for all your skill kirk, for me the best part of your videos is the time you take to clean up and tidy your edges at the end of the job, that for me shows you care about your reputation and your customers. 👍🏻
Im a plasterer but im still always amazed by how the old plasterers used to do things, the amount of time an labour that used to go into a house and no power tools.
The timing of this upload is impeccable. I've been watching a few woodburner surround videos on youtube and not been satisfied that I wanted to do cement board. I think this or straight up lyme is the way I'll be going forward. Thanks.
@@rjpm92 you still have to cover the joins in the cement board if you want a smooth finish so it just seems like adding an extra step for no reason (in my situation at least).
When i installed my woodburner i painted all the surrounding brickwork in black masonry paint no issues with the paint and temperatures and it hid a multitude of sins with the very old brickwork.....saved me using cement board or plastering it.....a cheap an easy option that worked for me
Hi Kirk don’t know if you have ever watched the TH-cam channel TheCarpenter’s Daughter , she has a massive following and I follower her also , she is fitting a wood burner and as she’s not confident on doing a good finish rendering she lined her fireplace with cement boards which also included a large brick wall above the opening , I’m sure she has mentioned your channel in the past , I have to take my hat off to her she would show most none DIY fellas up , love the channel Kirk watched it from the beginning, you don’t half make me laugh such a nice chap , the tips you give out to people is amazing , it’s a 👍🏻from me
I am glad you said that fire proof plaster is a pain to apply. I used it and found it a nightmare to apply , but cheating with one skim of finish plaster is still okay 4 years on
Limes my thing baby! I always flick a thin coat on a very well damped wall. Nothing but sharp sand and a lime with a slow initial set. The top coat is sieved sharp sand and I finish it by applying news paper to dry the excess water off,this allows me to finish quicker with less risk of cracking. I like the fibre glass fibres and they seem to work well with NHL lime. Brilliant video Kirk.
Hiya mate, I've done my whole house in lime ( sand and putty and NHL later as it is a lot easier to mix ). I basically self taught myself plastering as I went on. Now.....I would like to redo the very first wall I did as it is not up to scratch and I would now do a much better job. It has a scratch coat and just a top coat (no skim coat). How would I best apply a new lime coat over the existing plaster? I'm concerned it wouldn't take (key). Any advice please? All that's on wall is a lime wash and the plaster is about 10 years old.
Really good video mate, not sure why the customer didn't want cement board. I've recently done our log burner and it's brilliant stuff. Always find the grey area is the face of the chimney breast with what you can and cannot use as the inside reveals are very clear cut.
Great job! Advice on the ACL. Once you heal it up, look up exercises to strengthen all the muscles that connect around the knees. It will balance your knees and helps take the loads off the acl/mcl muscles.
Having surgery on mine to mate! Knee realignment and I have no mcl at all so having a part of my hamstring taken out to replace it 😢 hope all goes well for you!
Nice work Kirk, it's good to see a good understanding of construction, generally I usually mix in chopped ends of fibreglass, it's hard getting horse hair now, and I usually rake out the morter between 5 and 10 mm, let us know how you get on cheers
Interesting video, like it when you Mix it up, I've done lime window reveals slow , but Smashing finishing ( restoration job) Never worked with the Product before some learning involved once Mastered lovey material to work with, very forgiving 😉
As soon as I saw the thumbnail for this and read the title I thought lime plaster, you can't beat lime for anywhere where you get lots of temperature variation.
A house is likely to outlive you. Before it would have been plastered with something soft, easily removed by hand if necessary, now it is plastered with something hard, will require a power tool to remove. You might say, well why would it need to be removed, let’s revert back to the house outliving you, and the world not revolving around you. There was a solution that could achieve both things, you chose one that ticked one of two boxes, it’s ok, but it’s not the best, and for whatever reason in the future someone may want to remove the chimney etc, they now have to deal with very hard cement, making a naked brick feature is now also very difficult.
Brilliant job! I took a burner out of my old fire place opened it up and got it plastered. The old fireplace brickwork leaves the plaster a nightmare to paint think it’s soot is coming through even through wooden skirting. Do I need to line the brickwork with something before getting it re plastered??
Hi there I think you are amazing geza.... I would like to ask some advice about using the lime plaster.... Can I give you a call regarding this.. Building a home in jamaica and would like some advice on what is the right plaster to use in that kind of heat. Thanks once again for your time in reading this message I appreciate it..
I did mine in cement board fided on woth tile sdhesive and i used the smooth side on show ( normally other way around to tile), and it was such a perfect surface that i just painted it, and i didn't even need to do that.
I used that vitcas finishing plaster the other day. I'm not a plasterer by trade though but Kirk was right, it's a right pain to use and really could do with practicing with. That said its not cheap either.
