How to Render Exterior Walls - Beginner Tips
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- Опубликовано: 2 апр 2018
- Roger revisits a topic that Skill Builder covered many years ago, why? It is one that gets professional plasterers very hot under the collar. Who knew there was so much passion wrapped up in putting sand and cement onto a wall?
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One thing to bear in mind if you are attemptng this as a DIY'er. It's mega physical, you need the stamnina to keep pushing that render onto the blocks all day, then more still to work it and gert the finish. You can easily beforced to bail through fatigue or blisters if you're not used to this kind of work.
Best get down the gym then, not for pencil pushers.
@@johnd6325 If you wear gloves you have no blisters.
@@giorgostheocharous8013 doesn't work like that.
Roger..please stop picking up the stuff with the trowel like that, and get yourself a proper spot.
@@giorgostheocharous8013blister is a nick name for lazy workers....as they always turn up when the work is done just like blisters🤣
I've been plastering over 20 years and I've learned the best way to plaster a wall is the best way for your body. Work easy. If it looks and feels right it is right
Hey Roger, As a plasterer myself, I love your go at it attitude! Can't fault your method for me! This channel is here for tradesmen and diy's a like and you inspire diy's to just give it a go! Well done Roger!
Of corse this would not be my way of going about it, but he did complete the wall to a good standard, so can't moan! But if you like to moan, hey that's cool brother👍
Dan F .... its utube... the place is infested with know-all wankers who hide behind their keyboards....
I love this sort of vid as it encourages me to have a go.... experience kicks in later... 😎😎😎😎
So Gee G,what trade are you then smartarse?
@@G2020- mate, there's so many ways you can achieve a finish. And there's so many ways plastering is done around the whole world. Open your eyes and ears. Stop acting like your work is the best in the world... lol
@@G2020- "If you can't fault this method you're not a plasterer" Spot on, you're absolutely right, I'm not a plasterer at all, but after watching this I reckon for a one off job I can plaster nearly as good as a professional, obviously not as quickly, not as good quality wise, but good enough for my needs and significantly cost saving a bucket load. Whats your problem? there are loads of RUclips trade guides on DIY projects, 99% of them really help the 'layman'
Hi Roger,
I live nearby in Surrey and the cheapest quote I could get for just front and back of a 4 bed detached was £9500. This included removing the old render but half of it was very good condition and the other half you could see the outline of breeze blocks on the 70's extension. I decided whatever I did would be an improvement so after seeing some Polish builders down the road going over some original render I thought I would give it a go. I used Tarmac ready mixed render and it cost me about £300. I put some pvu adhesive on the wall and then put 2 thin coats on just from my ladder. A year and a half later its still perfect with no cracks. I have seen better but I think it's at 95% and on a par with my next door neighbours. It's just a marvellous render but in lockdown I had to visit at least half a dozen Wickes's to get enough
As a tradesmen I always follow your videos. Easy to understand, good best practices and decent amount of detail in the instructions. Thanks Roger keep up the great work.
Oakwood Group29
Thank you very much.
I'm a tiler by trade and like watching these videos to learn extra stuff to help at work. If I have to patch render or do a wall to tile over, it's super helpful.
Rendered my first wall at home. Never rendered b4 and read lots on this project. Do difficult to find advice. I followed skill build video on mix and tips. What and amazing job. Really happy and can't believe it finished so well. thanks so much for your videos.
ive recently decided i don't want to work for company's anymore, so starting my own business doing house repairs etc, watched this video and rendered a wall, it came out perfect, thank you for taking the time to make this video
Great vid - just started my first ever wall render. Scratch-coat only but so far I'm pretty happy with it. You made it look easy and explained it all well, so cheers!
This fellow knows what he's on about yeah fair enough his techniques differ from my techniques but he's so right about the sunlight and that's what caught my attention first I've seen plasterers what have been working for 25 years and soon as they natural light hits it they've got rippleffect all in their work that's why I like watching different videos because there is always something out there to make your job a bit easier and good tips
I’ve only just started to watch your videos... really enjoy watching them, you’re very helpful... there’s loads of videos on RUclips these days but you stand out - great render job.... thank you!!
