Good vid mate. I’d love to do some rendering. I’m a self taught plasterer, decorator/multi trader by trade, but the amount of shoddy plastering I had to sort out while painting gave me the desire to learn. KZfaq has literally taught me from scratch and 4 years on I’m the sole plasterer for 4 firms and plaster more than i paint. Rendering is next on the list to try and master

appreciate the video and you sharing your knowledge

Another great video . Cheers for you time.

Excellent demonstration on how to apply sand cement render, been a spreading 15 years 👌

Top bloke love watching your videos 👍keep them coming

Nice one mate watchin you and listening to you makes me realise i am doin my plastering and render correctly 👍

Top advice 👌

I’ve recently come across your channel so now looking back as some of your previous vids. Great presentation, explanation and content on all vids I’ve watched so far 😀👍

Been watching your vids for a couple of weeks, finally subscribed, was thinking of getting a new mixer as my old one is knackered but I rarely use it and it’s a massive heavy thing to be loading / unloading and storing, space is a premium and I never thought of using a whisk to do a sand & cement mix, I didn’t think it would handle it but it looks like it does a great job, also the whole open / closed thing was interesting, I don’t do a lot with wet trades myself but occasionally I take on small renovation jobs and this has been a very handy video, thank you 👍

Really good, much better than that all talk and no do plasterer from Leeds!

Another fantastic video. Very informative, down to earth and not bursting into music every 2 seconds like every other channel on KZfaq. Loving them! Keep up the great work and Thank you!

Thanks Kirk!

Oh mate. All them rocks, I feel for you 😫 nice job.

great video man

Proper renderer shoulders there mate , years of hard work ! I used to work with a plasterer/ renderer who used to play rugby for Wales - same shoulders, although he could drag around site a 1 ton sack of plastering sand. !

Top man learnt loads

I been laying bricks and blocks for years. Plastering as well. Watch this guy hes content is good and u can see he knows hes stuff. Im sort of right handed.. Ambidextrous so i alsi start on the left. Keep up the content.

Fantastic video Kirk really enjoying your channel I might try knocking up in my refina tub & leave the cement mixer at home on my next render job! keep the content coming 👌

Crack on matte. You’re a good bloke great to see spreads with a sense of humour! All the best pal👍

can’t beat the theory behind rendering, it’s paramount for a good job! you should do the krend follow up tutorial!

Awesome vid!!! Is there a part 2? Would love to see the end result, k Rend going on etc

Great commentary.

Nice vid big man - always satisfying seeing the work coming on. Weetabix being the most important thing 😂

Class bud

Nice description man.

Top Video

Is the top coat the same as base coat? I mean same 4 sand and 1 cement and water proofer? Thanks.. Might be rendering a breeze block garden wall if we get decent weather this year.

Too video as always

Superb buddy some great tips there. Top video. Hate the pink grip. HP12 holds the beads on lovely that’s what a normally use tight 4-6mm hp12. Good 24 hours to go off then apply 12-13 mm K1. Bricklayer to trade to appreciate your knowledge and tips thanks again.

Like this top video bud just like I work

The other thing about not scratching in lines is the scratch tends to pull apart along the line as it dries, but wavey scratch tends to to be more stable.

Not sure were a lot of plasters in the u.k learned to plaster ,but a lefty starts right to left and the opposite for right handed 👍

When I removed a cupboard in my bathroom a patch of old plaster have fallen off the wall so I need to patch it so could you give me some advice on the best way to do it with sand and cement over red bricks.

What size is that mixing tub mate ?

Would this be same mix for adding a bell cast over a window on top of render? Thanks

Great vid. I’m going to do my first rendering on a garden wall. The bricks aren’t like the ones in this vid as mine are really smooth face. Do I need to add anything to the wall to provide a key other than water?

Expansion beads along the way b4 k-rending mate?Great video by the way

just found you. im hooked, good tips and very helpfull cheers

I'm just on a job were I've got flat render to do but with it being January was wondering if I should put some frost proofer an accelerator in my mix to make it set faster

We gave up using sand/cement render and use GP mortar instead, much easier and makes a nicer job.

thanks so much for your feedback ! would you recommend using an ox speedskim if you were a novice plasterer ?

No mixer ,,,,no mesh on bricks .no problems,no cracks in a year

U ever used hp12 over a sand and cement scratch/dubbing out coat? If so did it dry out ok? 👍🏻

Hiya mate , do you need to put an expansion joint in at all on those long runs?

Great video, would you start from the right hand side and top to bottom. Im just trying to do this. What sort of float do you use> is it a sponge float?

I was just wondering if there was anything between a battery whisk and a mixer and then I saw this video but you don’t say anything about the mains driven whisk could you?

Kirk...what ratios are the sand and cement mixes...and do you scratch up for k.rend base costs...and metal lath on the above chipboard base board...Darby's over feather edges a must .m

Exactly the same as below. Brilliant. Are you using a 4 : 1 mix on the top coat also? Have we got much longer to wait for part 2 of the plaster timing video? 🤣.

The joiner will be taking ZERO off that beam! Cement board will be fixed straight to it! If any planing was happening, it would be before you got near it with render .

Finally a real plasterer on youtube...........and not a skimmer

Great information.Subbed.👍.

Liking the Darby

Hi mate, I was just wondering, with up to 4” thickness of render in places + Krend (base coat + top coat) would you recommend screwing sheets of E.M.L to the brickwork first ?

The “waterproofing additive” in a base coat on external render is counterintuitive. When internal tanking/damp proofing it makes sense. Are you simply using the waterproofing as a plasticiser ?

Send your mate, to toolstation, ask for SPARKS FOR THE ANGLE GRINDER. 😂

So you work down in London by any chance? Need a quality render job on my house.

On a two storey building would I start at the highest point and work my way down?

Don't you use lime in the rendering mix ? I've been plastering for 40 years and always use lime in a sand cement render 1x1x4 scratch coat 1x1x5 top coat But a nice video feel for you with the sxxt sand

Shouldn't you have a cover flashing on top of your lead soaker first

إنني أجيد هدا العمل جيدا وأعمل عدد كبير من الديكورات وإنني فنان في هدا العمل جيدا هل من خدمة معكم إنني محتاج عمل

Nothing worse than rendering with shit sand,great video sir

Would I still need to feather edge if it’s being pebbledashed?

Why didn’t you put an expansion joint anywhere Kirk? I know you’re going over it with K-Rend but the sand and cement layers will still crack eventually?

hi kirk, i like youre vids , but im going to point out , i work left to right , right handed, in the trade coming up to 50 years this is my point that was pathetic how you tried to explain right to left, of course there are no rules how anything is applied, handy hints are great,and will stand by my pathetic comment, i really mean i like youre work ,all the best from alister

Great vid until you called it a handboard 😂👍

so sorry mate love your vids but: government gross debt was £2,436.7 billion at the end of Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2022, equivalent to 101.9% of gross domestic product (GDP). who put this people in charge????