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General => Random Chat => Topic started by: garrardrj on February 02, 2014, 11:46:23 am

Title: Exterior Rendered Walls - Best Finish ?
Post by: garrardrj on February 02, 2014, 11:46:23 am
We have a 1920's built house that has been extended and is fully Rendered all round . It is smooth rendered finish and has to be regularly painted , which is not an issue . The issue we have is that it cracks regularly and is letting in the water , to the first skin (The newer walls on the exterior are thremalite blocks - very porous !) We want to fully weatherproof the exterior and wondered what others might suggest , is there a flexible finish that will absorb minor expansion and shrinkage that occurs . It is mainly on the wall that faces directly south and gets hit really hard with wind/rain and also dries out fully as it faces the sun for the majority of the day .

Wallshield - Is a waste of money and just glorified painting !
Render - Has not been very succesful
Tyralean - Will it stop the cracking and water ingress ?
Is there another finish i am not aware of ?

Any builders on here , what would you do ?

Any advice welcomed  :smiley:
Title: Re: Exterior Rendered Walls - Best Finish ?
Post by: rich83 on February 02, 2014, 11:50:30 am
Is it the paint that is cracking or the actual render?
Title: Re: Exterior Rendered Walls - Best Finish ?
Post by: garrardrj on February 02, 2014, 12:03:28 pm
Is it the paint that is cracking or the actual render?

The Render , we have had it repaired twice !
Title: Re: Exterior Rendered Walls - Best Finish ?
Post by: MattPoss on February 02, 2014, 06:12:15 pm
A lot of buildings we do now are finished with K Rend, good quality stuff and very popular...............

http://www.k-rend.co.uk/default.aspx (http://www.k-rend.co.uk/default.aspx)
Title: Re: Exterior Rendered Walls - Best Finish ?
Post by: Matto on February 02, 2014, 06:41:35 pm
I believe can also get coloured renders aswell so you won't have to paint it afterwards.
Title: Re: Exterior Rendered Walls - Best Finish ?
Post by: Pikey Motorsports on February 03, 2014, 02:33:08 pm
K Render but it wont be cheap