Lidl Shankhill Dublin | SMET Bauprotec Render System | Relwal Plastering

Job: LIDL Shankhill Dublin
Contractor/Smet Supported Partner: Relwal Plastering Ltd
SMET Products Used:

Bauprotec 850 M – Lime Cement Render

Bauprotec RHS – Multi-Purpose Render

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Description

Local Smet Supported Partner, plastering experts Relwal Plastering Ltd, on behalf of main contractor Mannings, machine-applied the LIDL External Render System onto Poroton blocks externally using as Base Coat: Bauprotec 850 M – Lightweight Lime Cement Render, and as Key Coat: Change of substrate concrete/steel pillar/Poroton block or mass concrete and insulated plinths: Bauprotec RHS Multi-Purpose Render.

The internal Render System specification onto Poroton blockwork consists of a base of Coat: Bauprotec 850 M, Lightweight Lime Cement Render, sponge floated in warehouse areas and skim finished in sales areas. Key Coat: Change of substrate concrete/steel pillar/Poroton block: Bauprotec RHS is used.

The Irish LIDL render spec, available from SMET consists of:

Bauprotec 850 M is a factory produced Lightweight Lime Cement Render, specially designed for machine or hand application produced to EN 998-1: 2010 and is CE Marked.

Bauprotec RHS is a CE Marked, factory produced highly polymer-modified render specially designed for hand and machine application produced to EN 998-1: 2010.

The special render properties; lightweight, low thermal conductivity, high yield, and the Smet Supported Partner superior technical backup, are key factors in choosing SMET. SMET is committed to delivering consistently superior quality, German-made Render Systems to Lidl Plastering and rendering/plastering contractors across the UK and ROI.  If you’d like to speak to us about your Lidl job – contact SMET.

All LIDL spec SMET Render System products are available directly from Smet Building Products Ltd, who ensures the contractor has a superior level of technical back up in the machine application of the LIDL specification.

SMET is committed to delivering consistently superior quality, German-made Render Systems to Lidl Plastering and rendering/plastering contractors across the UK and ROI.  If you’d like to speak to us about your Lidl job – contact SMET.

 

Cottage floor Refurbishment | Sopro VS 582 Leveller and Filler | Inismor Aran Islands

Job: Cottage Floor Refurbishment on the Aran Islands
Smet Supported Partner:
Ciaran McAteer Contractors
Product: Sopro VS 582 Self Levelling Filler

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SMET Floor Screeds and Compounds Product Selector

Description

inismor Island_Aran Islands_Floor Refurb_ Sopro VS 582 Self Levelling_SMET

inismor Island_Aran Islands_Floor Refurb_ Sopro VS 582 Self Levelling_SMET

Tricky floor refurb?  Tricky location for large trucks or equipment? Our Smet Supported Partner, contractor, Ciaran McAteer uses a practical solution for the professional flooring contractor or tiler.  VS 582 is a self-levelling smoothing screed with excellent mouldability for laying to falls.  A flexible, self-levelling, mouldable, rapid-set, cementitious, fibre-reinforced surface filler, with 2-in-1 formulation for simultaneous levelling and creation of falls. Excellent workability and mouldability because you also have the flexibility of adding water.

It’s strong, with a compressive strength after 28 days: approx. 35 N/mm² (as levelling coat laid to falls), dries quickly and is pumpable!

Benefits of Sopro VS 582

  • 3 – 70 mm coat thickness
  •  For floors, indoors and outdoors
  • 2-in-1 formulation: suitable as self-levelling filler and for laying to falls
  • Compressive strength after 28 days: approx. 35 N/mm² (as levelling coat laid to falls)
  • Flexural tensile strength after 28 days: approx. 7 N/mm² (as levelling coat laid to falls)
  • Self-levelling
  • Outstanding mouldability when laid to falls
  • Quick-drying
  • Flexible, fibre-reinforced
  • Pumpable
  • Suitable for timber flooring
  • Suitable for floor heating systems
  • Long working life: 30 – 40 minutes
  • Walkable after 2 – 3 hours

No client is too large or too small, SMET delivers another innovative, showcase flooring solution.  Click here at other jobs using our Sopro levellers.

SMET is renowned for its comprehensive range of professional CE marked, EPD certified products.  The SMET flooring range includes; calcium sulphate-based screed binders, self-smoothing calcium sulphate-based screeds & compounds, cement-based screed binders, self-smoothing cement-based screeds, lightweight flowing screedsprofessional tiling materials & tools, tanking and wet-room solutions, barrier coats, primers & bonding agents; for any domestic, commercial, industrial or design-flooring use.

