Hi Kirk , just wanted to thank you mate for all your time and effort in providing us with such great videos showing us how to plaster and render , because of you Blaine gray and Alex Morley i attempted a ten foot by six foot dog rough wall in my garden , it came out brilliant because of the vast knowledge you guys share with us , and oh my god it is hard graft even on a small wall like mine , thank you so much pal
Nice to see someone enjoying there work did E.W.I for almost 20 years did STO,KREND,WEBER,EGLINGTON all the same shite.i was actually trained as a plasterer served apprentice shouted at every two minutes 😂😂😂😂 what killed it for me was being sent to jobs putting right other people's work,I'm not an engineer I miss the laughs but loading out bags and getting set up you can keep it 😂😂😂😂
Hi Kirk, I'm a fellow spread like yourself 😉 don't think your too far from me either as I noticed your skip provider is local to me too. Watched loads of your videos and always impressed with your knowledge skills and professionalism....Infront of the camera anyway 🤣😂. Your bang on with what you say about different characteristics with the different render manufactures. I also hand apply my render as a pose to spray, so pick my jobs to suit this. Only ever used k-rend/parex/VPI never used eco-rend before but after watching this vid, I'll give it a go. Keep up the good work 💪
That's why I don't work on building sites anymore, can't be doing with nonsense that they come out with. Wear a hard hat while plastering on scaffolding incase a bird poos on you 🤣🤣
So your profession? Honestly, PPE is relevant, using a grinder, wear Eye protection, good gloves and respiratory device suitable for particle size, standing on a scaffold prepping and plastering..I see no need for PPE there except maybe gloves as Dermatitis is a thing, it's a personal choice though, that's what you get when you are your own boss. And let me just say, this guy is the BOSS when it comes to what he does.
My dad always bought extra material too. Better to be safe then drop everything for a few bits here and there. The suppliers loved him for this, always giving us shit for bringing back returns. One supplier stopped doing returns altogether, for everybody! We pretty much dropped that supplier from then on, only going back when we needed a specific colour match
Definitely top gear! Can hang a bit in colder weather so is good to spray late afternoon and next day scratch! But when sun is shining it’s class! The bags are better too and don’t get clattered in van!nice work btw 👌
Tidy work lads, mesh and base over the block is brilliant ,this has happen to me here in the states and have had to drive 3, hrs away to get buckets of acrylic Finish coat👍
im a roofer thought no not retiling it then looked at the finished job and boy was it better great finish if i was next door i would want mine the same
I used this a couple of years ago and it's a very good product. It does have an achilles heal!! It's very hard to find a stockist that holds many of the colours, and so you have to get it delivered. If you're slightly short or have to re-do a bit for any reason, you cant just pop down the rd and get a couple of bags, the supplier will charge you a woping £60 delivery and they don't really like splitting a pallet either (50 bags). I had to drive to Essex to pick couple of bags up off of Facebook marketplace in the end and won't use this stuff again.
Thanks Kirk. I’ve only just done a few jobs on these new renders but I’ve only ever used eco rend. I found it to be a great product but I have nothing to compare it to apart from sand aand cement 😂
I have learned many new things by watching your videos the past few weeks, i do skim only but now after your tutorial on K-render i will do this as well soon👊💪
id love to get our house rendered ,id also love if you worked up here in glasgow because i love your professional attitude and skill,,these few people i can trust ,your a one off mate
I made some garden planters last year with the bag stuff. I found it difficult but managed it in the end. Fast-forward to now, and I have just built retaining walls in the garden with blocks much bigger than I've attempted before, so I am considering mixing my own 4-1 with lime. I'm just wondering why the bag stuff is being used over the much cheaper option of mixing your own. I'm happy to paint it afterwards.