I've used it im a plastering contractor if it does crack they won't stand over the product there cement board cracked in half on job I did id to fix it at my own expense
I'm not a plasterer either but can make a good job of it, Vitcas around a flush fit wood burner was the only thing that has worked and it gets properly hot with no cracking. Bit like spreading lard though hard to get nice👍
my dad use to tell me cut a small piece of External Render Stop (Bell Cast bead and snip the edges that you would normally cover with plaster so you have small teeth sticking out didnt think about it then but it was a good hack for a scratcher
Great video, as with others I’d like to know about the heat board, that’s what I have and it has been slimed with multi finish, is this going to fail and if so can I skim over it with this product or will it need to be taken back to the heat board and then use this product re skim? The exterior is original that’s been skimmed over, I’m worried that could also fail crack.
i’ll keep this stuff in mind, i’ve been using lime this last few weeks, and the product i’m using u cant even do the two coats of top plaster the same day, i put last coat on Thursday morning and troweled it up fri dinner. pain in the arse
Brilliant video lad but a back braking job I hate doing the inside of them big time I never done one to that was having a log burner in but ye now am on it well in lad sound big time
Most of the premixed lime products have fibres mixed in. Careful handling it with your hands, it can burn. You could really make a different Kirk learning lime work, the north is severely lacking in the skillet and so many of the homes could stand to be renovated using lime plaster
So is there much of a grit to it ? Is it a really fine sand in it and trowelling brings the lime to the surface to fill and smooth is that the kinda theory? ... As always top job Kirk pro job every time 👍
Interesting to see this in action, but I can't find anything about the product's ingredients, ie. what are they adding to the lime..? As you say, lime putty and sand alone never set quickly; the full curing process takes at least 6 weeks.
I’ve used that vitcas twice for log burners fecking hate the stuff the last couple of log burners I’ve told the customer to get it tiled inside looks much better lol and they have agreed thank fuck
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Further reading on limes fantastic quality as a heat resistant plaster
ecoright.co.uk/lime-as-a-fire-protectant/
Music 🎶 at the end was spot on 😂
When is the next live stream?
@@ctrldelete1763 tomorrow
Hello mate I love your videos and was wondering if you have a video on all the tools you use day in day out? What trowels etc? Thanks pal 👍
Wow I’ve never seen that,a plasterer that cleans up after himself and not leave it all to the decorator top tradesman well done
for all your skill kirk, for me the best part of your videos is the time you take to clean up and tidy your edges at the end of the job, that for me shows you care about your reputation and your customers. 👍🏻
Im a plasterer but im still always amazed by how the old plasterers used to do things, the amount of time an labour that used to go into a house and no power tools.
The timing of this upload is impeccable. I've been watching a few woodburner surround videos on youtube and not been satisfied that I wanted to do cement board. I think this or straight up lyme is the way I'll be going forward. Thanks.
How come you weren't satisfied with using cement board?
@@rjpm92 you still have to cover the joins in the cement board if you want a smooth finish so it just seems like adding an extra step for no reason (in my situation at least).
When i installed my woodburner i painted all the surrounding brickwork in black masonry paint no issues with the paint and temperatures and it hid a multitude of sins with the very old brickwork.....saved me using cement board or plastering it.....a cheap an easy option that worked for me
Mate your videos are the best. Even the way you break down the steps in your vids makes it so simple to understand and learn. Great content
Must say your a absolute natural on camera 👌
Hi Kirk don’t know if you have ever watched the TH-cam channel TheCarpenter’s Daughter , she has a massive following and I follower her also , she is fitting a wood burner and as she’s not confident on doing a good finish rendering she lined her fireplace with cement boards which also included a large brick wall above the opening , I’m sure she has mentioned your channel in the past , I have to take my hat off to her she would show most none DIY fellas up , love the channel Kirk watched it from the beginning, you don’t half make me laugh such a nice chap , the tips you give out to people is amazing , it’s a 👍🏻from me
I am glad you said that fire proof plaster is a pain to apply. I used it and found it a nightmare to apply , but cheating with one skim of finish plaster is still okay 4 years on
Top job Kirk especially angle above fire ! I once used victas I was there till 11 pm never again !
Limes my thing baby!
I always flick a thin coat on a very well damped wall.
Nothing but sharp sand and a lime with a slow initial set.
The top coat is sieved sharp sand and I finish it by applying news paper to dry the excess water off,this allows me to finish quicker with less risk of cracking.
I like the fibre glass fibres and they seem to work well with NHL lime.
Brilliant video Kirk.
Hiya mate, I've done my whole house in lime ( sand and putty and NHL later as it is a lot easier to mix ).
I basically self taught myself plastering as I went on.
Now.....I would like to redo the very first wall I did as it is not up to scratch and I would now do a much better job.
