Water Quality for Plastering

BMD

Hi,

I am building in a remote site which does not have access to mains water (I will have to drill a well).

The plastering is about to commence and I need to provide water onsite.

I have dug a wide hole onsite (~ 10 ft deep) and found plenty of water but my question is how do I know that the water quality is sufficient for plastering. The water in the hole looks dirty but when you take a sample in a bottle it looks fairly clear. I am just worried that if there was something unknown in the water it could stain the plaster or something like this.

Is there any test I could have performed to check the water quality??

rayjdav

Why not then just get a big Drum and keep filling it up. Any silt or dirt will naturally fall to the bottom, thereby leaving the plasterers with useable water, with no muck, to mix away with.

BMD

I'm doing that...just wondering if there could be something in the water that I can't see that might cause problems down the line

Carlow52

I would get it tested because u may have dissolved salts or worse iron oxide which could be an issue with white leaching and staining respectively later

mrgaa1

some plasterers prefer dirty water as it speeds the process along - it has no long term affect.

BMD

Thanks, Is there a specific test that I should get done and does anyone know of anywhere that performs these tests?

Carlow52

mrgaa1 wrote: »

some plasterers prefer dirty water as it speeds the process along - it has no long term affect.

It depends on the dirt, the usual one is the water from washing the tools: certainly used in skimming as the skim goes off rapido.

As the saying goes: known dirt yes, unknown dirt no