If you have a wide wall to render setting up screed battens can be very helpful.
How to render a concrete block garden wall.
Applying the first coat of render.
If you have to render an old brick wall you have to remove first the coats that covers the bricks by using a chisel a hammer and a palette knife.
Freshen up an old brick wall with some render.
For rendering course bricks you may need to add a little water to the surface before you start.
See our project on fixing to masonry to accomplish this.
Use the correct sand and cement render mix.
Hi everyone this is me sand and cement coating this wall and giving some tips on the way i do it this is the scratch coat that is the base coat for the top.
Before applying the cement render you have to check a few aspects regarding the brick walls therefore make sure the wall is plumb and it doesn t have any irregularities.
This video from bunnings warehouse will show you how to prepare your surface a couple of rendering techniques.
Next mix the mortar and water in a bucket or wheelbarrow and smear it onto the wall using a trowel.
These are 15mm thick wooden battens which you fix to the wall.
Reduce rendering cost with sand and cement especially an external wall.
Before rendering a wall chip away the old render using a cold chisel and spray the wall with a garden hose to prevent the rendering mortar from drying out as you apply it.
How to apply render to your exteriorwalls.
How to complete house or wall rendering.
A cement besser or cinder block garden edge wall that is easy to do and will help improve your bricklaying and rendering skills the project took about 6 8 weekends to actually complete with breaks in between waiting for mortar and render to dry plus sourcing the right height blocks and deciding what to fill the blocks with also family commitments wet weather and a few learning mistakes along.