Suffice to say, the SMET product portfolio includes a German-made floor solution for any new or repair flooring requirement. Get in touch for your upcoming floor screed or tiling project.

Rainey Restoration Ltd | SMET NHL 3.5 | Restoration of Belfast Church Boundary Wall

Job: Restoration of Church Boundary Wall by Rainey Restoration Ltd
Product: SMET NHL 3.5 Binder

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Description

SMET NHL 3.5 binder was specially selected for the restoration works in Belfast Church Boundary Wall.  Rainey Restoration Ltd used our superior-quality pure Natural Hydraulic Lime binder SMET NHL 3.5 to produce a superior-quality lime mortar.  The selective hydraulic strength development of NHL binders makes them particularly suitable for producing lime mortars for masonry work, rendering, and plastering on historical buildings and monuments.

NHL binders, available directly from SMET and online or in-store via our distribution partner Haldane Fisher, are particularly suited for ecological new builds, conservation, restoration, and preservation works. The products’ special composition allows mortars to breathe and permits constant hygrometric exchange between the substrate and the environment. This Restoration is another showcase of sympathetic historic building restoration, using superior-quality NHL products available from SMET.

Our comprehensive range of NHL restoration and preservation products, combined with exceptional technical support and aftercare, are the key drivers in the selection of SMET natural conservation products.

ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001 accredited Smet Building Products Ltd, demonstrating – once again – best practices in supporting Smet Supported Partners in Natural Hydraulic Lime products.

 

Restoration Old Athletic Stores Building in Belfast | Rainey Restoration Ltd | SMET NHL 3.5

Job: Restoration of Athletic Stores Building in Belfast by Rainey Restoration Ltd
Product: SMET NHL 3.5 Binder

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SMET NHL 3.5 binder was specially selected for the restoration works in the Old Athletic Stores Building in Belfast city.  Rainey Restoration Ltd used our superior-quality pure Natural Hydraulic Lime binder SMET NHL 3.5 to produce a superior-quality lime mortar.  The selective hydraulic strength development of NHL binders makes them particularly suitable for producing lime mortars for masonry work, rendering, and plastering on historical buildings and monuments.

NHL binders, available directly from SMET and online or in-store via our distribution partner Haldane Fisher, are particularly suited for ecological new builds, conservation, restoration, and preservation works. The products’ special composition allows mortars to breathe and permits constant hygrometric exchange between the substrate and the environment.

This Restoration is another showcase of sympathetic historic building restoration, using superior-quality NHL products available from SMET.

Our comprehensive range of NHL restoration and preservation products, combined with exceptional technical support and aftercare, are the key drivers in the selection of SMET natural conservation products.

They are an excellent alternative to plaster and renders containing gypsum or cement, which have less vapour permeable qualities.

ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001 accredited Smet Building Products Ltd, demonstrating – once again – best practices in supporting Smet Supported Partners in Natural Hydraulic Lime products.

Quadruple-BSI-certified SMET Building Products continues to champion sustainability and ethical responsibility in the construction industry, making it a trusted partner for conscientious builders and developers. For more restoration case studies, visit: www.smetbuildingproducts.com/projects

Historical restorations in Ireland are essential for maintaining the country’s architectural heritage and cultural identity. These projects require a delicate balance between preserving historical authenticity and incorporating modern sustainability practices. Through careful planning and execution, Ireland’s historic buildings can be conserved for future generations to appreciate and enjoy.

SMET is BES 6001 Compliant SMET is BES 6001 Compliant

 

Talk to SMET regarding your historical restoration.  Let us help you focus on sustainability, aiming to reduce the environmental impact while preserving your building’s heritage.

SMET’s full range of lime and lime-based products is now available from Smet Building Products Ltd.

Call SMET to purchase directly:

Tel UK: +44 (0) 28 3026 6833 

ROI: +353 (0) 1697 8586

Or to purchase SMET NHL binders online, you can buy SMET NHL 3.5 direct from Haldane Fisher Nationwide, follow this link. SMET NHL binders, available online or in-store via our distribution partner Haldane Fisher.

