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
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 💪
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
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.
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 👌
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 😂😂😂😂
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👍
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 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
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 😂
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 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.
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 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.
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..
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…
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, 😕
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
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
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 !
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
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?
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
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 ♨️🥵☀️ 😉
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
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 👍👍👍
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
With your finish it looks more contemporary.You knocked off 20 years looks wise thats for sure.Excellent work
Thankyou
i like the way you looked and fix all the little details before you started top job.
I enjoyed this. Not too much talking a straight clear information. Not busy, just right. Thanks.
Therapeutic. Top job. When you listen to someone who knows what he's talking about, everything makes sense. Thanks
You are a fantastic teacher. Apprentices should be queueing up to work with you!
I'll probably never do this, but it's so interesting to watch and learn. Tidy and meticulous as always, great work
this guys a top tradesman he just knows his craft inside out,
Wow just proves - with a positive attitude difficult situations can become opportunities! Awesome job guys!
Good job as always Kirk glad you’re protecting from the heat and being smart as always
Cheers
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 💪
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
Looks like a lovely job Kirk. You’ve smashed it again. 👍👍👌👌🍺🍺🍺🍺
I have had that feeling with normal sand and cement mix, but whatever sand the client sourced for it was absolutely gorgeous to use
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 😂😂😂
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 👌
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 😂😂😂😂
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👍
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
Ecorend mr1 is one of best renders out there ,used them all this sprays well flattens great so easy to use
Brilliant. Loved watching this. Learned alot from you videos. Thanks Kirk and your team.
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
Top tip.
Use a nice clean scratcher and you won't get much burr left on the scratch coat. Good work.
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 👍
Great looking job! Makes me want to start doing it here in the chicago area..👍🙂👍
Great finish and super clean, job well done!
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!
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
USED ECO REND ON A BIG BUNGALOW GREAT STUFF CUSTOMERS WERE VERY HAPPY I WAS AT THE PRODUCT RECOMEND IT BRILL STUFF
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 😂
Great info, Kirk. thanks very much. And a lovely job too, well done mate. 😊👍🏴
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 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.
Good to watch somebody with an attention to detail 👍
Very nice professional job by the way you can play Hollywood buddy you look like a famous actor
Legend sharing this knowledge showing you still find better material after all this time top lad
FairPlay that was a well explained video. haven’t really had a go of this render. Do a lot of skimming, looks straight forward.
Proper job Kirk
You're "The Master"
My dad would disagree 🤣
Thanks for the nice comment mate
A UK Trumper. I like it!
Great job make it look so easy learn alot from your vids thank you
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
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 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.
Very helpful advice, thank you
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 💪
Excellent job guys, hats off to you!
Ecorend is a lovely product to use, only one I use, never have any problems
Mate I'm converted, I love it
Love the belly break up of the battens 😂 class 👍👊👍
It's not something pencil necks can do 🤣
Love the I bar idea for flattening
Lovely job mate
Just found your channel. Love it!
Very good video.professional touch .
really nice job kirk
Great job guys, very informative, nice to see proper tradesmen, thanks for this
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.
Brilliant video, thanks, do you fancy coming to Cornwall to render our next bungalow
Very nicely done that matey. cheers
Top job lads, I know wot I'm gonna try next !
Really great work. Well done
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
@@J.HOLE93 Thankyou!
I think his pants are about done mate. Just another few months left in them. Good job.
It’s lovely stuff bud👌
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
Top job by a top bloke
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
Brilliant video !
I tried Plastering once and it took me hostage.
Inside Job obviously - the Trowel was in on it.
Great job mate 🍻
I think we'll see you on the telly soon very good video's
That would be cool
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
Looks nice good job
U can always take a sheet of plywood and stand a few sheets orver the window so you dont break em im a mason 😊
Nice job, is the mesh to stop it cracking?
Don’t even plaster, but bing watching you doing it 😂
Very informative video! Thank you very much for sharing on TH-cam. Best regards and blessings.
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 !
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
Another great job 👍
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.
Looks like a lot of work, but you do a professional job.
Great job...as expected!... 👍
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?
I made a note of what you used I'll be rendering block wall in the future thank you for video sound guy
What mm twist scrape trowel was used with the ecorend mr1 thanks
Classic, good lad Kirk.
Did one these yrs ago we put expanding metal & beads on the laths then rendered save taking laths & felt off
Great video lad. Have you ever used dash receiver on a fibre cement board for dry dash?
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
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
Best use of a Beer Belly I have ever seen Lol.
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?
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
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 ♨️🥵☀️ 😉
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
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 👍👍👍
Hi kirk. Forgot to ask. Do you put stress patches on your window and door openings. I find it helps.
Nice 3 point contact there mate. Textbook.
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