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Recebos e lucidos con morteiros e pastas. Confección de recebos a boa vista, maestreados e nivelados e lucidos con morteiros, pastas, paramentos verticais, horizontais e inclinados

By Marta Fernández Pérez, Jorge Costal Blanco, Juan Ignacio del Campo Domínguez

About this book

Learning how to be a bricklayer does not mean getting to the site, having a look and getting to work. We built the foundations, roofs, walls and coverings and this is not something that can be learnt fast. As in any other job, we need training that allows the worker to gain the necessary knowledge to successfully develop their work on site, and understand each part and how they are organised.

Ideaspropias Publishing has developed this training manual for those workers who make fillings, levelling and also for those who work with mortar and paste, vertical horizontal or tilted walls or who want to do so in the future.

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Surface preparation

  • Smooth concrete surfaces: We must first create some texture on the surface, which can be done by hammering with superficial retardant or placing a metallic mesh on it.
  • Surfaces of iron pillars, beams and small girders: They are first coated with iron or cement parts.
  • Damaged surfaces: The damage has to be repaired, using the same type of mortar used for the filling.
  • Surfaces of homogeneous materials: In order to prevent fissures in the joints of different elements, a metallic mesh has to be installed on the parameters to cover the materials with a gap of at least 10 cm. on each side. A mesh of glass fibre may also be used.
  • Manufactured joints of different materials: In order to strengthen the area where the materials meet or between the vertical elements and to prevent cracks, this area has to be covered with a metallic mesh that covers the discontinuity line completely, when it is tense and fixed with a minimum gap of 10 cm. on each side. A mesh of glass fibre may also be used.