Make SMET your trusted partner! ☺

Dechomet Cemetery Moneyslane Restoration and repairs | Rainey Restoration Ltd | SMET NHL 3.5

Job: Restoration Dechomet Cemetery Moneyslane by Rainey Restoration Ltd
Product: SMET NHL 3.5 Binder

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Description

SMET NHL 3.5 binder was specially selected for the restoration works in Dechomet Cemetry, Moneyslane.  Rainey Restoration Ltd used our superior-quality pure Natural Hydraulic Lime binder SMET NHL 3.5 to produce a superior-quality lime mortar.  The selective hydraulic strength development of NHL binders makes them particularly suitable for producing lime mortars for masonry work, rendering, and plastering on historical buildings and monuments.

NHL binders, available directly from SMET and online or in-store via our distribution partner Haldane Fisher, are particularly suited for ecological new builds, conservation, restoration, and preservation works. The products’ special composition allows mortars to breathe and permits constant hygrometric exchange between the substrate and the environment. This Restoration is another showcase of sympathetic historic building restoration, using superior-quality NHL products available from SMET.

Our comprehensive range of NHL restoration and preservation products, combined with exceptional technical support and aftercare, are the key drivers in the selection of SMET natural conservation products.

ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001 accredited Smet Building Products Ltd, demonstrating – once again – best practices in supporting Smet Supported Partners in Natural Hydraulic Lime products.

 

Donegal Parish Church Restoration | Rainey Restoration Ltd | SMET NHL 3.5

Job: Donegal Parish Church Restoration by Rainey Restoration
Product: SMET NHL 3.5 Binder

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SMET NHL 3.5 binder was specially selected for the restoration of the Donegal Parish Church.  Rainey Restoration Ltd selected our superior-quality pure Natural Hydraulic Lime binder SMET NHL 3.5 to produce a superior-quality lime mortar.  The selective hydraulic strength development of NHL binders makes them particularly suitable for producing lime mortars for masonry work, rendering, and plastering on historical buildings and monuments.  Rainey completed a full restoration program on the Donegal Parish spire and tower with all masonry joints being raked out and repointed with this hydraulic lime mortar. In addition, there were a number of stone indents, stone replacements, and stone repairs.

NHL binders, available directly from SMET and nationwide online or in-store via our distribution partner Haldane Fisher, are particularly suited for ecological new builds, conservation, restoration, and preservation works. The products’ special composition allows mortars to breathe and permits constant hygrometric exchange between the substrate and the environment. This restoration is another showcase of sympathetic historic building restoration, using superior-quality NHL products available from SMET.

Our comprehensive range of NHL restoration and preservation products, combined with exceptional technical support and aftercare, are the key drivers in the selection of SMET natural conservation products. ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001 accredited Smet Building Products Ltd, demonstrating – once again – best practices in supporting their Smet Supported Partner in Natural Hydraulic Lime products.

 

Refurbishment of a Games room floor in Dundalk | Sopro VS 582 | easily lays to falls and fills

Job: Games Room Floor Refurbishment
Smet Supported Partner:
Ciaran MCAteer
Product: Sopro VS 582 Self Levelling Filler

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Description

Tricky flooring refurb?  Our Smet Supported Partner, builder, Ciaran McAteer uses a practical solution suitable for the professional flooring contractor or tiler.  VS 582 is a truly one-fits all filler, self-levelling smoothing screed with excellent mouldability for easily laying to falls. It can be used inside and out at 3–70 mm coat thickness, and the 2-in-1 formulation means it’s suitable as a self-levelling filler and laid to falls. It’s strong, with a compressive strength after 28 days: approx. 35 N/mm² (as levelling coat laid to falls), dries quickly and is pumpable!

A flexible, self-levelling, mouldable, rapid-set, cementitious, fibre-reinforced surface filler, with 2-in-1 formulation for simultaneous levelling and creation of falls. Excellent workability and mouldability because you also have the flexibility of adding water.

