If you have to render an old brick wall you have to remove first the coats that covers the bricks by using a chisel a hammer and a palette knife.
Concrete render feature wall.
If the work history of the walls is unavailable there are a couple ways to try to figure out which kind was used.
It is often textured colored or painted after application.
Tilt the hawk onto the trowel and then apply the render at a 45 angle or you can place the hawk s edge on the wall and brush up from there.
For rendering course bricks you may need to add a little water to the surface before you start.
Concrete render as a feature wall.
Rendered walls can look like natural concrete be painted a single colour or render can include subtle differences in texture and colour to create an antiqued appearance.
Rough textured render combined with vivid colour on a feature wall.
The first picture in the gallery is of my friend s apartment.
Renderers use trowels rollers sponges and other tools to apply render.
There are a couple of different techniques to applying render.
They used a concrete render for around the fireplace and the support pillars.
Please excuse the poor image quality of these pictures they were taken on an old iphone but how good does concrete render on an interior wall look as a feature.
Before applying the cement render you have to check a few aspects regarding the brick walls therefore make sure the wall is plumb and it doesn t have any irregularities.