Just looked at a rendering job where the customer is adamant he wants the wall meshed before the render is applied due to his concern that the brick faces are very smooth. Now i usually bed mesh in to the scratch with all my render systems but have never applied the mesh directly to the wall prior to the scratch....So firstly is this really necessary??...secondly what type of mesh is used and fixings (presume its the mechanically fixed big plastic washers??)...thirdly what benefits does this have over simply skutching it up to provide more of a key, or even applying a bonding ajent (if there are any recommended for external uses)....finally can anyone recommend a good supplier for the mesh and fixings??