can you e.m.l.

[mickey07]

straight over existing smooth render on a bay area below the window then re-render it....the render on there now aint to bad a few cracks here and there....but just spoke to my mate about it and he said find the joists in the bay and put e.m.l.straight over it then scratch....thought i would ask you guys on here first as well.....

 

[kirk johnstone]

is the old render painted?

 

[mickey07]

is the old render painted?

yes it is mate

 

[irish_spread]

or papered?

 

[spunky]

eml it and crack on youre supposed to eml if its painted

 

[kirk johnstone]

is the old render painted?

yes it is mate

i would give the old render a good key first with an angle grinder then fix your eml and make sure you push the scratchcoat right in, if you wanted to go crazy you could give it a slurry coat first as well (after key and eml)

 

[mickey07]

the job is a terraced house knock the old stuff off scratch and final coat its 6 and half meters high and 5 meters wide and could do it off a tower really,what do you guys think pricewise?birmingham area.

 

[kirk johnstone]

£750 labour
£100 mats
£60 skip

total £910

just call it £1000
in case there is an unforeseen problem

 

[S a plastering]

would rendaid work with mesh emmbeded in it then top it with ocr then rub up

 

[bodplasterer]

Skips are alot dearer than that here kirk cheapest for a 6 yard now is £110

 

[kirk johnstone]

would rendaid work with mesh emmbeded in it then top it with ocr then rub up

are you on about just going over existing render

 

[kirk johnstone]

Skips are alot dearer than that here kirk cheapest for a 6 yard now is £110

good job i told him to charge a grand then haha

£110 i would fly tip it