Recent content by malc

Plaster vents stopped about 30 years ago. they found that germs could survive inside of them.

Dont pay income tax, put the money into a pension for your self.

I always have a pickup truck. I am on my 4th Mazda B2500, single cab. I find them quicker to load and unload then vans and I have plenty of them the best being Toyota Hiace. I keep my tools and bagged materials under the tarp. Then with 3 scaffolding boards cut down as bearers I can get 13...

My son and his pal often go to Switzerland on the French border to do renovations. His pal owned a chalet which is used for skiers in the winter months and mountain bikers in the summer months. The work does grow as the neighbours always want work done to their properties.

All plaster in France is lime based. Finding a plasterer or any other trade in France will be a problem.

Still plenty of prefabs in north Essex. They where planed to be redeveloped in the 60s. Those that needed a mortgage had to have a bank loan so that a brick skin could be built .

Is this house a prefab?

A plaster vent has been illegal for about 30 years now. They are all plastic now health and safety.

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Have a look at the PermaRock brick effect render web site. It is a specialist job and the finish looks perfect.

When I have worked on the USA base at Lakenheath they spec that all conduits are covered in fibre mesh before the skim coat to stop cracking.

That rubberised plaster they spec for squash courts is hard work. I guess that they soon got fed up with that.

In the 60s we floated plasterboard lath sheets on ceilings. The material was Thistle fibre browning mixed with sand 50% sharp sand 50% soft sand. 3 parts sand 1 part Browning. This was before the modern pre mixed browning plasters. Have you tried adding animal hair to your lime mix?

With Jewsons you need to open a cash account. Then all of regular purchases will be placed on their computer so that you get the same price at any Jewsons. I have received some bargains from Jewsons clearing their old St G stock ready for the new company stock.

Jewsons had a buy out from a Danish firm a couple years ago. My local Jewsons is on prime building land. Right on the edge of the river Stour in the centre of town.