Benefits of Sopro VS 582

  • 3 – 70 mm coat thickness
  •  For floors, indoors and outdoors
  • 2-in-1 formulation: suitable as self-levelling filler and for laying to falls
  • Compressive strength after 28 days: approx. 35 N/mm² (as levelling coat laid to falls)
  • Flexural tensile strength after 28 days: approx. 7 N/mm² (as levelling coat laid to falls)
  • Self-levelling
  • Outstanding mouldability when laid to falls
  • Quick-drying
  • Flexible, fibre-reinforced
  • Pumpable
  • Suitable for timber flooring
  • Suitable for floor heating systems
  • Long working life: 30 – 40 minutes
  • Walkable after 2 – 3 hours

No client is too large or too small. SMET delivers another innovative, showcase flooring solution to the professional builder.  Click here at other jobs using our Sopro levellers and flooring compounds

SMET is renowned for its comprehensive range of professional CE marked, EPD certified products.  The SMET flooring range includes; calcium sulphate-based screed binders, self-smoothing calcium sulphate-based screeds & compounds, cement-based screed binders, self-smoothing cement-based screeds, lightweight flowing screedsprofessional tiling materials & tools, tanking and wet-room solutions, barrier coats, primers & bonding agents; for any domestic, commercial, industrial or design-flooring use.

Suffice to say, the SMET product portfolio includes a German-made floor solution for any new or repair flooring requirement. Get in touch for your upcoming floor screed or tiling project.

Bathroom floor refurbishment | Sopro VS 582 Leveller | Filler | Excellent Mouldability

Job: Bathroom Refurbishment
Smet Supported Partner:
Self Build
Product: Sopro VS 582 Self Levelling Filler

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SMET Floor Screeds and Compounds Product Selector

Description

Tricky bathroom refurb?  Our Smet Supported Partner, builder, Ciaran McAteer uses a practical solution for the professional flooring contractor or tiler.  VS 582 is a self-levelling smoothing screed with excellent mouldability for laying to falls.  A flexible, self-levelling, mouldable, rapid-set, cementitious, fibre-reinforced surface filler, with 2-in-1 formulation for simultaneous levelling and creation of falls. Excellent workability and mouldability because you also have the flexibility of adding water.

Benefits of Sopro VS 582

  • 3 – 70 mm coat thickness
  •  For floors, indoors and outdoors
  • 2-in-1 formulation: suitable as self-levelling filler and for laying to falls
  • Compressive strength after 28 days: approx. 35 N/mm² (as levelling coat laid to falls)
  • Flexural tensile strength after 28 days: approx. 7 N/mm² (as levelling coat laid to falls)
  • Self-levelling
  • Outstanding mouldability when laid to falls
  • Quick-drying
  • Flexible, fibre-reinforced
  • Pumpable
  • Suitable for timber flooring
  • Suitable for floor heating systems
  • Long working life: 30 – 40 minutes
  • Walkable after 2 – 3 hours

No client is too large or too small, SMET delivers another innovative, showcase SMET flooring solution.  Click here at other jobs using our Sopro levellers.

SMET is renowned for its comprehensive range of professional CE marked, EPD certified products.  The SMET flooring range includes; calcium sulphate-based screed binders, self-smoothing calcium sulphate-based screeds & compounds, cement-based screed binders, self-smoothing cement-based screeds, lightweight flowing screedsprofessional tiling materials & tools, tanking and wet-room solutions, barrier coats, primers & bonding agents; for any domestic, commercial, industrial or design-flooring use.

Suffice it to say, the SMET product portfolio includes a German-made floor solution for any new or repair flooring requirement. Get in touch for your upcoming floor screed or tiling project.

LiteFlo® Lightweight Flowing Screed | Floor Screed Ireland | Our Lady of Hope School Crumlin

Job Our Lady of Hope School Crumlin for Vision Contracting
Client Floor Screed Ireland
Product SMET LiteFlo® Lightweight Flowing Screed

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We supplied our Smet Supported partner, Floor Screed Ireland with SMET LiteFlo® Lightweight Flowing Screed for the Our Lady of Hope special school in Crumlin. The job was completed by Floor Screed Ireland on behalf of Vision Contracting for the Dept of Education. This lightweight screed is ideal for renovation projects where loading may be an issue.  This is a high-quality pumpable, factory-produced, CE marked, self-levelling screed based on calcium sulphate. German-made SMET LiteFlo® is unique because it’s the first pumpable lightweight flowing screed available. Made from specially selected aggregates – means it’s 30% lighter than conventional flowing screeds and can be laid in reduced thicknesses. The screed offers a high yield, 43kg per m2 @ 40mm.

Innovative SMET LiteFlo® is absolutely ideal for application in high-rise buildings, over timber-suspended floors, timber-frame houses, and in new builds and renovations. It’s made from specially selected aggregates, which makes it 30% lighter than conventional flowing screeds and 70% lighter than sand and cement, meaning less material is required per m2. LiteFlo® complies with EN 13813: 2002, is CE-marked, and is available in 27Kg bags or bulk silos.

