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

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

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

anybody using the upvc beads for skimming, and for rendering with sand and cement, i know they are more expensive but they are also rust free,just thinking of giving them a go,cheers

rendered a wall with blue 10mm fibreglass mesh embedded in the render coat using a 4-1 mix with waterproofer,the cement i used was quinns which i have never used before,but anyway 2weeks later hosed wall down top coated with 4-1 and 1/4 lime using same cement,but as laying on it was bubbling as...

why is 10 mm fibreglass render mesh recommended over 4mm mesh for render whats the difference,i thought the 4mm would be stronger

how do u get the dimples off a new plastic float to make it smooth,use a sander or similar,thanks

are those blue render sponges advertised with refina any good,just looking at them and just thinking would they improve the finish on sand and cement when fining down,or any recommendations,thanks

painted rendagrip on a plain wall 2 days ago,looking at it i got no confidence its going to adhere to it and stay on could i use sbr slurry over the rendagrip to give a better key,if it was a small wall i would take a chance but this wall is 40 sq ms and exposed to the weather,thanks

have an external render job to do and its going over existing plain render which is cracked but solid and impossible to come off,so what is the best approach rendagrip or sbr,thinking of render coat,fibreglass mesh,and its a dash finish,thanks

anyone suffer tendonitis in the top of arm/ shoulder,and whats the best treatment for it other than giving up the trowel,

anybody using book a builder,just had a phone call for me to join at £699 plus vat,promising ten leads a month,is it another rip off !

i have another job to tile over metro tiles with 600x300 wall tiles,the metros have been put on over sand and cement and are going to be very difficult to get off,as there are voids in the wall could i use neat pva and skim over to get a flatter surface to work to and then tile over just...

after rendering a stone wall which had been unibonded first for key (not exposed to the weather)how long for it to cure as after a week its still quite soft and powdery,mix was 4-1 with waterproofer,thanks

anybody ever used dry lining compound for wall tiling not over wet areas,it is just a thought as using ready mixed today looked similar to the dry lining compound when mixed up firm,i may try some tomorrow as a trial and error project,

is there an alternative to eml for rendering with sand and cement over an old stone wall to prevent cracking as it will be going on quite thick in places,thanks

have a stone wall to render and going to hack off the face of the larger stone and then mesh hopefully to stop any cracking,as i want to unibond the stonework first for extra key would it be better to unibond first and then mesh but the unibond would be dry by the time i finish meshing, would...

does anybody still use a 11"trowel to lay on and trowel up or for any part of plastering as that was the only trowel size i remember when i first started,i use 14" to lay on and use the 11"for last trowel just seems to work for me

what is the point of using a sponge float,for example u lay on 2 coats flatten them out and then its ready for trowelling up and then some boys i know then use a sponge and then you got to flatten out again,i thought u only use a sponge on 1 coat or to bring it back to life if its drying to much

bought an ox plastering trowel from e bay and delivered today,but it is slightly bowed should it be like that or should the be flat i have always bought m/ts but thought i would give the ox a try i dont think i will buy one again

aldi selling mixing drill tomorrow its a work zone 1600 watt any good i wonder anybody think they worth buying

do the exterior walls need to be perfectly flat when putting on the ewi and if there are voids between wall and the insulation is that a concern for condensation only asking as i am considering taking on a few jobs that house holders are now asking about

is pit sand ok for dashing as i have seen it craze and crack for plain work,and if not what do they use pit sand actually for thanks

anybody use a landline these days i am with virgin and dont use it for outgoing calls and nobody seems to phone me on it other than cold callers its just the mobile now and i have a small ad in the yellow pages and if somebody phones me from that(very rare)they phone my mobile so is it time to...

is there anyway an interior mortar wall can be sealed before being unibonded and skimmed to prevent salts coming through just wondering if sbr would prevent the salts coming through, the outside wall has been hacked off and has been rendered with 2 coats of render with waterproofer only asking...

two of us have a large ceiling to skim but the problem is its 155 sq ms i know we would have to get other plasterers in to do it but rather than get others in could we break the ceiling up in 4 or 5 panels by using skim stop beads just wondering if it would work and how it would look or has...

been to see a job where the walls are old black mortar which is sound it had been skimmed over but the walls in 2 living rooms are all blistered and bubbled due to the salts coming through due to condensation she doesnt want it hacked off because of the mess i suggested vents to start and then a...

