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Skimmed with a single plaster coat or a two part plaster system ?
The walls were mortared then skimmed over with plaster.thanks
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Skimmed with a single plaster coat or a two part plaster system ?
The walls were mortared then skimmed over with plaster.thanks
So why put plaster on if it is to be tiled?........... I wish more builders would just use render - half our problems with adhesive would stop straight away!first thing I thought of
So why put plaster on if it is to be tiled?........... I wish more builders would just use render - half our problems with adhesive would stop straight away!
If the tiler would have said the tiles won't go on that wall or they need this and that doing I'd have gone with it so the job is done correctly even if it is a bit more expensive.with regards to that wall it is clinker block which had been mortared the skimmed as far as I can remember.Another point - in the original post you mention that the wall was only skimmed - is that correct as the clinker/building block should ideally have an undercoat on - that being a plaster coat or a sand and cement render before the finish coat. Please clarify because if it is just a finish coat the moisture absorption may be too high for any other coatings.
The wall has never been tiled previously.If the tiler would have said the tiles won't go on that wall or they need this and that doing I'd have gone with it so the job is done correctly even if it is a bit more expensive.with regards to that wall it is clinker block which had been mortared the skimmed as far as I can remember.
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