New to board, hi all

[hadawayanshite]

Hi All,

Just wanted to introduce myself & say hi. Im Gary, Im a 50yo Specialist engineer at Sky, who Ive been with my whole working life (33.5 years) and Im in the final stages of building my Milano 750 oven from pizza oven supplies. Its fair to say, I wish I'd found this forum earlier in my build, but hey! such is life Haha.

I'm hoping to get info & advice on rendering my build, as that's all I have left to do, and have been putting it off for a couple of weeks now.

[truckcab79]

Hi Gary. Welcome. Built a couple of Milano 750’s myself. Very impressed with them. Great value and cook brilliantly.
To be honest if you’ve got as far as it sounds like you have then you’ll have no issue with the rendering. Mine have been brick built but I’ve done plenty of rendering on other projects. Not much you can do wrong really. Type
Of sand is important. Make sure you use plastering sand. You can use a mix of building sand and sharp sand if you have to but you’ll find the right stuff easier to use. Get yourself a poly float. Slap it on, move it round. Use a sponge float or just a damp sponge to get a nice smooth finish if that’s what you’re after. Then when it’s had a chance to fully dry, a coat of masonry paint or KRend.

Pictures?

[downunderdave]

Apr 27, 2021 20:40:16 GMT truckcab79 said:

The strength of anything made with portland cement will be enhanced if kept moist for at least a week. To this end I always  wrap the whole oven in cling wrap after completing and damp sponging the render layer., which for labour saving I do in one layer around 12mm thick, although many do two thinner separate layers 24 hrs apart.  I also use AR fibreglass fibres in the mix which is far easier than using chickenwire as reinforcing.