This video is fantastic and has helped no end. I've been trying to get a wall rendered but can't get anyone to do it in my time scale. I've decided to go at it myself and this has taught me what I need to know. Top teacher
Thank you for your video! I am building my first ferrocement curvy garden bed and I find your video helpful. Cheers from Southern California, USA!
Your obviously a professional,,, in saying that you're OBVIOUSLY a decent guy and understand that by showing your skill in an understandable way to ' half' decent diy'rs(like myself)that you make life a little bit easier and with a lot less stress..... Fair play to you.....
Just before I render, I bless the wall with a dry glass of red wine, and then I go at it! Good for you Roger for doing your way and it works!
I am with you on the red. Nothing better but as for working. I like all those French plasterers start at five and at mid day have a two hour lunch with wine and then go home to sleep it off. They have the work-life balance sorted.
Very engaging and instructive! Probably the best rendering/plastering demonstration for DIY I have seen so far
Tidy job. Very informative. I'm a multi trade and always learning👍🏼 don't worry about the haters.
Roger seems like a cool dude, could learn loads from him!
I noticed that Jay kept disappearing..... Is there a pub nearby?
It looks as if some of those plasters have nobbled your sand to try and make you look bad, but you continue to help us novices to get better and that will do for me. A lot of these experts don't want anyone else to be able to do things and think the less people that can do something makes them more wanted, what is sad is that it doesn't work like that and they will never get better at doing things because they think they are too cleaver to learn anything.
Wow. That wall is beautiful and you explained it so well. Thank you
The flater the scratch, the easier to finish the top coat. Good job. 23 yrs plasterer and I think your doing fine. E everybody is different..
Well done mate, really good explanation. thanks a lot.
Love it! Great attitude and very easy to follow and looks a great finish. I will now bw giving the front of my bungalow a new finish, cheers
I love you Roger! You make the hard diy jobs accessible for normal folk like me. Thank you! Perhaps it's time to give up my job in the city and become a property renovator!
Thanks Roger. Got plenty of render to do soon (DIY) extension. And got some nice tips that’ll improve this batch a lot from my last bit of rendering yrs ago (which weren’t too bad) haha. Lime, scratcher in waves n mahoosive float. Big respect bro. 👊🏽 Rich.
Love the video. Very informative and I love to see the problems you encounter and how you just crack on. It makes amateurs like myself more confident when we inevitably come into problems. I'm only doing a small grow box but was interested what the professionals think of the "one coat render" that you can get?
Great channel for plastering beginners! Thank you Roger!
What did I get from this video? 1. Sieve the sand - comment from tdbsnr 2. You don't initially get the render on perfectly level, you finish it level 3. I'll never do straight scratches, 4. Always use lime, who doesn't want creamy render lol! 5. I need to buy more tools woot! 6. Patience is a tool. 7. Rendering is hardworking but worth learning. 8. I have much to learn. 9. Thanks for taking the time to make this video, greatly appreciated.
Thanks Dex. Nice summary
I’m thinking of having a go on my own house and your video has really given me the confidence to have a go. 👍🏻👍🏻
Sparky by trade BTW
The old Terrance Trent Derby! I was using them 20 years ago in the UK..
Hey Roger you are right !!! I am a plasterer and mason too but everyone has their own way of doing things. The end results are what counts ! I run the trowel both ways. We just came off a block job where the stone in the mud was killing us.
Hi roger your videos are brill your straight talking and honest.ive learnt so much from you over the years and you've give me the confidence to have a go.keep at it look forward to the next stuff coming out.
I always do a final steel trowelling for an polished or smooth effect, i love the finish and so do clients. However, I also do a final sponge float too... to make final finish, dependant on clients expectations. One thing I don't often do is applying 1 coat / scratch coat and then come back the next day or so for the final finish. I usually finish the wall or area in 1 day, do first coat and leave to firm up for few hours and then finish off with second coat thereafter. Never had an issue with it.
