What is the difference among cement plaster, cement render and cement screed

Chetan Yadav

Staff member
What is the difference among cement plaster, cement render and cement screed? Under what situations should each of the above be used?

Answer: The purpose of plastering, rendering and screeding is to create a smooth, flat surface to receive finishes like paint, wallpaper etc.

Plastering is the intermediately coating of building materials to be applied on the internal facade of concrete walls or block-walls.
Rendering is the intermediate coating for external walls only.
Screeding is the coating laid on floors to receive finishes like tiles, carpet, and marble.

Hence, these terms differ basically from the locations at which they are applied. Due to different locations of application of plasterwork