A range of supplementary building products aims to provide superior quality to finishes and improved overall aesthetics on building projects.

Manufactured from galvanised steel sheet which is expanded into mesh, Mentis Angle Beads are designed for internal and exterior plaster use. Expanded metal flange wings anchor securely in the full depth of plaster on either side of the arris.

The product provides exterior corner protection and a straight edge for screeding and for forming an arris in plasterwork that resists chipping or cracking. It is particularly suited for use on plastered or rendered corners and protects and reinforces plaster where it is most vulnerable.

The metal corner bead can be used for forming straight edges and exterior corners when plastering for columns.

Mentis Africa Riblath has a number of uses including a plaster backing on ceilings, walls and stud partitions as well as a permanent shuttering for concrete and for refurbishing damaged or aged masonry walls when a key for rendering is not guaranteed owing to disintegration or softening of the wall face.

The product is also used in mining applications where ventilation shafts need to be closed off for safety. A false wall is created using Riblath as the medium, the walls can be put in place and removed when required for maintenance.

It is reinforced with herring bone patterned longitudinal ribs, which aims to provide greater tensile strength and offers a high degree key of mechanical bonding with plaster or render for a plaster base for various types of walls and ceilings, and fireproofing of steel beams and columns.

Serving as a guide for plastering and as reinforcement at the corner of a wall before plastering, Mentis Africa Plaster Stop also provides a straight edge and finish for plaster at openings and abutments.

The product is recommended wherever plastered walls finish against tiles, face bricks, skirting, exposed steelwork and woodwork as a means of protecting and reinforcing the plaster whilst providing a neat finish.

Mentis Africa Mentlath 213 provides a key and reinforcement for plaster to minimise cracking. Used where gunite is applied, it is an accepted means of keying plaster or vermiculite to steelwork when fireproofing a steel building and is galvanised to prevent corrosion.

Mentex Corner Mesh comprises general purpose galvanised reinforcement strips used in plaster where cracking is likely to occur owing to shrinkage.

Mentex Strip Mesh is used along lines of potential weakness such as door and window frame corners and as a backing for plaster over narrow gaps such as service chases. In addition, it is used as plaster reinforcing to prevent cracking around airbricks and vents and as a bond between dissimilar materials at crack-prone areas.