15mm Stop Bead, PVC Render Bead Without Mesh 2.5m

This 15mm stop bead is the deepest size in the Renders World stop bead range: a white PVC profile with no mesh wing, in 2.5 m lengths. It is made for a thick coat of render, giving it a clean, straight edge where the coat ends at a frame, a soffit or a change of material.

What You Get With the 15mm Stop Bead

• A deep nose for a deep coat. UK merchants sell stop beads by the render depth they finish, and this is the 15 mm one.
• A plain profile. There is no fibreglass wing to bed in; at 15 mm the range carries only the plain bead.
• A straight line to finish to. The render is ruled off flush with the return that runs along the lower edge.
• Easy counting. Each length is 2.5 m, so the order is worked out one run at a time.

Is 15 mm the Right Depth?

Measure the render where it will stop, not across the middle of the wall. That one figure says whether the 15mm stop bead is the right one.

Too shallow, and the render sits proud of the nose; too deep, and the nose shows above the finished coat. If one elevation has thick render on one side and a thinner coat on another, give each edge its own size. All five sit side by side in the render stop bead range.

Edge or Corner: Two Different 15 mm Beads

The shop lists a 15 mm stop bead and a 15 mm corner bead, both plain white PVC in 2.5 m lengths. The 15mm stop bead and the corner bead do different jobs, so pick by where the render goes:

• The render ends at a window reveal, a door head, a soffit line or against brick and cladding: this stop bead.
• The render turns round an external corner and both faces finish to one arris: the 15 mm corner bead.

Most walls take both, so keep two lists: one of stops, one of corners.

Working Out the Number of Lengths

Count the 15mm stop bead run by run. Take each run on its own, divide it by 2.5 m and round up to a whole length.

• a 5 m run under a soffit is 5 ÷ 2.5 = 2 lengths;
• a 7 m run along the base of a gable is 7 ÷ 2.5 = 2.8, so three lengths;
• a door opening is the head plus two sides, three runs to count separately.

Adding everything into one total in metres tends to come up short, because an offcut from one run seldom fits the next.

Checks Before You Order

• Depth. Confirm the coat really is about 15 mm where it stops; nearer 10 mm, take the 10 mm bead.
• Edges and corners. Stop beads for edges, corner beads for corners.
• Whole lengths. Round every run up to whole 2.5 m pieces of 15mm stop bead.
• A named profile. If the drawings call for a specific product, phone 023 8200 2442 with the detail first.

Fitting and Detailing

The bead is fixed first and the render is finished against it. The Renders World guides below go further.

• How to fit render stop beads — cutting, setting the line and checking it before the render goes on.
• Detailing render around windows and doors — where stop, corner and drip profiles meet at an opening.
• Which render bead for which detail — a profile for every part of the wall.

Ordering, Delivery and Returns

• Dispatch — orders go out the same day when the stock is there, so order the beads with the render they finish.
• Delivery — the team quotes it after the order; parcels up to 25 kg travel next day and every delivery is kerbside.
• Collection — at the counter, Unit 9A, Central Trading Estate, Southampton SO14 5JP: Monday to Friday 7am to 5pm, Saturday 7am to 12pm.
• Returns — goods bought directly from Renders World can come back within 14 days in original condition; special orders and promotion purchases are excluded.

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