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.
How to render a concrete block garden wall.
Next mix the mortar and water in a bucket or wheelbarrow and smear it onto the wall using a trowel.
Tilt the hawk onto the trowel and then apply the render at a 45 angle or you can place the hawk s edge on the wall and brush up from there.
There are a couple of different techniques to applying render.
A mixer is the best way to mix sand and cement render.
For rendering course bricks you may need to add a little water to the surface before you start.
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.
How to complete house or wall rendering.
This video from bunnings warehouse will show you how to prepare your surface a couple of rendering techniques.
Freshen up an old brick wall with some 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.
See our project on fixing to masonry to accomplish this.
How to apply render to your exteriorwalls.
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.
These are 15mm thick wooden battens which you fix to the 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.
Reduce rendering cost with sand and cement especially an external wall.