The plastering of walls with cement-sand mortar with your hands
To make the house really warm and cozy, need plaster by cement-sand mortar. To carry out this procedure you can with your hands. Then your walls will be flat and smooth.
Without plaster cement-sand mortar you will not be able to apply Wallpaper or paint the walls. Moreover, it allows you to hide the wires. But to get a really smooth surface with no flaws to mix the correct composition, and apply it with your hands according to the construction standards.
Prepare the wall for plaster ↑
The preparatory stage it is necessary to perform both in new buildings and in buildings that were built twenty or thirty years ago. Note that the material of the walls can be very different.
To produce plaster cement-sand mortar was a smooth surface it is important to consider the nuances for each type of walls. Then you will be able to make quality plaster with their hands.
Brick wall ↑
Still brick is one of the most common materials for the construction of walls. It is not surprising that there are many nuances, applying the plaster with their hands on this material.
First, the importance, when was the building. If it is a new building, the walls are still damp enough to immediately apply cement-sand mortar on their own. If we are talking about long-built building, the surface before applying the must be wet. Fortunately, it is enough pairs of hands.
Secondly, special attention should be paid to exposed elements of wall, before laying a cement-sand mortar. The fact is, not all builders can make really high-quality masonry. As a result, the surface like waves. Fortunately, making the plaster with your hands, you can disguise their flaws.
Before you make the plaster of a brick wall cement-sand mortar, it is necessary to trim all burrs. For this you will need a hammer and chisel. The process is particularly complex, so it can be done easily with your hands.
A less rosy alternative is applying a layer of plaster several times more than usual. This, in turn, will lead to unnecessary cost of cement-sand mortar and increase the budget of the project.
There are a number of methods that allow to increase the reliability of the plaster on the wall of brick, such a rank as:
- The installation of the sheathing. Enough to drive between the rows of bricks nails. Then they need to wind the wire. The result of your work must be grid. As you can see, nothing complicated about it, so this work can be done with your hands, then apply cement-sand mortar.
- Apply special adhesive composition, which is typically used for fixing tiles.
- Fix the metal mesh and have it apply plaster.
Now the brick wall ready for plastering cement-sand mortar. But to do all the work with your hands be sure to follow the algorithm that will allow you to get a good result.
Concrete wall ↑
To hold the plaster and concrete walls with cement-sand mortar needs to be done preparatory manipulations. Fortunately, all the procedures are easily implemented with your own hands.
The preparatory process consists of the following steps:
- Swipe a primer. This would be the best primer with deep penetration.
- With a spatula, apply adhesive.
- Install a metal grid.
Now you can plaster cement-sand mortar. It will stick to the walls and provide good insulation. Of course, for this to become a reality you have to properly mix all the components.
Wooden wall ↑
To put a cement-sand mortar on a wooden wall necessary training. Fortunately, all the preparatory work before the plaster is possible without any difficulties to do with their hands.
One of the most popular technologies many years ago was the installation of the sheathing. At the same as the basis used shingles. These are thin wooden slats. However, this option prepare to plaster a cement-sandy solution too costly, both in time and money.
In modern construction the walls are treated with a primer first. Then install a metal grid. This process takes much less time than installing sheathing, and the financial costs are small.
Composite materials ↑
Sometimes you have to make plaster walls and cement-sand mortar a variety of building materials. Quite often builders use brick, limestone, booth and other materials for the sake of economy or in order to achieve certain unique properties of the walls.
In most cases the result of the use of a variety of materials is the differences, which in some places can reach about 20 cm In this case, there is a whole list of actions that you can implement on the wall with their hands in the future to make quality plaster cement-sand mortar:
- apply a preliminary layer of plaster;
- carry out installation of stucco mesh;
- do the final plaster.
These simple steps will allow you to disguise the wall made of different materials.
Work with the already plastered walls ↑
In its time, this option is the most capacious. To prepare the walls for new plaster, you first need to completely remove the cement-sand mortar, which has already been deposited on the surface of the previously.
After preparation, the plaster is complete, you need to take care of selection of appropriate tools, which will allow you to quickly and efficiently carry out plastering works.
A set of tools ↑
The plaster walls with their hands using a cement-sandy solution, it is possible to hold in the presence of a minimum of tools, moreover, most of them are counterparts. The standard Toolkit consists of such things as:
- Mixer or other container for cooking cement-sandy solution. In theory you can even use a bucket, but in this case you will need a special mixer. Some builders use some kind of trolley, in which with the help of shovels and rebar by stirring. But such a solution is of high quality.
- The water tank.
- Long rule with level.
- Normal level, hammer, air gun, nylon cord, trowel, and float.
- The profiles that will be used as beacons.
- Ready cement mix or all of its elements individually.
- Stairs to be able to work at height.
This is a standard set of tools that may be needed for plastering the walls. However, the application of cement-sand mortar with his own hands may also require additional tools and materials for reinforcement.
The process of applying ↑
It all starts with the installation of stucco mesh. Ideal is the cell size of 20 by 20 millimeters. You also need to take care of anti-corrosion coating. After you install the mesh with your hands, you can begin the installation of beacons.
As a beacon it is recommended to use:
- nails,
- education from a solution,
- slats of wood,
- perforated profiles.
There are several methods of installation of beacons with their hands. Quite often the cement substance is applied vertically in several places. A vertical line is done by means of plumb Bob and marker.
In education they need to push the beacons from the profile. The vertical need to monitor the building level. Once labels are installed around the perimeter, you can proceed to the next stage.
Once the beacons are installed, you can proceed to applying the cement substance with their hands. But before that you need to tell you more about how to prepare a solution.
If you are prepared cement-sand substance with their hands in the mixer, then after it starts you just need to fill inside all the components. The only important condition is the addition of water. This must be done last.
After the cement-sand mixture is prepared, you can begin applying on their own hands. Throw the stuff you need from the bottom, gradually climbing up.
Simply type trowel a cement-sand composition and in a horizontal position, move it to the wall. Then make a sharp roll. As you can see, to apply the composition without any problems with their hands.
At the very end is the alignment and grout the surface with their hands. For this you will need a grater. If necessary, this tool can be done by yourself.
The results ↑
With your hands, apply a cement-sand composition on any surface quite simply. The main thing is to prepare a solution, to prepare the walls and choose the right tools.