newbie - house renovation

[nickelarse]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha jesus christ almighty it just shows you when you think you ve met the biggest numpty in the world you aint theres always another

is that aimed at me?

 

[nickelarse]

Hi Kirk

Thanks for taking the time to post that guide.
I'll use 6mm ply cut outs and bed these approx 12 - 15mm off wall and infill with sand & cement backing.

Should this be built up with 2 s&c coats and how long do I leave, before skimming onto this?

I'll let you know how it turns out!

if it were me i would do it in too coats, scratch coat (let this dry and shrink then damp it down)
lay screeds and then top coat and let this dry out and shrink then damp this down before skimming.

NOTE. this is how i would do it with sand and cement, there are more ways that might be better or faster but this is just the way i would do it, some plasterers like to skim the sand and cement once it has set but not dried out as ther will not be much suction which will make skimming easier but what trends to happen is it shrinks when it drys out and this will crack the skim. again this is only my opinion oh and in the guide i wrote you i said to rub the wall with a devil float when it had set to provide key but when working with sand and cement you will need to rub it up when it is very firm, once it has set it will be very hard to make a key in it.

along with letting screeds go firm before u float a wall, this is another thing i dont get. why would u want to float a wall by scratching first? ie 2 coats?

well he said that he needed to come out to 15mm so i think it would be best to do this in two coats also if you use a scratch coat you will get even suction, there is many ways to do alot of the aspects of plastering mate and this is just one hope this helps mate

get what u mean thickness wise but i duno if id let em dry and shrink, think id wet the wall down if theres a prob with suction and just get it on.

 

[kirk johnstone]

Hi Kirk

Thanks for taking the time to post that guide.
I'll use 6mm ply cut outs and bed these approx 12 - 15mm off wall and infill with sand & cement backing.

Should this be built up with 2 s&c coats and how long do I leave, before skimming onto this?

I'll let you know how it turns out!

if it were me i would do it in too coats, scratch coat (let this dry and shrink then damp it down)
lay screeds and then top coat and let this dry out and shrink then damp this down before skimming.

NOTE. this is how i would do it with sand and cement, there are more ways that might be better or faster but this is just the way i would do it, some plasterers like to skim the sand and cement once it has set but not dried out as ther will not be much suction which will make skimming easier but what trends to happen is it shrinks when it drys out and this will crack the skim. again this is only my opinion oh and in the guide i wrote you i said to rub the wall with a devil float when it had set to provide key but when working with sand and cement you will need to rub it up when it is very firm, once it has set it will be very hard to make a key in it.

along with letting screeds go firm before u float a wall, this is another thing i dont get. why would u want to float a wall by scratching first? ie 2 coats?

well he said that he needed to come out to 15mm so i think it would be best to do this in two coats also if you use a scratch coat you will get even suction, there is many ways to do alot of the aspects of plastering mate and this is just one hope this helps mate

get what u mean thickness wise but i duno if id let em dry and shrink, think id wet the wall down if theres a prob with suction and just get it on.

yes mate i know what you are saying, if i was doing it i would just let the screeds go firm and then float. i said this because it was aimed at rossco mate and with him having no experiance there is a good chance he would dig into the screeds so i thought this would be the safest way for him

 

[rockhardsolidplastering]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha jesus christ almighty it just shows you when you think you ve met the biggest numpty in the world you aint theres always another

is that aimed at me?

ONLY IF YOU WANT OR THINK IT IS

 

[spunky]

what does rock hard solid plastering actually stand for ???.........are you a bit tasty or do you use a 3-1 mix for everything like kurt ?

 

[nickelarse]

what does rock hard solid plastering actually stand for ???.........are you a bit tasty or do you use a 3-1 mix for everything like kurt ?

 

[kirk johnstone]

he deffo aint tasty because he aint come fore a toe to toe with me so he must use my 3-1 haha fukin mug!

 

[rockhardsolidplastering]

he deffo aint tasty because he aint come fore a toe to toe with me so he must use my 3-1 haha (french word invented by a german) mug!

oh dear mr angry as crawled out from under his book just when i thought your anger management was going so well never mind back to the book

 

[kirk johnstone]

;D