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Roughcast or pebbledash is a coarse plaster surface used on outside walls that consists of lime and sometimes cement mixed with sand, small gravel and often pebbles or shells. [1] The materials are mixed into a slurry and are then thrown at the working surface with a trowel or scoop.
Plastering is done year round but unique problems may arise from season to season. In the summer, the heat tends to cause the plaster to set faster. The plaster also generates its own heat and houses can become quite hellish. Typically the plaster crew will try to arrive at the house well before dawn.
Artex differs from plaster in that it was marketed as a material intended to receive a textured finish, thus enabling a ceiling to be finished without plastering skills. It was widely used in Britain in the 1970s, mainly with the familiar stippled and swirled patterns. Artex was also occasionally used on walls. [2]
Pargeting on the upper wall of the County Museum in Clare, Suffolk. Pargeting (or sometimes pargetting) is a decorative or waterproofing plastering applied to building walls. . The term, if not the practice, is particularly associated with the English counties of Suffolk and Ess
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The applier drags the board upward over the wall, forcing the plaster into the gaps between the lath and leaving a layer on the front the depth of the temporary guides, typically about 1 ⁄ 4 inch (6.4 mm). A helper feeds new plaster onto the board, as the plaster is applied in quantity.
BPB Ltd (formerly BPB plc) (British Plaster Board) was a British building materials business. It once was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. [citation needed] In 2005, the company was purchased by Saint-Gobain of France.
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