Beginners Guide To Plastering A Brick Wall With SAND/ CEMENT RENDER…

In this video we’re going to show you how to plaster a wall with sand and cement render.

This is a massive subject in the world of plastering and there is a lot to learn. However, with practice you can really master the art of rendering. In this tutorial i’ll show you how to plaster a fireplace and i’ll be using plastering sand and cement for the whole process.

There are 2 coats:

You have a scratch coat and a top coat. Within that process you apply the render, rule it flat with a straight edge and then float and sponge it for a traditional finish. I’ll also shows you an alternative finish in this video where I trowel the render flat.

I’ll show you the tools you’ll need for the job, I’ll show you the full process from application to finish and I’ll also show you how to prepare your walls ready for rendering.

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Thanks for watching and we’ll see you on the next one.

Cheers,
Blaine

[KB-vjmb]

Watching your videos have saved me a level 1 and 1400£ at college. They asked where I learnt and I told them you on YouTube. They laughed and said, ye he's awesome and should be a tutor. Preston college

[leecullen]

Excellent video and very informative. It's nice to have top tradesmen sharing their trades 10/10 👍🏼

[durexjim]

gotta say I was once a plasterer and you do this trade a great service a job well done m8 thx for sharing

[bbarrierz]

Excellent video with great tips and a useful refresher video for years to come

[seangough]

Really appreciated this video mate! Nice explanation over the top of the demonstration 👏🏻 really honed in on the key points

[gavandarragh]

How the hell do you make this look so easy mate? I did my first render project today and it was a bloody nightmare!

[martinhiggins]

Hi. What thickness should both coats be on garden concrete blockwork and what mm beading should I use?

[jaimehewitt]

normally you would apply the cement to wet or tacky slurry. that creates the bond. But if it doesn't fail it's not wrong. top job.

[jimgearedupgym]

Impressive stuff mate new to your channel but already picked up loads of good tips your an easy fella to learn from thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge with me 👍🏻

[epmonster]

Pukka job as usual mate! Don't often see corners formed by hand and not beaded now, look bang on👍🏼

[billyt]

Blaine - you've got some mad patience with them corbles - I'd have been telling him to leave em exposed fair play, that's a cracking job there.

[jauld]

Those corners look sharper than Rambo's knife. Great work.

[jauld]

I put your advice to practice today on a small patch repair. Forming the corner was a little tricky, because it was in a reveal for a patio door with about 5 cm between the wood work and the face of the wall. That little strip was harder to coat than the face of the wall. Having a good render mix was crucial too. I used 1:1:6 with some bag lime for the top coat and that was great.

[sweetvuvuzela]

Fabulousness a tip for those starting out. there is a ready mix bag you can get from builders merchant takes the guess work out and very very handy for patchwork for beginners. Got mine from selco prior to this corona lockdown. It’s made by bond it.

A pre-mixed render based on sand, lime, cement and additives. A moderate strength render for moderate strength backgrounds and moderate exposure conditions.

About £15 but for patch repairs makes it way easier and I used it first time never done plastering rendering and good success.

I don’t work for selco or Bond it

[jaysenb]

Really nice work for the edging with the timber

[kevinjackson]

Blaine, I noticed that when you use your feather edge you have the flat edge up, yet on your other video about rendering, you use the feather edge with the bevelled edge up. Is it because in the other video some of the render that you scraped off the high points, you put back onto the low points using the bevelled edge
Excellent vid as usual, keep it up mate.
Cheers.

[Zoltar]

Should get yourself a corner trowel mate very handy

[bellasola]

Can you give some recommendations how to make a brick chimney wall smooth that will have tile on half of the wall after smoothing it?

[NevilleHayfield]

Completely agree Bro. No levels or beads in an old building. 1 - because it will make everything else in that room look out, 2 - character and 3 -your keeping it as close as possible to the original. Obviously apart from not doing it all in Lime.
As for the 1 coat method, skimming.. Basically same as. It's doable, and does save time. Like you said. Not a good idea for newbies to tackle. But if Been in the game for some time, it works. Although I don't really like to do it, unless being tiled. Again, as you pointed out, there's not been enough time gone by to have any proof it's sound. As for sponging 2 coat system, it leaves an Awesome finish. And is a must for me if I'm doing same day float n set. Bye bye to the Blisters 👊💪🔥✌️👍

[sirazsaleh]

Hi Blaine, Do you need to use Hydrated Lime in the Screed mix and Render mix .
So screed mix 1 cement, 1 Hydrated Lime, 5 plastering sand and render mix 1 cement, 1 hydrated lime and 6 plastering sand. Is Lime essential on the chimney breast wall or I can only use sand, cement and plasticer. I will be fitting standard inset gas fire about 4kw.
Thanks for the video