NHL Renders – Guide
NHL Renders
General information
Sands for renders
Background preparation
Two coat work
Three coat work
Protection
Good working prac...
Pointing with NHL – Guide
Pointing with NHL
Understanding mortars
Choosing mortars
Resistance to salts
Protection and working practices
Repointing: prepa...
NHL Render – Guide
Background
Prepare
background
Re-point and dub out as necessary with compatible mortar.
Stipple
Coat Cast or sprayed on only
Must be...
Plaster on Blocks – Guide
External Plastering (Rendering) On Concrete Masonry Units
To obtain the highest vapor permeability a block construction should be bu...
Render on Cob – Guide
Cob is a very simple (and efficient) form of construction that has probably been around forever in some form or other. Structures ar...
Plastering with a Spraygun – Guide
This method is particularly suitable to ensure optimum bonding even on smooth surfaces. Spraying is recognized as the best method of...
Plastering with NHL – Guide
When plastering with lime and using St. Astier NHL instead of non-hydraulic putty mortars reduces the working time by about 50%. NH...
Shelter Coat/Consolidation – Guide
The purpose of a shelter coat is to provide protection to surfaces that suffer unduly from the effects of erosion from wind, rain an...
NHL Renders – Guide
Defect
Causes
Remedies
Shrinkage
&
Cracking greater
than 3/16"Less than 3/16"
Hairline cracks
General or partial moveme...
Working with Mix & Go – Guide
Mix & Go is a premixed product designed to provide all the benefits of traditional lime mortars for wider general use in the con...
