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Rendering over wooden lintel

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.43 PM

I've found some wooden lintels and the odd other bit of structural timber, after I removed a load of blown plaster around a window. Up until now I've been just cement rendering the patches followed by drywall. Will cement render stick to the timber, or do I need to use scrim to allow for expansion or something?

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2 Answers

Gary Martin

Rating: 4.6 out of 5

Sutton Coldfield

You are better off either plasterboarding over the lintel, or using expomet, which is a steel mesh you tack to the timber to allow the plaster to grip

Answered11 October 2021

Mj plastering

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Welwyn

I would seal timber and put EML over the timbers then scratch,,render

Answered25 October 2021