Down here in south Devon, unless it’s a new site build. It’s all sand, cement and lime. Have used k rend on some small jobs, floats up lovely, with magic sponge float. I’m always interested in using new products, have a wall to render at home, if I can get it I’ll try eco rend. Thanks for your video on this. All the best
I've recently rendered 2 extensions I had built. Never rendered before but had to take the job on myself because the builder did a runner on us. I'd been following a renderer on insta for a while and he'd always used PRB. So I took a liking to it and had some specs done by a rep. But the cost was too high. I ended up asking if I could use sc grit as a base and top (which I could) and then sponge finished it. Really enjoyed doing it and was really impressed with it 💪
I watch you and Blaine from plastering for beginners and I've learned a lot from you pair sharing your knowledge/ talents and I thank you both for that. My question I have for you is this.. I'm base coating my house with HP12. Now I'm putting on a thin coat first and building it up to 12mm . My problem is ruling off. I'm finding the hp12 is being dragged off with my feather edge like it's sticking. I'm constantly washing down the feather edge to keep it as wet as possible as this is the only way I can stop the dragging. I'm ruling no more than 6 foot height at a time and the 4 foot width of the feather edge. Is this my doing our is hp12 the issue?? I'm a complete novice at this..
Now that's qaulity work that'll stand on good time, I would ask, do many wear paper mass to prevent lung damage if at all? Otherwise, awesome finish to high standards just wish more were as good as you, 😊
I really like your vibe! 🤗 You make it look so easy. I have to render a wall and I know it's going to be a big mess. Did you use a specific product for the scratch coat? (The grey one) Thanks from France !
How would you handle small render/roughcast repairs kirk? Council house specials currently at my work and i wish i was more competent to do a better job than the ones that do it. Although i think 2 minutes effort would do that they dont even give the repair a brush, just topcoat applied straight to the webs and nests
Great video - but I have a question if you woudn't mind.. I had Krend applied to my bungalow ten years ago and it has steadily eroded over the years back to the base coat, every time it rains we get tons of the stuff like sand all over the drive and to look at the wall you can see where the render is coming away in a fine web. Any advice other than to get it off? we have tried SBR etc but nothing works
Hi Love the Tutorials any chance of showing ones with Cracks in outside render I have use a grinder 4 inch to rake out and used a twisted helix bar and sometimes depression is shown in the plaster any recomdations to prevent the depressions in the plaster Thanks in advance
I’m looking to do this on the bottom of my house which is timber frame. What would you recommend to put on the bottom to render onto? Is that concrete tile board ok?
Great job mate, i just rendered my new porck with k-rend and it did exactly as you said, curled off when trowelling on, the HO12 basecoat was lively to work with though! Whats the basecoat like from ecorend compared to K-rend? Do you now go all out ecorend? Keep up the videos Kirk, they are fantastic, i cant believe you can do it all and still get the job done as quickly as you do, born natural presenter! 😊
Hey Kirk , interested about the i bar , where do you get these from as I’ve not seen this technique, also what float did you use . Brilliant job looked so smart
Hi I’ve got a couple of questions firstly I’ve not done any of this bagged render I’ve only done sand and cement which i don’t bother with now but wouldn’t mind a go at this. Not having done any is it a fine line between leaving it too proud for rubbing back and getting it just right? And I’ve heard it can be hassle lots of sheeting down and you can be waiting around for ages waiting to rub it up depending on the time of year, what’s your view?
How thick was that base coat kirk? And did you do two layers of it?? And does eco rend do there own basecoat? Have you switched over to that as well if they do one? Cheers 👍👍👍
Is this their mococouche one coat stuff? I had to patch repair a back wall recently and I used a brand called tarmac their version of one coat stuff and it was awful to use, half of it falls off the wall! Would love to come spend a day or 2 with you and learn to plaster. Love your channel mate keep it up
Great video Kirk, i noticed like myself you went up the ladder with left leg, doddy knees i guess like me, i was terrible for no knee pads when i was younger and now paying for it, 😕
It upset me a bit seeing those long bits of wood going in the skip, I would have added them to my wood collection. Mind you, I have had some bits of wood for over 20 years without using them, so maybe best to skip them after all…
Correct, we want it to retain moisture when it's hot so it has chance to cure properly before it drys out. It's more important in the winter when it's cold and it rains on the scratchcoat as water can sit in the scratches abmnd the topcoat hangs for ages wich can be a nightmare
My X mrs wants me too put out of date k rend on my sons garage. Now it’s 8 months out of date and has been sitting outside all this time. She got 50 bags for £50 on market place I’ve told her it’s no good but she won’t listen and is pestering me too put it on. Could I have your advice so I can show her your and get her off my case😊
Was it 5 bags in that mixing tub ? What size was the tub ? Roughly, how many builders bucket of water per bag ? Straight over thermalite blocks, no problem with suction ? Thanks.
