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Thanks for the responses everyone. The break wasn't clean, lots of little bits which are dispersed in the scaffold mat. Gluing isn't an option. I have a new piece being delivered on Monday.

Hi folks I need to replace a cast stone window cill following an accident with a scaffolding plank (see picture). As the wall is rendered I clearly need to do whatever needs doing very carefully. To remove the cill I am planning to protect the surrounding area with plastic sheeting to avoid getting dust on the render. Then use a combination of drill and grinder to remove the damaged unit as carefully as possible. Can anyone think of a way to improve upon my approach? Many thanks

Update on the render mess all over the scaffolding. As suggested, the scaffolders were pretty chilled. I helped things along with a pack of beer each and everyone was happy 😊

I love the capital NOT 😊. We'll just leave it.

Hi We are dismantling the scaffolding next week and are a little worried that we will be charged a "cleaning free". This hasn't been mentioned anywhere in our agreement with the scaffolding company, but our renderers have left a residue on many of the boards. We will do our best to clean the boards ourselves, but we don't want to get too vigorous and splash our lovely new render. If I get a fee, fair everything, but just wondering whether anyone else has encountered this. Thanks

Absolutely. I was fuming when the guy who put in the fascia, soffit and guttering used random screws he had in his pockets rather than the stainless steel screws of various sizes we supplied. Too lazy to walk down the scaffolding to replenish his supply. We had to check and swap every mild steel screw! Needless to say, he won't be doing the downpipes!

Hi folks We are in the unfortunate position of rendering during January. It's being done my a company that only renders and they are using K Rend Monocouche silicon render, so despite being sub-optimal timing hopefully we will be OK. Post render we are hoping to get the guttering downpipes installed whilst the scaffolding is in place. How long should we leave the render before we drill the wall to install downpipes? Many thanks

Price isn't necessarily (within reason) a major consideration. Could you point me towards a brand please?

Around 65mm. Picture for context.

This sort of lintel. With hindsight we should have raised the lintel course enough to make room for render boards - we didn't, so we want to make the best possible job of painting the lintel.

Hi folks We need to paint the steel lintels above our windows. My go-to for painting external metal would usually be hammerite, but I have been using this stuff for decades and thinking there could be a better alternative now. We are looking for a good finish, but just as importantly durability so that it doesn't need repainting too often. Thanks

Thanks everyone

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Hi everyone The plasterboard is starting to go up and I have been thinking about the gap we need to leave to accommodate the shower tray. I am thinking that from plastered wall to plastered wall we need the width of the shower tray + 10mm at either end to allow for manoeuvring the tray into place. This gap will then be filled by the width of our tiles which will sit on the tray. Does this logic work or am I missing something? Thanks

Thank you everyone