Help! We are in the process of renovating an old French farmhouse which
requires a lot of rendering. Most surfaces to be rendered are brickwork and
some cob walls. Is there are an easy way or is it a laborious backbreaking
process! Any advice on the best mix would be most welcome! Regards Andrew

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Help! We are in the process of renovating an old French farmhouse which
requires a lot of rendering. Most surfaces to be rendered are brickwork
and
some cob walls. Is there are an easy way or is it a laborious backbreaking
process! Any advice on the best mix would be most welcome! Regards Andrew

Is this Portland or lime cement ?

On this great daySun, 20 Feb 2005 20:07:45 -0000, "Mike"
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Is this Portland or lime cement ?


French ...... lookin at where he is!

Mike

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On this great daySun, 20 Feb 2005 20:07:45 -0000, "Mike"
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Is this Portland or lime cement ?


French ...... lookin at where he is!


They use both - hence the question. They have sprayers for the lime based
stuff.

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 10:58:13 +0000 (UTC), "Andrew"
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Help! We are in the process of renovating an old French farmhouse which
requires a lot of rendering. Most surfaces to be rendered are brickwork and
some cob walls. Is there are an easy way or is it a laborious backbreaking
process! Any advice on the best mix would be most welcome! Regards Andrew

Well you will build up lots of muscles you didn't know you had. Use
lime mortar with no cement in it on an old house. I believe French
builders / builders merchants know as little about lime as they do
here in England, but chase up a French company called St Astier who
make hydraulic lime. Their web pages are helpful. What St Astier don't
make is non-hydraulic lime (aka putty lime or hydrated lime) which
would be better for the cob but is I think almost unheard of in France
so if you go the St Astier route then use the most feebly hydraulic
lime they make which may be NHL 2

The two bits of kit you can use to make the work less exhausting are

1. A mixer. A pan mill mixes better than a cement mixer, but is less
readily available
2. An applicator gun. These are used more frequently in France than
here in England. You will still have to rub up the surface

Anna


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