Any way, I love plastering and rendering. So relaxing, check out smooth smiling walls/services. I felt like joining you rendering that wall there!!! Nice job...
What is a sponge float?
Well done Roger..looks great
Great video :) I'm not a plasterer and I'm not even sure why this popped up in my playlist, but I watched the whole thing. Beautiful job, it's great to watch a real pro at work.
Quite an eye opener to those of us who are neophytes with regards to site work but who slave away in the world of CDM. Nice to get more of an idea of how the professionals do it from clips like these, as it's a rarity that the lads on site can spare time to tell us what they're doing, how they're doing it and why they do it that way.
I’ve watch few videos from different people. Yours by far is the most easier for me to understand as you explain. So I went on to cement my room walls with the help of your video. As a first timer with no construction background, my walls looks perfect now! (I think) Thnx for the video!!😉
Thank you. I am glad you could do the job with this information. I think professionals are good at doing but don't always understand that when you are learning you need different information.
Jago my labourer is now quite good and he has only done one job.
What gets me with these videos is how good the block walls look brick layers don't usually care if it's being covered after i like the float Darby wish they he'd them years ago it's a nice effort
Many thanks Roger. Easy to follow tutorial keep up the good work.
In my house DIY stands for Don't Involve Yourself! I am absolutely Naff at diy but I love watching skilled hands. Looks like a awesome job and well done sir.
Hi Roger, As a keen DIY'er who has built extensions and various brick and block garden buildings I took on some plastering and rendering a few years ago. Although I ended up with a finish I was proud of, like you I had the plastering Mafia whingeing on about technique, at it put me off doing it myself for a while. Well just seen the results of same plasters work in a mates lounge, and whilst it is mirror finish... it ain't flat! So came to your RUclips video as I was pricing up plastering sand for someone to come and render my summer house that I had built, (been to hot to render over summer) and you have inspired me to get back out and do it myself. Thanks for the informative video and giving me back the confidence to do it myself.
What happened? Did it go well?
i was given a price of £500 to render my garage wall but after watching your video i done it myself and it looks great cheers
My God you made an easy job into a meal I can do the same finish one coat in two hours .
ian stewart but watch it start falling off in a few years
@@brackenhirst3512 Yup...plastic plasterer!
@@ianstewart6580 cowboy.......
I am a Bricky never tried rendering ..but you inspire me to have a go now thankyou
Hi Rodger,
Excellent video, has given me the confidence to re-render the back wall of my house.
Keep em coming!
Excellent! to know, it may not be the best rendering video out there but, trowel technique aside, it turned out o.k and that is what counts. I like sand and cement.
Hi pal looks good been plastering 20+ years mate there's nothing wrong with that at all same way I was taught
Just like your assistant, I taught myself how to render, and did my entire garage by myself. My only struggle was the corners. I had to watch several videos on how to get crisp corners. On a closing note, I also apply render the way you showed in the beginning , it’s just easier on the wrist. Once I get to wrist height, then I flip to the other method of applying it. Great video. Will be heading over to the other video to see how to mix the render ratios etc, coz I still have a few areas I need to do, but I can’t get the consistency I need
Where did you find info on the corners please bud?
Saved this to my folder of tips and tricks, great video packed with gem's. Thank you Roger 👍
This video saved me a fortune hiring someone and I got a great finish. Thanks for posting mate! Subscribed 👍🏻
damn, this guy really explains things!
Awesome video. I learned a lot from you. I am not a renderer per se but I do a lot of what we call parging and some stucco here in Canada. No formal training (there isn't any) just winging it. I find if I work from the top down I can get a more even coat on the surface because at the end of my stroke the thickness is the same as at the start. Perhaps there is a reason why I shouldn't be doing it this way. Also what is this TBS or something that you mentioned for bonding?
Thanks. I am glad it helped. I know it is not the way most plasterers work and I am happy to adapt and work from the top down but I have seen plasterers in American who fill in the perimeter and then work across so who knows. As you say no formal training just pick it up from watching others. The bonding agent is SBR. If you use that it will stay on even if there is no key.
