rendered, which sticks out about 20mm, my preference would be to cut them off to make the job easier but I can see why she want's to keep them. What are my options here? Can I bead them and then render them? Could I cut them off and replace with something better to create the same look? What do you guys think? Also, would you put a stop bead around the bottom of each pier? Obviously this is standard practice for walls but what about piers?
Thanks for all you help guys, much appreciated.
I'm brand new to this forum but have some basic plastering experience and very much enjoy the work. Hopefully you pro's will be able to help me with some advice. I have two gate piers at home (pictures attached) that I'm planning to render, there are also walls either side that will be rendered and I have rendered walls before so not a complete newbie, but never rendered piers before. The Mrs would like to keep the tile detail at the top of each pier and have it rendered, which sticks out about 20mm, my preference would be to cut them off to make the job easier but I can see why she want's to keep them. What are my options here? Can I bead them and then render them? Could I cut them off and replace with something better to create the same look? What do you guys think? Also, would you put a stop bead around the bottom of each pier? Obviously this is standard practice for walls but what about piers?
Thanks for all you help guys, much appreciated.