Appreciate it

Lewis Erskine thanks brother, thought I’d try something different, defiantly man, the way I got taught is do something right or not at all

Yeah I used to do it like that 10 years ago and you defiantly get a flatter finish but to be fair I can get it just as flat as if I went over it with a c channel, you just have a lot more material wastage unless there paying for a screed job I’ll just Darby it, ketcote is also really good but I’ve never had a problem with patch and prep always stuck to my waterproofing, if it’s the real heavy stuff what drys like rubber I’ll use keycote, also patch is a bit easier to spread, I’ve worked for a few different solid plastering crews and they all do it a little different, as long as we get the same end results, back In the day we all did sand cement bullnosed it all and but it on 10-12mm thick and keyed it between coats now it’s all gone to this bag shit and it’s more a skim coat product in my option, you’ll know how it is it’s very demanding on the body so anything to make our job a little easier iam going to do it.

Sometimes I do or give the wall a bit of a damp if I need a bit more time with it, this product has all the bonding and additives in it and I add a little extra bond in the mix too, I like to give it 24 hours between coats with this product covers the block work up a lot better and stops the mortar joints showing through 👍

Yeah there’s not many renderers doing sand and cement anymore I know a couple of guys but it’s all this pre blended render makes our life’s easier lol, i don’t mind doing it if the job calls for it

Haha thats funny because it’s been 4 years and it hasn’t cracked, you don’t need to mesh the corners with this product, if you understood the procedures and tolerances of different products you’d realise that, if you have never used this material before I wouldn’t be making comments on it, not everything is the same with all materials

Thanks mate, I use tin snips to cut them easiest and quickest way, it depends what iam doing, retaining wall like this I’ll always do the tops (horizontal ) first then the corners, if iam doing a window I’ll do the two vertical reveals first then the head and sill you get a more accurate cut that way, you can use normal render to stick them with just add a bit of bond with the mix to get a more solid fixing, I like the pre blended patch and prep because it sets really hard but it’s just personal preference 👍

@@millsfitness4742 thanks bro, doing a small job and you’ve just answered my questions perfectly. The Bunnings videos don’t show you everything haha

No worries mate, glad I could help hope everything goes well 🤙

Hey mate, yes it’s normal as it’s the part of the wall closes to the ground it will naturally absorb the water/moisture from the ground, you can fix a drip mould slightly of the ground to keep the render off the bottom (usually sand & cement) with this product it has tons of additives and bonding agents so it doesn’t require a drip mould, never had any problems with the water getting behind the render causing it to crack, so yeah perfectly normal 👍

@@millsfitness4742 mine looks as if the water is at the bottom of the wall behind the wall due to it being concrete on the ground But I suppose you'll never completely remove all water from the ground in an enclosed space

@serdarniyazi it’s hard to know without seeing it, depending on the product you’ve used and few other factors, just check for cracks and boxing so tap on the wall we’re it is wet and see if it sounds Drummy that’s a good indication that the render is coming away

It’s just a standard waterproofing to protect and seal the block wall, with all the back fill and soil behind the wall there’s always going to be moisture trapped there, you apply the waterproofing to stop penetration. The patch and prep is a product that sticks to the waterproofing to allow for the base coat of the render to bond to the wall, you can’t put just any render on the waterproofing because it will crack and peel off.

Apologies for the late reply, there 3.5mm there’s different depths you can buy, 2.5mm for skim coating, I buy them from from a builders merchant called Lyndon’s, some Dulux stores sell them and other paint shops that sell render products usually have them along with render centres. 👍

Qld Australia

rockcote.com.au/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7ffztrfe8QIVoZJmAh26gA6CEAAYASAAEgLGn_D_BwE Rockcotes website with all the products they sell, local place for me to buy it is lyndons builders merchant, they are a lot of paint shops that also sell it (Australian product only)

my friend if you really want to learn rendering , follow this mans videos he explain everything you need to know , no music no fast forward just pure explanation about everything that is got to do with rendering walls plus the mixtures . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7Jodq5osrmpnmQ.html

polystyrene attached to a diamond float

@@millsfitness4742 Which one do you prefer?

Polystyrene, not so rigid makes it easier to float with in my opinion 👍

It’s a pre mixed bag render called rockcote, it’s an Australian product

You don’t always have to do that, especially with the pre mixed bag render it has all the additives in it plus I put bond in the mix, I float the first coat with a polystyrene float which leaves a rough key for the top coat, done it for 12 + years never once gone back to a job because of the render blowing of, I used to use that system back in the uk, every country has different systems that works not just a one way fits everything 👍

Not good could have scuded one coat no prob

Nice job do very neet

It’s a render product called rockcote off white

What is a self take plasterer lol iam qualified with over 15 years experience, understand your products before you have a judgement call on something you don’t understand, not once have I gone back to fix a job with this pre blended render you can render straight to the concrete without any drip mould or beads needed, blue board and other cement sheet rendering yes but it is not required for block or brick work with this product.

I explained the steps of the process of rendering a wall, the important things I explained, the actual application of render takes practice which you only learn by doing, which I thought was self explanatory I guess not in some cases.

@@millsfitness4742 James is just a tool,pass no heed on him..Beads look super accurate too👍