Thread: Rendering

I have been watching a block of units go up 2 doors from me.There are about 4 Jugoslavs working on it,did the whole side of one block in one day,and its two storeys,boy are they pretty to watch!!,just seem to throw the mud on then come back with a piece of 4x1 and float it.Using only sand, cement and baggged lime.I have heard that a product called Plastermasta is used as an additive to the mix to make it flow better.

Originally posted by lnt9000:
Will attempt to render a brick veneer house soon, anyone know what product I should go for, any advise as to the cement mix as some articles I have read reveal conflicting advise, eg: the type of sand.

Do you want to render it or just bag it?
If the answer is render I would not want to try it myself on a whole house as you really need to know what you are doing to get a decent looking job.

I redid the render in my kitchen after my other half got a bit too excited removing tiles from the wall. Its a Pr!ck of a job making sure it is an even thickness and keeping coners square etc and straight.

Bagging with a sponge is not too hard tho as we have built a retaining wall and some garden beds at home from common bricks and then bagged them to get a nice finish.

As far as sand and mixes go I'm in WA and just used yellow plasterers sand and the mix ratios on a bag of cream cement which was jst sand cement and hylime. Getting the consistency of the mix right takes a bit of practice, but you get the hang of putting it on with a stiff sponge pretty easy.

If you are going to colour the render with oxide then you have to be pretty careful measuring your mixes and oxide amounts. The stuff we did was supposed to be a terracotta colour but different garden beds were done at different times and the colours vary a bit!!!

HTH
I would also start at the back of the house or side where it is least seen then you will have a bit to practice on!!!!


Darryn

As mentioned rendering is extremely difficult and keeping it consistent over the whole house is impossible for a beginner because your technique will improve etc..
Same as brick laying when you see a pro, it looks soooo easy but to get that level of proficiency it takes them years.
There is a product from watty/granosite that is easi(er) to use, it is called "Grano ready render" it is pre mixed so you have a consistent product and works quite well for thicknesses up to 6mm or so but it aint as cheap as sand cement lime and plastamasta.

If I was you I'd pay the pros to do it and just watch in awe

Jack

Thank's for the moral support guy's, I think you have drained all the enthusiasm I had on this subject
I have heard of granosite but have been led to believe that a product called Multitex is the bee's Knee's in the Industry, guaranteed for 10 years +, they are at: www.multitex.com.au
They suggest various ways of application, even using a roller! now who can't use a roller?
The house in question is not worth spending big dollars to get tradies to do the job, and I love a challenge so I will persevere.
It is "rendering" and not "bagging" that I refer to which makes it just a little more difficult.
Anyway thank's for the advise guy's.

...the tip about the Multitex.

I recently walked around a building site where some new houses had just been rendered. I was amazed to see that the render was only a few mm thick. The finish was so perfect that you could have shot a bullet across the surface. There was no one around for me to ask how it had been done. I'd dare say that something like the Multitex product "multitrowel", which can be put on 1mm to 3mm thick, had been used.

This looks like it could be a solution to rendering my house, which I'd rather do myself instead of paying someone else to.

By the way, how did you get on?

Thanks again,

Clarkie

Have not started yet clarkie, It's a project that's a fair distance from where I live, so I only go up on weekends, I work saturday morning so it's a short weekend, So far I have re-plastered some rooms,built a kitchen,removed sticky wallpaper(which took forever) and then painted, Upstairs : new ensuite,Laminated flooring,paint,stairwell: polished timber ballistrades, etc etc etc.
However I'm narrowing it down now as I only have the bathroom & laundry to go, Then I start on the outside!

The house in question is by the sea, I have to look into the effect this might have on render.

It will be done, and when it is I'll post the results here on how succesfull or not I will be.

Cheers.

Okay just an update, I have cement rendered the house to a thickness of about 6mm, you can still see the outline of the brick, using a steel trowel to place it on the wall and then a plastic float in a circular motion, the mix was 4 parts washed sand (and then I sifted it through fly wire) 1 part cement, 1 part lime, 2 coats were applied and the finish is quite suitable for painting over, but no that's too easy, when It cures properly "8 Weeks" I will be applying a product from http://www.rockcote.com.au/ called Toscani or I will be going thicker with a product from http://www.shieldcoat.com.au/ called "Afresco Graincoat" But whatever I use I'll post back some pix when done, so far I really dont know what all the fuss is about, Ie: people trying to talk you out of doing it, even the product sellers themselves try to sway you towards a tradie, I've gotta admit it is hard work though.
Cheers!

Hen

Well done. sport! Don't you love it when somebody goes ahead and does something that's meant to be impossible.

Having done inside rendering myself, I would have also said to get a tradie.

It's even better than the guy who goes and does the impossible cause he wasn't told it was impossible. You got told and went ahead anyway.

Great, inspirational story. Hang on, better wait until we see the piccies, it could look like a dogs back leg

Great to hear, and its good to see followups as well.

Photos would be cool

Jeez, you don't do anything in a hurry do you?

Originally Posted by silentC

Jeez, you don't do anything in a hurry do you?

You're not wrong, that's why my family call me "turtle", the entire project will reach it's fourth anniversary this Xmas!!!

In relation to the Multitex, has anyone used it or does anybody here know who stocks the product, I have emailed Multitex about the product but as yet have no reply.

Well it's finally complete!, here is two pix, one with the cement render applied and two with "NuTech Roll on membrane" applied.
Total cost approx less than $1000.00, not Including my labour.
Actually there is a chap at nutech that runs a workshop for anyone interested in learning the skills required to apply their products, Although they are located in seaford vic, I never attended but was told by the owner of the store that I bought the product.

Wow! It looks really good. Do you have any close up pictures of the finish on the walls?

I've toyed with the idea of rendering my place as I have grown to despise the brick colour over the years. The price seems really attractive, just not sure how the finished product would look close up.