Have a look at the Northern Builder MagazineTop 5 Liquid Screeds Article.  Read about SMET LiteFlo® in the Irish Construction News.

Benefits of SMET LiteFlo® Lightweight Flowing Floor Screed

  • Pumpable – first of its kind available.
  • Lightweight – high yield, 43kg per m2 at 40mm thickness.
  • 30% weight reduction compared to standard calcium sulphate screeds.
  • 70% weight reduction compared to traditional sand and cement.
  • Absolutely ideal for application in high-rise buildings, over timber-suspended floors, timber-frame houses and in new builds and renovations.
  • Smooth laitance-free finish.
  • For application at thicknesses of between 20 and 70mm.
  • Under Floor Heating – full encapsulation.
  • Perfectly level floors – every time.
  • Installed nationwide by Smet Supported Partners.
  • Sustainable – as this calcium Sulphate binder naturally embodies less carbon than a cement-based binder.
  • German made.
  • CE EN 13813: 2002

 

Check out SMET lightweight screed, lightweight flooring systems, and aggregates (void fillers) suitable for any building project. We demonstrate best practice in construction partnerships – providing a superior level of customer service to our Smet Supported Partners during the installation process.

Whether your job is – self-build, retro-fit, floor renovation or repair, design floor, commercial or shop, sustainable build, historical renovation, ECO build, Lightweight, or an industrial flooring venture – SMET has a flooring compound or ready to use product suitable for your application.

20,000m2 Rapidur® B5 Binder | B Doherty Screeding Services | National Mental Health Hospital Portrane

Job: The National Forensic Mental Health Service (NFMHS) in Portrane
Smet Supported Partner:
B Doherty Screeding Services | Mobile Screed Factory
Product: 20,000 m2 Sopro Rapidur® B5 Rapid Drying Screed Binder

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SMET Floor Screeds and Compounds Product Selector

Description

SMET supplied 20,000m2 of superior-quality Sopro Rapidur® B5 Rapid Drying Screed Binder to Smet Supported Partner, Brendan Doherty Screeding Services, for the flooring solution in the new hospital complex, The National Forensic Mental Health Service (NFMHS) in Portrane.

The NFMHS is a new state-of-the-art facility located 22 km from Dublin City in Portrane, North County Dublin. The project was awarded by Health Service Executive to the Joint Venture formed by OHL (50%) and OHL’s local delivery partner JJ Rhatigan (50%).

The flooring project was delivered as a total of 44,000m2 (24,000 m2 of Alpha Hemihydrate Sudanit 280 Screed by our Smet Supported Partner, Fast Floor Screed using their state-of-the-art Mobile Screed Factories and 20,000 m2 Rapidur® B5 Rapid Drying Floor Screed laid by industry experts, B Doherty Screeding Mobile Screed Factory.

German-made Rapidur® B5 Rapid Drying Screed Binder is a special polymer-modified binder for particularly economical ­production of high-strength, rapid-set cement screed – based on DIN 18560 – allowing early floor installation, and for laying to falls.  Rapidur® B5 is suitable for use on heated screeds, bonded screeds, unbonded screeds, and floating screeds. This flooring solution is particularly useful for fast-track or tightly scheduled screed laying. The newly laid Rapidur® B5 screed floor is ready to receive floor covering after approx. 3 days – after achievement of moisture content ≤ 1.8 % CM. Sopro Rapidur® B5 is supplied in 25kg bags, with 40 bags per pallet.

Key features of Rapidur® B5:

• Ready for tiling after only approx. 3 days
• Achieves grade CT-C45-F7 after 28 days*
• Pumpable
• For fast-track or tightly scheduled screed laying and laying to falls
• Suitable for floor heating systems
• Long working life: approx. 2–3 hours
• May be applied in mixing ratios 1:4 and 1:5
• High resistance to moisture migration from the substrate
• Suitable for renovation and refurbishment schemes
• EMICODE system of GEV (German Association for control of Emissions in Products for Flooring Installation): EC1PLUS R (‘very-low-emission-plus’) rating
• For indoor and outdoor use

SMET delivers another innovative, showcase flooring solution to their Smet Supported Partners.  Click the link to see a showcase of jobs recently completed by expert screeder, Brendan Doherty Screeding Services.

* Mixing ratio: 1: 5 (25 kg Rapidur® B5: 125 kg 0–8 mm screed sand to DIN EN 12 620)