@@Onthetrowel Are you sure it was 7 bags in the tub ? I thought it was 5 in the tub, 3 over there, 1 in the van etc🤣. The finish looks good though mate.
I missed Saira Deltas, Darth Vader Heavy Breathing, is he Off the 🚬, Cracking Job! Money in the bank ( back pocket ! Tax are for carpet) Hopefully you got a Sneaky few in 🍻 on the way home, have to rehydrate in this ♨️🥵☀️ 😉
Hi Kirk , just wanted to thank you mate for all your time and effort in providing us with such great videos showing us how to plaster and render , because of you Blaine gray and Alex Morley i attempted a ten foot by six foot dog rough wall in my garden , it came out brilliant because of the vast knowledge you guys share with us , and oh my god it is hard graft even on a small wall like mine , thank you so much pal
Nice to see someone enjoying there work did E.W.I for almost 20 years did STO,KREND,WEBER,EGLINGTON all the same shite.i was actually trained as a plasterer served apprentice shouted at every two minutes 😂😂😂😂 what killed it for me was being sent to jobs putting right other people's work,I'm not an engineer I miss the laughs but loading out bags and getting set up you can keep it 😂😂😂😂
With your finish it looks more contemporary.You knocked off 20 years looks wise thats for sure.Excellent work
Thankyou
Therapeutic. Top job. When you listen to someone who knows what he's talking about, everything makes sense. Thanks
I enjoyed this. Not too much talking a straight clear information. Not busy, just right. Thanks.
You are a fantastic teacher. Apprentices should be queueing up to work with you!
i like the way you looked and fix all the little details before you started top job.
I'll probably never do this, but it's so interesting to watch and learn. Tidy and meticulous as always, great work
Hi Kirk, I'm a fellow spread like yourself 😉 don't think your too far from me either as I noticed your skip provider is local to me too. Watched loads of your videos and always impressed with your knowledge skills and professionalism....Infront of the camera anyway 🤣😂.
Your bang on with what you say about different characteristics with the different render manufactures. I also hand apply my render as a pose to spray, so pick my jobs to suit this. Only ever used k-rend/parex/VPI never used eco-rend before but after watching this vid, I'll give it a go. Keep up the good work 💪
Wow just proves - with a positive attitude difficult situations can become opportunities! Awesome job guys!
Brilliant. Loved watching this. Learned alot from you videos. Thanks Kirk and your team.
this guys a top tradesman he just knows his craft inside out,
The health and safety and PPE of these builders is amazing. A cigarette comes before a hard hat or safety boots.
That's why I don't work on building sites anymore, can't be doing with nonsense that they come out with.
Wear a hard hat while plastering on scaffolding incase a bird poos on you 🤣🤣
Hard hat doesn't help you concentrate.
They do the job. Not some namby Pamby twats that won't get on unless all the right signs are in place.
So your profession? Honestly, PPE is relevant, using a grinder, wear Eye protection, good gloves and respiratory device suitable for particle size, standing on a scaffold prepping and plastering..I see no need for PPE there except maybe gloves as Dermatitis is a thing, it's a personal choice though, that's what you get when you are your own boss.
And let me just say, this guy is the BOSS when it comes to what he does.
