A GUIDE TO FLOATING WALLS

[theclemo]

I find I have to rule off hardwall again after it pulls in a bit.

Yes I do that to. I just find that hardwall don't rule as flat as sand and cement. And floating the hardwall I find the float just glides over it.

 

[Dr.B]

Still a job to beat good old s&c.

 

[theclemo]

Sand and cement is king

 

[malc]

Yes I do that to. I just find that hardwall don't rule as flat as sand and cement. And floating the hardwall I find the float just glides over it.

if high suction we 2 coat hardwall, first coat kills suction, lay on 2nd coat and rule in, we use a featheredge rule, a lot of plasterers use a darby.
if low suction, may put the room on before i start to rule, then check to make sure it has not slumped.
we leave the hardwall pull in, then with a light spray of water devil up with a diamond float.

 

[Cornelius]

if high suction we 2 coat hardwall, first coat kills suction, lay on 2nd coat and rule in, we use a featheredge rule, a lot of plasterers use a darby.
if low suction, may put the room on before i start to rule, then check to make sure it has not slumped.
we leave the hardwall pull in, then with a light spray of water devil up with a diamond float.

What size darby? Surely not a standard 1.2, I've got a 1.8, 2.0 and a 2.4 for floating and normal 1.2 for external rendering.

 

[Cornelius]

H sections I prefer not Darby's

 

[malc]

H sections I prefer not Darby's

H sections are popular, some use Darby's. we use a lightweight featheredge.

 

[Dynamite-Kid]

A very well described guide on dot / screed. For what it's worth I still use this method to this day when the walls have to be within the millimetre.

For accurate work this method when done right can not be beaten. I don't often use it these days due to time constraints but for high class work I believe this method can not be beaten.

And fair play to the poster for an accurate description, proper text book.

 

[Cornelius]

@Foss here you go

 

[Stewie03]

I still use the same old fashioned method when I was an apprentice the box screed method i put my vertical and horizontal screeds on first level them off then fill in the middle and level that off job done wait for it to pull in a bit and give it a float up ready for skimming

 

[nguyenmanhhung1998]

Thanks for the guide kirk. It is for us newbies and will help.

 

[Nisus]

Thanks for the guide kirk. It is for us newbies and will help.

Kirk is no longer with us....

 

[The Hobo]

don't ask me all these things where before my time

 

[Olican]

Any vids on how to do this

How was 2013?

 

[hstoke]

How was 2013?

Was that last time boozers we’re open ,,I’ve forgot where we r in this lockdown

 

[bobski]

Thanks for the guide kirk. It is for us newbies and will help.

Were you 12 when he posted that?

 

[Danil]

when you float a wall the important lines are the internal angles, the skirting line and the ceiling line. the least important is the middle where you are placing your screed. you may as well rule the wall in freehand.

I agree with you

 

[smoother09]

Bringing um back from the archives! Good year 2010

 

[Retired Spread]

Thanks for the guide kirk. It is for us newbies and will help.

 

[Retired Spread]

Bringing um back from the archives! Good year 2010

it was indeed...twas the year I discovered tinternet and joined this forum

 

[The Hobo]

a wall is a wall and should be wright end of I worked on heysham power station the tolerance was 3mm

 

[markyspread]

Kirk was a good lad, many a good post from him in the day as well as his guides
not just a skimmer like most !!

 

[malc]

a wall is a wall and should be wright end of I worked on heysham power station the tolerance was 3mm

British standard is 10mm over 2 metre.