Knauf supplies spray plaster for student walls

Knauf Airless, part of Knauf Drywall's Readymix Plaster range, is designed for fast, economical and high quality wall and ceiling finishes.

The spray plaster machine is saving valuable time as contractors prepare new rooms for students at the University of Essex, for the next academic year.

The team from County Decorating Contractors is spraying precast concrete walls and ceilings at the rate of 1,500m2 a week with Knauf Airless Readymix Plaster in preparation for final decoration.

The University of Essex is procuring 561 new rooms in a new landmark building for students at its third and newest campus, in the Southend town centre.

The new accommodation on London Road consists of seven multi-storey buildings, constructed with precast concrete panels manufactured by Bell and Webster of Grantham.

Compared to traditional hand-plastering, machine application enables plasterers to deliver a high quality job in less time, with minimal waste.

The Knauf Readymix Plasters range for machine application includes Knauf Airless, Knauf Plano, Knauf Deco and Knauf Deco Plus.

The range offers benefits including reduced set-up times, optimum spraying consistency at all times and less than 1 per cent waste.

The range is water-based and non-hazardous to health or the environment.

Supplied in 25kg bags, Knauf Readymix Plasters are tipped into the application machine's hopper, ready for spraying.

Once applied, the plasters are levelled and smoothed with a spatula.

Any plaster that is trowelled off can be returned to the hopper for re-use, cutting waste to the minimum.

The key benefit of the Readymix products is their fast-drying finishes which are ready for painting 24-48 hours after application, making them suitable for large, fast track developments.

They are also suited to refurbishment projects and can be applied directly to old painted, papered, plastered or plasterboard walls and ceilings.

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