Safety boots to render a wall 😂😂😂
Looks like a lovely job Kirk. You’ve smashed it again. 👍👍👌👌🍺🍺🍺🍺
My dad always bought extra material too. Better to be safe then drop everything for a few bits here and there. The suppliers loved him for this, always giving us shit for bringing back returns. One supplier stopped doing returns altogether, for everybody! We pretty much dropped that supplier from then on, only going back when we needed a specific colour match
I started using ecorend a few year back it's alot more creamy and scratches up lovely compared to other brands, really nice work mate
I have had that feeling with normal sand and cement mix, but whatever sand the client sourced for it was absolutely gorgeous to use
Definitely top gear! Can hang a bit in colder weather so is good to spray late afternoon and next day scratch! But when sun is shining it’s class! The bags are better too and don’t get clattered in van!nice work btw 👌
Tidy work lads, mesh and base over the block is brilliant ,this has happen to me here in the states and have had to drive 3, hrs away to get buckets of acrylic
Finish coat👍
USED ECO REND ON A BIG BUNGALOW GREAT STUFF CUSTOMERS WERE VERY HAPPY I WAS AT THE PRODUCT RECOMEND IT BRILL STUFF
Good job as always Kirk glad you’re protecting from the heat and being smart as always
Cheers
im a roofer thought no not retiling it
then looked at the finished job and boy was it better
great finish if i was next door i would want mine the same
Thankyou
FairPlay that was a well explained video. haven’t really had a go of this render. Do a lot of skimming, looks straight forward.
Very informative video! Thank you very much for sharing on RUclips. Best regards and blessings.
I used this a couple of years ago and it's a very good product. It does have an achilles heal!!
It's very hard to find a stockist that holds many of the colours, and so you have to get it delivered. If you're slightly short or have to re-do a bit for any reason, you cant just pop down the rd and get a couple of bags, the supplier will charge you a woping £60 delivery and they don't really like splitting a pallet either (50 bags). I had to drive to Essex to pick couple of bags up off of Facebook marketplace in the end and won't use this stuff again.
Thanks Kirk. I’ve only just done a few jobs on these new renders but I’ve only ever used eco rend. I found it to be a great product but I have nothing to compare it to apart from sand aand cement 😂
I have learned many new things by watching your videos the past few weeks, i do skim only but now after your tutorial on K-render i will do this as well soon👊💪
Glad to help!
Top tip.
Use a nice clean scratcher and you won't get much burr left on the scratch coat. Good work.
id love to get our house rendered ,id also love if you worked up here in glasgow because i love your professional attitude and skill,,these few people i can trust ,your a one off mate
Ecorend mr1 is one of best renders out there ,used them all this sprays well flattens great so easy to use
Good to watch somebody with an attention to detail 👍
just fantastic as always amazing stuff iv been the same keep the job super clean good for you good for the client everybody's happy.
Thanks 👍
Very nice professional job by the way you can play Hollywood buddy you look like a famous actor
I made some garden planters last year with the bag stuff. I found it difficult but managed it in the end. Fast-forward to now, and I have just built retaining walls in the garden with blocks much bigger than I've attempted before, so I am considering mixing my own 4-1 with lime. I'm just wondering why the bag stuff is being used over the much cheaper option of mixing your own. I'm happy to paint it afterwards.
Great finish and super clean, job well done!
Down here in south Devon, unless it’s a new site build. It’s all sand, cement and lime. Have used k rend on some small jobs, floats up lovely, with magic sponge float. I’m always interested in using new products, have a wall to render at home, if I can get it I’ll try eco rend. Thanks for your video on this. All the best
Legend sharing this knowledge showing you still find better material after all this time top lad
Great info, Kirk. thanks very much. And a lovely job too, well done mate. 😊👍🏴
I've recently rendered 2 extensions I had built. Never rendered before but had to take the job on myself because the builder did a runner on us. I'd been following a renderer on insta for a while and he'd always used PRB. So I took a liking to it and had some specs done by a rep. But the cost was too high. I ended up asking if I could use sc grit as a base and top (which I could) and then sponge finished it. Really enjoyed doing it and was really impressed with it 💪
Top job by a top bloke
I watch you and Blaine from plastering for beginners and I've learned a lot from you pair sharing your knowledge/ talents and I thank you both for that. My question I have for you is this.. I'm base coating my house with HP12. Now I'm putting on a thin coat first and building it up to 12mm . My problem is ruling off. I'm finding the hp12 is being dragged off with my feather edge like it's sticking. I'm constantly washing down the feather edge to keep it as wet as possible as this is the only way I can stop the dragging. I'm ruling no more than 6 foot height at a time and the 4 foot width of the feather edge. Is this my doing our is hp12 the issue?? I'm a complete novice at this..
