Recent content by ruddez

Do any body use an accountant to do their tax returns or do it themselves,cheers

let you all know when finished,hopefully he may change his mind,

i have offered him other options but he is stubborn as he knows better, if i had my own way i wouldnt bother but i feel because he has other work for me, and the customer is adamant he wants the monorex finish, as i have explained to him we are not doing it properly, but that is why i have...

i phoned the rep yesterday and he told me what most have told me,you cant put monorex on concrete panels,you cant use eml,you cant go over painted surface unless you use parinter,i asked about why i cant use sbr slurry his answer was only paint will stick to paint and it wont work,which is a...

good idea,cheers

yes they are 600mm concrete sectional panels and only the front to render and thats 2.4 m wide by 2.0 high with a 1.2m x 1.2m window in it, the rest of the rendering will be over painted dashing,but anyway thanks for advice

correct me then,thats why i am asking for advice,what is the right approach,cheers

whats wrong with renda grip thats what it for,i should have said i am discing the painted render first as well for key

just renovated the inside of an outbuilding now the customer wants the outside rendered in parex which i have never used before but i am sure i can get the hang of it,but theres a few questions i would like to ask,the building is a half concrete sectional garage so would renda grip and using...

anybody make up their own self leveller,thinking of mixing it at 2-1 sand and cement mixed with sbr/water and give it a trial run as its so expensive to buy and see how it goes,cheers

still nobody has mentioned the best sponge

are all medium sponge floats for skimming made of the same material or are some better than others eg refina,i see them in selcos,wickes, on amazon etc so just wondering which one to buy,cheers

yes your photos show exactly what my work turned out like,i will try some board finish on the next job and see what happens,

i had the same problem as you,in march/april i skimmed out the whole upstairs and landing/passage on mostly plasterboard and over existing unibonded mortar walls,every wall and ceiling came out perfect,in june i skimmed the whole downstairs and every wall/ ceiling came out as you described full...

cheers all