With the metal lath in place, the next step was to apply two coats of mortar "scratch" coat. We used a product where you weigh the cement powder, sand and measure the volume of water to make the paste mix and trowel it on. The day was a warm one and things started setting up a bit quickly. The colour coat was a "just-add-water" product which comes white but I added some "chamois" coloured powder to get the terra cota colour. This coat went on very nicely and was a pleasure to use by comparison the the first ones. The final step has been to use some of the left over house floor tiles to cover the original concrete slab.
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