Beautiful job, mate.
really nice job kirk
Very nicely done that matey. cheers
Proper job Kirk
You're "The Master"
My dad would disagree 🤣
Thanks for the nice comment mate
Now that's qaulity work that'll stand on good time, I would ask, do many wear paper mass to prevent lung damage if at all?
Otherwise, awesome finish to high standards just wish more were as good as you, 😊
What mm twist scrape trowel was used with the ecorend mr1 thanks
Great job guys, very informative, nice to see proper tradesmen, thanks for this
I really like your vibe! 🤗
You make it look so easy. I have to render a wall and I know it's going to be a big mess.
Did you use a specific product for the scratch coat? (The grey one)
Thanks from France !
How would you handle small render/roughcast repairs kirk? Council house specials currently at my work and i wish i was more competent to do a better job than the ones that do it. Although i think 2 minutes effort would do that they dont even give the repair a brush, just topcoat applied straight to the webs and nests
Great job make it look so easy learn alot from your vids thank you
A UK Trumper. I like it!
Don’t even plaster, but bing watching you doing it 😂
Love the I bar idea for flattening
Great video - but I have a question if you woudn't mind.. I had Krend applied to my bungalow ten years ago and it has steadily eroded over the years back to the base coat, every time it rains we get tons of the stuff like sand all over the drive and to look at the wall you can see where the render is coming away in a fine web. Any advice other than to get it off? we have tried SBR etc but nothing works
Very good video.professional touch .
Its great when you happen across an awesome product......good job brother
Top job again, heard good things from eco rend will have to give it a go
Love the belly break up of the battens 😂 class 👍👊👍
It's not something pencil necks can do 🤣
Brilliant video, thanks, do you fancy coming to Cornwall to render our next bungalow
Ecorend is a lovely product to use, only one I use, never have any problems
Mate I'm converted, I love it
Looks like a lot of work, but you do a professional job.
Just found your channel. Love it!
Hi Love the Tutorials any chance of showing ones with Cracks in outside render I have use a grinder 4 inch to rake out and used a twisted helix bar and sometimes depression is shown in the plaster any recomdations to prevent the depressions in the plaster Thanks in advance
I think his pants are about done mate. Just another few months left in them. Good job.
Great job mate 🍻
I’m looking to do this on the bottom of my house which is timber frame. What would you recommend to put on the bottom to render onto? Is that concrete tile board ok?
Excellent job guys, hats off to you!
Hi kirk. Forgot to ask. Do you put stress patches on your window and door openings. I find it helps.
Very helpful advice, thank you
Great video lad. Have you ever used dash receiver on a fibre cement board for dry dash?
Great job mate, i just rendered my new porck with k-rend and it did exactly as you said, curled off when trowelling on, the HO12 basecoat was lively to work with though!
Whats the basecoat like from ecorend compared to K-rend?
Do you now go all out ecorend?
Keep up the videos Kirk, they are fantastic, i cant believe you can do it all and still get the job done as quickly as you do, born natural presenter! 😊
Quality stuff Kirk. If you knew you were using the Ecorend from the off, would you have used the same products for both the base coat and mesh?
Lovely job mate
Kirk is it possible to render on top of concrete dwarf wall with a 10 to 12 mil render in one go. cheers. I am using sand and cement render
Hey Kirk , interested about the i bar , where do you get these from as I’ve not seen this technique, also what float did you use . Brilliant job looked so smart
Good job mate have you found that now you've switched to eco rend are you still using HB12 as your basecoat?
