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white plaster cracking

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  • 21-04-2008 1:06pm
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    varianinc1
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    Hi ALL
    Am in the process of building a house and it was suggested to get the plasterer to use white sand and white cement as the finish coat on the exterior of the house as i wouldnt need to paint it for 10 years.He did it and it looked good however now 2 months later cracks have appeared and its begining to flake off has anyone seen this happen before is it likely to be the plasterer fault?
    Any help would be appreciated


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    secman
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    Sorry to hear of your plight, we used the exact same plaster and after 13/14 months its still fine. At the time I was informed that it could be problamatic, that I could get a hairline crackling effect when it fully dried out, but when I said this to the plasterer ( an Old Timer), he said not to worry as the lime would sort that out. To date no problem.

    Secman


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    varianinc1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭varianinc1


    i am glad yours is fine we had a different guy to plaster the chimneys and it has been fine cant remember if they used lime


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