It has a scratch coat and just a top coat (no skim coat).
How would I best apply a new lime coat over the existing plaster?
I'm concerned it wouldn't take (key).
Any advice please?
All that's on wall is a lime wash and the plaster is about 10 years old.
Literally doing our fireplace now and this is a massive help …. Thanks 🙏
Love watching your videos,my dad was a spread, and you work and sound just like him, brilliant 😀
Brilliant job and so informative!!!
like an episode of 24 this dude. impressive product going to totally give it a go on my next builders opening.
I boarded out with cement board. Then tiled. Wouldn't dream of not tiling a fireplace. Random stone finish, looks great
That was absolutely flawless!
Impressive job, Kirk. Well done mate 😊👍🏴
Impressive video my man, and a very tidy job !
Nice to see it up and running at the end.
Great to see a plasterer not using pink board. Top man
Brilliant jobs , what you do mate is great and for the plastering trade. Keep up the good work.
Impressive freehand on quite a challenging job.
What a pleasure to watch Kirk 🤩
Really good video mate, not sure why the customer didn't want cement board. I've recently done our log burner and it's brilliant stuff.
Always find the grey area is the face of the chimney breast with what you can and cannot use as the inside reveals are very clear cut.
Beautiful job Kirk!
Love this guy 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great job! Advice on the ACL. Once you heal it up, look up exercises to strengthen all the muscles that connect around the knees. It will balance your knees and helps take the loads off the acl/mcl muscles.
I'm currently booked to meet with a surgeon on the 30th of this month mate, so hopefully it will be getting re attached
There’s a fella I see in Liverpool Holistic realignment Marcus might be able to help you ? Check em out
Having surgery on mine to mate! Knee realignment and I have no mcl at all so having a part of my hamstring taken out to replace it 😢 hope all goes well for you!
Used a similar product and sponging definitely works better than trying to just use a trowel
Nice work Kirk, it's good to see a good understanding of construction, generally I usually mix in chopped ends of fibreglass, it's hard getting horse hair now, and I usually rake out the morter between 5 and 10 mm, let us know how you get on cheers
This product has fibers pre mixed in with it mate, it's great stuff
@@Onthetrowel ideal, sweet. Good to know, thanks Kirk
Cracking job that bud. Well done
Love the 80s action movie suspense music 😂😂
His TV is gonna love a 200°+ stove below it... 😂
Love your vids mate!
Prefer when you skip the music tho and the dramatic drums. I like it raw!!
Great work once again , Kirk .
Interesting video, like it when you Mix it up, I've done lime window reveals slow , but Smashing finishing ( restoration job) Never worked with the Product before some learning involved once Mastered lovey material to work with, very forgiving 😉
Great video Kirk as always 👏🏼
LOL the dramatic music. 🥁🥁🥁🥁
🤣🤣🤣 I just enjoy playing around with it when I'm editing
Great job mate !!!
As soon as I saw the thumbnail for this and read the title I thought lime plaster, you can't beat lime for anywhere where you get lots of temperature variation.
Ours was sand and cement rendered and then painted. Been done 2 years with no problems. 👍
Broken brickwork for future generations to deal with. Well done
@@744shinryu Why ? It's a fireplace that's been there since 1950 and there were no broken bricks from the previous 70 odd years.
A house is likely to outlive you. Before it would have been plastered with something soft, easily removed by hand if necessary, now it is plastered with something hard, will require a power tool to remove. You might say, well why would it need to be removed, let’s revert back to the house outliving you, and the world not revolving around you. There was a solution that could achieve both things, you chose one that ticked one of two boxes, it’s ok, but it’s not the best, and for whatever reason in the future someone may want to remove the chimney etc, they now have to deal with very hard cement, making a naked brick feature is now also very difficult.
@@744shinryu Chill out mate, jeez
@@744shinryuI don’t give a flying f*ck for something that may never happen in the future. It’s my house. What’s on earth is wrong with you ?
Brilliant job! I took a burner out of my old fire place opened it up and got it plastered. The old fireplace brickwork leaves the plaster a nightmare to paint think it’s soot is coming through even through wooden skirting. Do I need to line the brickwork with something before getting it re plastered??
Hi there I think you are amazing geza.... I would like to ask some advice about using the lime plaster.... Can I give you a call regarding this..
Building a home in jamaica and would like some advice on what is the right plaster to use in that kind of heat.
Thanks once again for your time in reading this message I appreciate it..
I did mine in cement board fided on woth tile sdhesive and i used the smooth side on show ( normally other way around to tile), and it was such a perfect surface that i just painted it, and i didn't even need to do that.
I used that vitcas finishing plaster the other day. I'm not a plasterer by trade though but Kirk was right, it's a right pain to use and really could do with practicing with. That said its not cheap either.
