ashlar lines nw1

[Dpettigrew]

hi looking for someone with exp doing ashlar line in london area nw1 im going to s&c render just need someone to do lines week starting 4th july message me with price if intressed thanks dan

 

[plastererpeter]

Easy job use a ashlar float buy or make 1

 

[Dpettigrew]

been plastering 20 yrs but this something ive never done and would rather have somebody who knows what there on with

 

[vfr12]

Looking at the wall it's fecking posh London. No mistakes allowed

 

[Gibbo]

Easy job use a ashlar float buy or make 1

whats an ashlar float

 

[seanlar]

A bent screw driver

 

[plastererpeter]

whats an ashlar float

I get a pic u p tomorow

 

[Pug]

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Here's a selection.

 

[Gibbo]

They are just cutters pug not for ashlar

 

[Peter16]

That's a job I've done in central London. We used pvc stop beads (very tedious) but the client asked for long lasting edges......

 

[Orangemachineman]

That's a job I've done in central London. We used pvc stop beads (very tedious) but the client asked for long lasting edges......

That's cheating surely!!
A proper ashlar job would be free hand

 

[vfr12]

Not sure if this is right tho. It takes away the whole character off ashlar fnish. Anyway, if the customer wanted long lasting edges then this is the right way, fair play.What was the mix , if I may ask?

 

[Marshy]

Rob does tidy ashlar work. I did this fireplace in France and used a bent piece of electrical cable to do the lines

 

[vfr12]

Rob does tidy ashlar work. I did this fireplace in France and used a bent piece of electrical cable to do the lines
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Man with no limits! Zooming on the pic, the ashlar lines on the left are a bit wobbly Marshy!
Was the wire alive ?

 

[Marshy]

Man with no limits! Zooming on the pic, the ashlar lines on the left are a bit wobbly Marshy!
Was the wire alive ?

I was pissed mate

 

[Peter16]

That's cheating surely!!
A proper ashlar job would be free hand

I know that's " cheating", but it got the job done and the client was very happy with the result. And anyways it got sprayed with some acrylic paint.....which covered the stop beads......it looks pretty good and it does match the neighbour's house.....

 

[Peter16]

Scratch coat: 3:1 - Final coat: 4-1, no lime on this one - standard mix. And because it got painted, this time we got away with using stop beads, altough for other jobs I have a refina ashlar tool and a home made one(which is better)......

 

[Marshy]

I admire your patience regard the beading up. I'd have lost the will to live after the 4th or 5th bead lol

 

[Arti]

Rob does tidy ashlar work. I did this fireplace in France and used a bent piece of electrical cable to do the lines
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What that S & C @Marshy

 

[Gibbo]

That's cheating surely!!
A proper ashlar job would be free hand

Thats not ashlar its rustication marshys pic is ashlar

 

[Marshy]

What that S & C @Marshy

Yes mate with lime in it too

 

[Labtecray]

what is the job exactly ? just for the record, rustification is done with oiled battens that have been planed to a slight angle, ashlar is a line pressed into smooth render before it set , both are easy, it just takes a bit of thought setting out

 

[Danny]

That's a job I've done in central London. We used pvc stop beads (very tedious) but the client asked for long lasting edges......

That would have been hard work... wonder what it looks like when it is painted...

 

[Gibbo]

what is the job exactly ? just for the record, rustification is done with oiled battens that have been planed to a slight angle, ashlar is a line pressed into smooth render before it set , both are easy, it just takes a bit of thought setting out

You dont need battens just cut out freehand

 

[plastererpeter]

what is the job exactly ? just for the record, rustification is done with oiled battens that have been planed to a slight angle, ashlar is a line pressed into smooth render before it set , both are easy, it just takes a bit of thought setting out

We used to do this way up London in the 80s

 

[Orangemachineman]

You dont need battens just cut out freehand

I thought that when I took on my first job
The rusticated quoins and groves we're 30mm depth which we're impossible to cut by hand as I found out!!!

 

[Marshy]

Angle grinder ??

 

[Marshy]

There is a tolerance (i dont have any mind) as to the method to create the ashlar or quoins? ? Ive seen Robs work sorry tango orange man and its spot on. Any decent spread should be able to do this and defo not one for the "skimmers"

 

[Orangemachineman]

There is a tolerance (i dont have any mind) as to the method to create the ashlar or quoins? ? Ive seen Robs work sorry tango orange man and its spot on. Any decent spread should be able to do this and defo not one for the "skimmers"

Cheers big sack

 

[plastererpeter]

We done this 30 years ago all moulding run instu looks a bit weathered now

 

[Gibbo]

done miles of it never used a batten ever

 

[superspread]

We done this 30 years ago all moulding run instu looks a bit weathered now

Bull s**t ,I've seen your straight lines don't forget

 

[plastererpeter]

Bull s**t ,I've seen your straight lines don't forget

Least it's not blow

 

[pixie]

Rob does tidy ashlar work. I did this fireplace in France and used a bent piece of electrical cable to do the lines
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Back of a jr hack saw works a treat mate, give it a try nxt time

 

[Labtecray]

You dont need battens just cut out freehand

never ever do freehand it will look like its been cut "free hand" the best tried and tested way is with battens we have done loads of it in London and else where, for the Civil service/ Government, grade one listed jobs