How to ensure the quality of your plastering work? – Different types of partition walls for home and office
Plastering is the last
step of modifying the walls that include covering the walls and ceiling with a
smooth finish. To ensure your wall plastering
Singapore goes smoothly
and becomes a success, you need to follow the points below.
Pre-plaster checklist
- Ensure the entire blockwork is completed
- The aluminum templates should be ready at the worksite
- The blockwork must be cured 7 days prior to plastering
- The meshwork should be at least 8” wide and must be fixed before plastering the junction
- Make sure the architect has clarified certain plastering specifications like finish, trowel finish, sponge finish, rough plaster
- The thickness of the plaster must not exceed 15mm
- The concrete surfaces must be hacked before the plastering work begins
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During plasterwork checklist
- The surface of the walls must be wet to restrict absorption
- The mix ratio for ceiling should be 1:4, while the wall, it should be 1:6
- Ensure the mix is being carried out thoroughly and should be used within an hour
- After the plastering work for the day concludes, check the surface with halogen lamps
- If you want lime rendering, do it 3 or 4 hours earlier of the setting of the cement mortar
- Note down the date of the
plasterwork to take necessary measures in the future
Internal plaster
- Use spirit levels to inspect the smooth finishes
- Ensure the plastered surface has enough time to dry perfectly
- The thickness of the plaster must be even all over the surface
- Remove the button marking tiles
External plaster
- Make sure that the specialized trowels are ready to get different structural finishes
- Use spirit levels to check for undulations and uneven surfaces
- Make sure the plastered surface has enough time to dry off
Plastering Aftercare
- Let the plaster cure for at least 10-12 days and if the plastering dates were different write them on the surface using markers
- the mortar wastes that stuck to the wall surface must be cleaned at the end of the day
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Partition walls ideas for home and office
Partition walls Singapore is mainly used to divide internal spaces within the house or the office.
Here in this article, we are going to tell you about 9 different types of partition walls, which are
• Brick partition walls
• Plain brick partition walls
• Reinforced brick partition walls
• Brick noggin partition walls
• Clay brick partition walls
• Glass partition walls
• Glass sheet partition walls
• Hollow glass block partition walls
• Concrete partition walls
• Cast in-site partition walls
• Precast concrete slab partition walls
• Wall partitions erected from special precast units
• Plaster slab partition walls
• Metal lath partition walls
• A.C or G.I sheet partition walls
• Wood wool partition walls
• Timber partition walls
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