Thaks Rodger, twenty minutes watching that now I'm ready to give it a shot.
What a great vid. And a decent honest bloke too.
i taught myself how to plaster by failing many times. now i need to be able to render. This will certainly help me. Thankyou! :)
Excellent vid. Picky I know, but esp. for top coat, I sieve the sand first, saves a lot of time & my temper later.
Can I ask what do you sieve with?
@@dexslazenger6938 A sieve, what else?
Thanks for these. As a have a go hero (DIYer) these vids gave me the confidence to tackle on my own. patching in a scratch coat and then applying a top coat. I accidentally bought one of those polyurethane darbys before watching this video and they are indeed excellent, especially for a novice. I have some large patches of top coat to do so I was looking for a technique to render between battens but guess once you have experience its not necessary... I'll keep looking for those.
I have been 35 years as a mason I think your doing great 👍
And I learned something from you .
Great video, you make it sound pretty simple. I have been doing lots of pointing walls and now i'm going to render a wall for the first time after this video. I hope it turns out well. :)
How did it go?
I’m going to try it myself for the first time, and I’d like to hear how you got on with it?! (Fellow ‘have a go’ female! 😁)
A nice pre worn Marshall aswell 👌
great vid, i have only recently found your channel so am slowly working my way through the marvellous content. i will be giving my wall a go, and if it goes wrong it is no biggy, i will clad it like a pro instead! i have always found that being taught how to do something is just one way, may not be the best or worst, it is just one of many ways.
Many thanks for passing on your expert knowledge, and presenting it so well too.
Some good tips thanks m8
Thanks David!
Better done than a lot of so calls plasters
Tom Thumb probably because you pay the cheapest guy and he is just a chancer on fb who watched a video like this then went out and bought a wickes trowel🤣
madjack mcmad nope on building sites private work this 20 years and see a lot a bad work as in men that are plastering there whole life that all they do and it a poor job all round I go as far as saying 80%of jobs are poor
Thank you for your knowledge and great videos, please keep posting!
Thanks for posting your video. It's really straight forward and easy to follow. There are always more ways to skin a cat, so personal preferences for the application will always vary for different individuals.
Great videos but would you not wet the wall down and scud the wall prior?
As a trainee plaster this is some good advice.
Thank you for the advice my friend 👍
Thanks Dave, we get a bit of stick on this type of video, but because we get such good results with the techniques shown it'd be such a shame not to share it with you guys! In future we'll make more of an effort to show the completed work all nicely finished and painted so that it's easier to fend off the critics.
How lo g would a sand and lime mix take to dry outside roughly. My college says round about 1 to 1.5 days.
I think it would be a good video idea to make a complication of all the finished walls with them painted and being used e.g paintings on them and things like that.
Anyways good luck and have fun my good friend.
Todo es opinable y cada uno tiene su método, pero el tuyo me parece práctico, inteligente y razonado. Tanto en la mezcla como en la ejecución. ¡Well done Roger!
thank you for putting this advice out there, im a lass with no skills renovating an old cottage with little funds.
I've been doing a bunch of stucco lately although I have very little experience. I've found the quickest, easiest way to get the stuff on the wall is load up the hawk and use it to apply the stuff to the wall. Kind of works like a go-devil. Saves a step and you can do more material than with a trowel. Really sped up my process.
Hi Roger, if I do a 1 cement, 1 lime and 6 plastering sand mix for rendering, do I add sbr to the mix or roll a slurry on to the wall?
Keep up the good work. Love your channel
NO plastic cement in UK just common?
Very useful video Roger.
No projects coming up but when I have I know where to look.
Love your Shizzle Roger… Keep up the good work
Looks good to me! I have seen a lot worse done by so called pro's on our sites. If its flat with no hollows its a win! keep up the great videos!
Thanks Mike
I know I am not going to earn a living at it, and frankly, have no desire to but, like you, I have seen some terrible rendering jobs and I don't know anyone I can trust to do it properly. Sure they get it on at the speed of light but tap it a few weeks later and it iis blown. The whole house took Jay and me a week so I am not unhappy..