a rendered and skimmed chimney breast has had damp coming through from the chimney but now has been cured but obviously now salts are a problem its all dried out but my question is could the breast be unibonded and skimmed over without the stains and salts coming back through or could it be...

my daughter bought a house which the down stairs external walls are 4"" outer walls 3"cavity and 9"inner walls and the cavities have been insulated but now we found the damp patches on parts of one wall which gets all the worst of the weather obviously to me the rain is penetrating the exterior...

does anybody still artex these days as i dont know anybody that does because i was asked to artex 2 ceilings i thought the chap was having me on and i told him no one does it and also there is only a few merchants that stock it as there is no call for it i give up artexing 15 yrs ago i hope its...

anybody ever put an insurance claim in for a customer eg damaged ceiling or water damage and promised the work and then hear no more i put a claim in for a chap up the road to me for a damaged ceiling and put enough on the estimate to cover to do an extra ceiling for him and to cover his excess...

is anybody seeing problems when cavity walls are filled with insulation especially damp penetration and condensation and mould inside on the walls i know a lot of households are now having it taken out for that reason i have noticed the worst ones are the houses that have face bricks and the...

i know you can skim over ceramic tiles using pregrit but can you use unibond instead or is better to dot and dab over the tiles and will the dry lining compound take to the tiles or still use pregrit for preparation the tiles are sound and solid thanks

whats the best way to cut 120mm coving into a curved internal corner is it best in segments or cut the back of the coving and which coving is easier the gyproc or polyurethane super cove thanks

whats the difference between using a sponge to using a brush you can bring up the fat with a brush and get the same finish as using a sponge

got to plasterboard over existing mortar ceilings in a shop and there is a flat above i told the landlord it will have to be fireboarded but she said it doesnt need to as its not new build she said just use ordinary single plasterboard as its not compulsory to use fireboard or double...

rendering a single extension and where the wallplate is showing would 100mm scrim over the timber and 50mm on to the wall be sufficient to prevent cracking rather than the hassle of using eml its just a thought,thanks

does anyone box in/plasterboard rsjs themselves before skimming if so which method would you recommend,thanks

is there really a need to add cement to neat sbr to form a slurry for a key when rendering over a surface with no key as I have used sbr on its own and worked just the same only problem I found was that sbr on its own is quite thin and tends to run every where but I know when adding cement at...

are there grants available for ewi

are hardiback boards straight forward to skim over,just unibond,tape and skim as normal any advice thanks

any advice on the sort of security locks for the side door of my transit which was more or less pulled off thurs night but lucky they were disturbed and nothing stolen but it is the damaged caused we have the car they used on cctv but unfortunately not them phoned the police but a waste of time...

anybody rendering in this weather I always give rendering/dashing etc a miss this time of year concentrate on inside seen so many rendering jobs fail because of the heat I seen some boys hacking off two jobs this week don't know if it is related to the weather but I have learnt from experience...

has anybody used everbuild rendagrip and would they recommend it just going to start a job next week rendering over face brick was going to use sbr/cement slurry for key but seen rendagrip for sale on r&j builders hardware web site so I thought if it was ok I would rather use that, paint it on...

got some work rendering over old face brick walls I usually use sbr/cement for a key is there a better way and cleaner method of getting a key I know there are a few products on the market and are painted on the day before I just wanted to know the best to use thanks

I have had problems with premier cement in the past as I cant get blue circle but if anybody is using it are they having problems with a lot of suction when dashing over I am putting in waterproofer only 170 mls as not to overdose the mix I am hosing the wall down but within minutes the wall is...

as most builders merchants don't stock blue circle cement anymore so have to use premier cement, I have had problems when I first started using it when it all cracked and blew but that I think was putting to much waterproofer in the mix but with putting less in it is ok now but the problem I am...

I have 90 square ms of concrete to lay at a depth of 4" I am going to use 4x1 sawn for the shuttering what is the maximum size bays I can put the shuttering at I wil put in steel mesh if needed as I don't want it to crack the base is to take up to 4 cars

done some tyrolean on a new extension also matching up to existing using sand/cement rather than using cullamix after some advice off the forum and which it came out as good as the existing tyrolean now it needs painting,i know this is not a painting forum but would I need to seal the new work...