Hello All

Will be attempting plastering this weekend repairing a chimney breast
where a surround has been removed (Feeling very brave)

I have read lots of tips here but still have a question:

The fireplace at the moment is an open fire which just has exposed
brickwork inside. I want to keep this exposed as I have done in my
front room and just plaster the outside. My mate who did the other one
used a stop bead for the edges of the opening and the finish was nice
and straight. I plan to do the same thing fixing stop beads to all 3
sides. My question is should the beads go on prior to the skim coat or
before the render/rough coat? I forget what he did.
TIA

Cheers

Richard

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Hello All

Will be attempting plastering this weekend repairing a chimney breast
where a surround has been removed (Feeling very brave)

I have read lots of tips here but still have a question:

The fireplace at the moment is an open fire which just has exposed
brickwork inside. I want to keep this exposed as I have done in my
front room and just plaster the outside. My mate who did the other one
used a stop bead for the edges of the opening and the finish was nice
and straight. I plan to do the same thing fixing stop beads to all 3
sides. My question is should the beads go on prior to the skim coat or
before the render/rough coat? I forget what he did.
TIA

Cheers

Richard


The bead is fitted to the exposed brickwork, then plaster up to it.
Remember to choose an edge that matches the depth of plaster you're
applying, but most standard corner trim will probably do if the plaster is
going back to original depth.

BigWallop wrote:
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Hello All

Will be attempting plastering this weekend repairing a chimney
breast
where a surround has been removed (Feeling very brave)

I have read lots of tips here but still have a question:

The fireplace at the moment is an open fire which just has exposed
brickwork inside. I want to keep this exposed as I have done in my
front room and just plaster the outside. My mate who did the other
one
used a stop bead for the edges of the opening and the finish was
nice
and straight. I plan to do the same thing fixing stop beads to all
3
sides. My question is should the beads go on prior to the skim coat
or
before the render/rough coat? I forget what he did.
TIA

Cheers

Richard


The bead is fitted to the exposed brickwork, then plaster up to it.
Remember to choose an edge that matches the depth of plaster you're
applying, but most standard corner trim will probably do if the
plaster is
going back to original depth.

Great, thanks BW