Redbeard

@ProDave, can I send you a private message or e-mail? I have searched for how to do a PM but it refers to a drop-down menu which I cannot find.

It's hard to tell why that 'kick-up' occurred. I suspect it'll be fine in terms of being waterproof, but once being aware of it, it would annoy me. Pity the 'stack' (in terms of the lead visible on each side) is asymmetrical, too.

Hi ST. I have taught the Eco Refurbishment short course at CAT since 2008 and spent a lot of years teaching Walter Segal timber frame building, straw-bale building and self-build solar water-heating for a local council adult education dept. I teach for a number of other organisations too. The advent of Covid led to a lot of on-line teaching and a very aching neck!

@ProDave, I am buying my WF from Ty Mawr lime, but propose to buy Baumit MC55 from my usual supplier. I have signed up for Baumit's installer training at the start of June.

Thanks Dave. I had better expand on this on your thread, I guess, but I will be using Baumit render. I have used Baumit plasters and renders very successfully in the past and like the 'feel' of them. Your experience did take me round a 'loop' (via graphite EPS) until I decided that I really did want to use WF and renders I am familiar with. I will discover whether I can hold a trowel with my fingers crossed.

Been reading the Forum for relaxation for a while but had not joined. Recently stopped hands-on Green Building but 130m2 wood-fibre EWI, new 3G windows and small timber-framed extension to do on my own house this summer. Caught out, as many have been, by long lead-times from quote to delivery, but even more so (and less expected) by long gaps between enquiries and quotes. When not doing this I do retrofit surveys and teach Eco Refurbishment.