To do all that in a week with two blokes is good going as far as i'm concerned! You should be proud that you take pride in your work. Yeah the trowel dogs can slap it on quicker than us general builders but very few these days take the time to even out the hollows with a straight edge. They float it flat and move straight to rubbing up and sponging. So like you say in direct sunlight it looks rubbish. Keep up the great videos lads!
Nice work, it just made my heart drop when you were lifting the gear out with the trowel
Hope you cleaned those scaffold boards after finishing!!
This was a Bobby dazzler and just what the Dr ordered!!
Thanks for sharing
Excellent video, has given me the confidence to have a go..
In the winter time put the waterproofer in the top coat if it was put in scratch coat it would take to long to dry out. Only put the waterproof in the scratch coat when it gets warmer weather.
I am not a fan of waterproofer. It traps moisture in the wall. I have been told by the cement manufacturers that is does more harm than good.
Just the question i wanted to ask you Rodger about using modern waterproofers, i find they weaken the render. Lime is great look at what still stands from Roman times.
Blimey Jay that's not a lump, this is a lump! 😀
Those bigs lumps were in the cement. We have these so called waterproof bags.
Good video. I'm an amateur but have done some rendering and plastering and learned a lot from this. Got a swimming pool to do for friends so this is very helpful. Great camera work, whoever it was
A TRUE CRAFTSMAN. Not to many left like HIM.
Great video. Very informative, your always going to get ‘trolls’ but you know what your talking about. Looking forward to more videos.
Hi Roger, good video. Hopefully one day we can do a video Together about external wall insulation, EWI systems.
love to just get in touch through the link below the video
Good on you Rog, keep the video's coming!
Great thx
Keep up the videos. It’s a great help and I think they’re really good.
Ignore the muppets who are precious over sticking stuff on a wall.
They clearly need to feel special when the jobs actually aren’t that hard. :)
My thoughts exactly.
You can tell that Roger enjoyed the early Rave scene by the way, thirty years later, he’s still gurning.
3 for a hunna
Well done for the DIY ers to learn from such a great instructional video.
Good job that .....good points about putting curves in scratch coat .......cracks can’t really follow curves but will form on the straight lines and lime in the mix brilliant
A plasterer is only as good as his labourer 😉 I mix my own up 😊
Found this both interesting and funny, but missed a heart beat when I saw the lad (who looked like he'd been scolded or was waiting for the bus lol) in the background step up and seat on the safety scaffolding (see: 8:40)
Health and Safety 1st... Whoaaa travellers are truly fearless! Lol
Karl BHX seen around lad fall of scaffolding on a site I was working on in south France he broke his back was OK after several months 😳
I wonder if Roger told him off
David Hill let's hope so 🤔
Amazing skill from a wise man. Thanks v much for posting and keep them coming.
Lovely finish. You make it look so easy.
hi i pull yard brush across the wall before scratcher for extra key
Get it on, get it done, don't matter if you do it left handed back to front with your arm between your legs as long as it's on the wall and the finish is good! Nice one Roger! Are you sure that was plastering sand and not ballast?!!!! No appearance of the powder puff either?!
I love that powder puff but it got left in the mix and set rock hard. Time to get another one.
Can you put a link up for where you get one from Ive struggled to find one.........oh and some blusher to go with it😂👍🏻
Love it Rodger. A fountain of knowledge, ive got the confidence to give this a go now and hopefully save myself a Couple of grand. :)
helped a newbie like me - thank you, great job.
splendid , job , .// there are too ,. many . critics, .. great job just get out there & do it , ... some people , .. can never b pleased, ..
4.53 is the moment jaygo thought about his career choices
🤣🤣🤣
Fuckin classic😄😄😄😄😄
🤣🤣🤣
I used to be a plasterer untill i got sense
and so he should, my shoulders fucked lol
Mr amateur here learned the hard way, always sieve your sand first, saves an awful lot of time & aggro. Nice vid mate, gives me confidence.
Really enjoyed watching that very informative keep up the good work mate 👍👍