Hi I’ve got a couple of questions firstly I’ve not done any of this bagged render I’ve only done sand and cement which i don’t bother with now but wouldn’t mind a go at this.
Not having done any is it a fine line between leaving it too proud for rubbing back and getting it just right?
And I’ve heard it can be hassle lots of sheeting down and you can be waiting around for ages waiting to rub it up depending on the time of year, what’s your view?
Does eco rend come with its own base coat gutted ive just got 30 bags off krend top coat now that looks so much easier to use love the videos mate
Really great work. Well done
How thick was that base coat kirk? And did you do two layers of it?? And does eco rend do there own basecoat? Have you switched over to that as well if they do one? Cheers 👍👍👍
Top job lads, I know wot I'm gonna try next !
@onthetrowel how did you attach your tarp to the roof ? I see pegs on the scaffolding.
Same pegs clipped on the gutters mate
Did you have to prime the thermalise blocks before using the base coat
Is this their mococouche one coat stuff? I had to patch repair a back wall recently and I used a brand called tarmac their version of one coat stuff and it was awful to use, half of it falls off the wall! Would love to come spend a day or 2 with you and learn to plaster. Love your channel mate keep it up
Great video Kirk, i noticed like myself you went up the ladder with left leg, doddy knees i guess like me, i was terrible for no knee pads when i was younger and now paying for it, 😕
I've got a snapped ACL mate. Just waiting for the operation date at the moment
It upset me a bit seeing those long bits of wood going in the skip, I would have added them to my wood collection. Mind you, I have had some bits of wood for over 20 years without using them, so maybe best to skip them after all…
Sound a bit of a tit you
Wood hoarder 😂😂 you watch this whole video and that’s what you spot ? You sir are a legend reminds me of my grandfather hahaha
@@jackholliday5236 Thankyou!
I think we'll see you on the telly soon very good video's
That would be cool
Did one these yrs ago we put expanding metal & beads on the laths then rendered save taking laths & felt off
Side ways scratching! That can retain moisture when top coat is set. Always scratch at 45⁰s 👍🏼
Correct, we want it to retain moisture when it's hot so it has chance to cure properly before it drys out.
It's more important in the winter when it's cold and it rains on the scratchcoat as water can sit in the scratches abmnd the topcoat hangs for ages wich can be a nightmare
My X mrs wants me too put out of date k rend on my sons garage. Now it’s 8 months out of date and has been sitting outside all this time. She got 50 bags for £50 on market place I’ve told her it’s no good but she won’t listen and is pestering me too put it on. Could I have your advice so I can show her your and get her off my case😊
Was it 5 bags in that mixing tub ? What size was the tub ? Roughly, how many builders bucket of water per bag ? Straight over thermalite blocks, no problem with suction ? Thanks.
Qe mixed 7 bags in the tub
100 ltr
Straight on with hp12
@@Onthetrowel Are you sure it was 7 bags in the tub ? I thought it was 5 in the tub, 3 over there, 1 in the van etc🤣. The finish looks good though mate.
Great video. I wish you showed how thick you need to go before you scrape back as it's different from sand and cement or float and set
And if you have to rule it off or anything like that.
U can always take a sheet of plywood and stand a few sheets orver the window so you dont break em im a mason 😊
Looks nice good job
I missed Saira Deltas, Darth Vader Heavy Breathing, is he Off the 🚬, Cracking Job! Money in the bank ( back pocket ! Tax are for carpet) Hopefully you got a Sneaky few in 🍻 on the way home, have to rehydrate in this ♨️🥵☀️ 😉
Still puttin 86 scoops on your hand board!?
My shoulder is only just recovering from that ceiling haha..... class vid again bruv
🤣🤣
Only because I'm lazy and can't be bothered going back and forth
Classic, good lad Kirk.
Hi Kirk great vid
So what base coat are you using now prior to applying the top coat of eco rend 🤔
Hp12, it's the nicest to be honest mate
It’s lovely stuff bud👌