A busy couple of weeks on site has seen the majority of the timber cladding finished, the rendering completed, and first fix / plaster boarding progress inside.   The render system used by my builder is made by Mapei.  Having prepared the area to be rendered (as described in the previous blog entry) a base coat :     was sprayed onto the EWI, then floated by hand to a 6 / 7mm depth finish.     Fibre mesh (which you can see at the bottom of the