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Anyone spare a labourer tomorrow urgent in Sheffield?

Been let down badly and need a labourer to mix mono just 35 bags in Sheffield PLEEEEAASE!!!!

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16 bags of Pral M Chalk for sale in Bristol

16 bags in date, kept in dry unit. £6.00 per bag, must take all bags.

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Lessons I learned today

1. You can't rely on ANYONE. 2. Never render a good sized wall with just yourself and an inexperienced labourer. 3. All labourers are c**ts 4. Labourers clog machines up so bad that when you spray,...

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Bauwer render samples

hey guys Have any of you lot used your samples yet?? I used the Bauwer light and thought it was great used it for some dubbing out that was about 50mm thick. Mixed it up and slapped it in with some...

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Cowboys on the thin coat !

View attachment 13063 View attachment 13064 View attachment 13063 I'm doing a couple of big new builds for a developer I work for. He asked us to thin coat the job but we couldn't get there and he...

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K Rend K1

any common issues when spraying this gear ? Cheers Love Arti xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Weber OCR quick fix

got about 4m2 to do an will have too hit it in one day so won't get chance to Rendaid it's just over brickwork which is pretty good nick will sbr slurry be ok first with Weber just for the suction...

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thin coat knauf marmiritt

small extension in brick work.can i render it with sand cement mesh.then coat in marmaritt

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K Rend colour problem

Hi all, This may sound ridiculous, but has anyone ever tried adding a lighter coloured k1 to a darker one to reduce how dark it is? Basically a customer wanted the colour sandstone, so ordered 35 bags...

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crap sand

Has anyone. Used Travis Perkins plastering sand? I've gotta render with the stuff and its got no guts,I'm tempted to mix some sharp with it has anybody had the same problem?

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Terrible Rendering competition

Went to quote render job yesterday and gave me idea for thread.I always love seeing pictures of all the good jobs people post but what about the bad one's,sometimes I enjoy seeing them more than the...

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how would you tackle this

View attachment 13131 got this wall to do he just wants flat render Weber OCR how would you get over the screen blocks was going to mesh it but not many places to fix too is ther nything else that...

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Silo sand+cement mixes

Hi all. Pricing up a big project and qs tells me to differentiate between them supplying the render by silo against me having my labourer mix it in the mixer. I don't see much of a cost saving on his...

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Bought an I beam for scratch renders

Hadn't used an I beam before on weber or k rend but what a treat it is to work with . Gets the walls flat as f**k and opens up the render to dry a bit quicker . Happy days

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Mono help search

After a couple of bad jobs on the mono I've decided to try get some help on my next 2 , which are coming up in a few weeks time. So I'm looking for a lift and bit of guidance off a GOOD renderer. Pm if...

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Weber on stone work

going to dub out some stone work then scratch up with Weber OCR the question is when I've reached my level I'm happy with going to stick some plastic beads on will 10mm beads be ok for this or will it...

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Bagged basecoats

I'm trying different bagged basecoats for jobs instead of the usual 4/1 sc. So far I think Alsecco have some nice stuff. Just a shame their delivery charge is so high. Anyway I've got a nice autumn...

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Out of date k rend

Can k rend still be used if its out of date got 10 bags couple of months out of date?

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Weber on top of K-Rend

Hi all, I am a HO and am currently having some rendering work done to my mid-terraced house. We kept the old sand and cement render underneath but had all the bad knocked off. On the front our...

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I'm a brickie, want to k rend top half of my house.

Hi all. So, having scoured and read almost everything in the rendering section of this forum i now want to 'have a go ' at doing my own home and the extension i'm soon to build. I'm planning on...

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