I've used it im a plastering contractor if it does crack they won't stand over the product there cement board cracked in half on job I did id to fix it at my own expense
I'm not a plasterer either but can make a good job of it, Vitcas around a flush fit wood burner was the only thing that has worked and it gets properly hot with no cracking. Bit like spreading lard though hard to get nice👍
Lovely job mate
Ace job there, but you can bet the TV will not stand the heat 😆
Gaz Yorkshire.
my dad use to tell me cut a small piece of External Render Stop (Bell Cast bead and snip the edges that you would normally
cover with plaster so you have small teeth sticking out didnt think about it then but it was a good hack for a scratcher
I've used the cement based plaster as you say it's a swine to use cement based board is the best method
Great vid kirk, looks ace. Gewin
Great video, as with others I’d like to know about the heat board, that’s what I have and it has been slimed with multi finish, is this going to fail and if so can I skim over it with this product or will it need to be taken back to the heat board and then use this product re skim? The exterior is original that’s been skimmed over, I’m worried that could also fail crack.
i’ll keep this stuff in mind, i’ve been using lime this last few weeks, and the product i’m using u cant even do the two coats of top plaster the same day, i put last coat on Thursday morning and troweled it up fri dinner. pain in the arse
Awesome stuff pal..... gotta be ours next surely!!
Nice Job.
Brilliant video lad but a back braking job I hate doing the inside of them big time I never done one to that was having a log burner in but ye now am on it well in lad sound big time
Andy, have you tried plaster of Paris? They stick the tiles in cast iron surrounds with it.
we use a flat board or metal to make a freehand edge, takes 2 people though and still 2 or 3 coats
Most of the premixed lime products have fibres mixed in. Careful handling it with your hands, it can burn. You could really make a different Kirk learning lime work, the north is severely lacking in the skillet and so many of the homes could stand to be renovated using lime plaster
Hi mate have you finished your bathroom yet if so where can I find the video
Great vid Kirk
Forming that top angle by hand separating the pro from the amateur 😊
Good job / material
Don’t you run the angle trial
Great tips
Looks like you’re enjoying yourself’ fair play!
Same as !!
Lime is amazing stuff....goes through a process of carbonisation!
Which basically means it absorbs carbon as it sets....
So is there much of a grit to it ? Is it a really fine sand in it and trowelling brings the lime to the surface to fill and smooth is that the kinda theory? ... As always top job Kirk pro job every time 👍
Interesting to see this in action, but I can't find anything about the product's ingredients, ie. what are they adding to the lime..? As you say, lime putty and sand alone never set quickly; the full curing process takes at least 6 weeks.
If going onto cementboard would you still do a scratch coat or just treat it like multifinish and do 2 coats for a skim?
Have you done a vid on plastering under a staircase ? I did a diy job using wire netting etc what a nightmare.
Im wondering whats the maximum temperature for the tv above a wood stove 😮😊 O ya the music is brilliant
To be fair, I thought that and it wasn't getting hot at all which I thought strange
@@Onthetrowel i would still be worried about the electronics in side.
Thanks again
Very nice
OLD SCHOOL RULES. 😂
Great video and very interesting, love the danger music too! 😂 good job!👍
Brilliant bud
proper job
Intense music lol makes it well more dramatic!
Am
Sure you thought of it but why not sand and cement?
Are you going to get your ACL repaired?
With the surgeon on the 30th this month
The Tele above the fireplace, is asking for trouble.
Was it one bag of that stuff you used mate ?
Is the finishing plaster on the rest of the breast multifinish rather than lime?
Top bloke
TV above a wood burner 😮
theyre lucky they got you in because most other plasterers would have cocked this right up
Your mission, should you choose to accept it!
Legend👍
Could you rub it up with a sponge float ?
Yes mate definitely
I’ve used that vitcas twice for log burners fecking hate the stuff the last couple of log burners I’ve told the customer to get it tiled inside looks much better lol and they have agreed thank fuck
Wow!
I feel your pain dude
I'd have done it without the beading as it's much more authentic. Nowt wrong with imperfect on an older house.
Metal beads expand slightly under heat. Don't mean to be a prick but Id use rules.
Love the videos but not the over dramatic music effects
Good stuff to use when it's not cold outside
Could you not have just used fired boards Kirk dabbed on then used that stuff to plaster it there for you could have done it all in same day ?
Why not put the TV under the fire 🔥🔥🔥?
The breathaplaster actually looks better sponged up. Don’t try the skim coat it’s wank!
A TV located above a fire 🤦🏻♂️
Lime takes forever go off nightmare
Not this stuff pal
@@Onthetrowel I’ve only ever used the lime green solo before that’s the only draw back with it other than that flattens out lovely
Trump 🤌🏻
Good to see you like Trump loool 😊