Archive for April, 2010

Why Exterior Wall coatings and not normal external masonry paint?

Whilst a common mistake to be made by some, exterior coatings are not actually paint, although from a decorative point of view, they do the same thing but today’s exterior wall coatings take you much further than a paint job on the outside of a house.

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NPA found a crazy new product today! MAGNETIC PAINT!

Whilst browsing the web today we found a mad product we had never heard of before! Yep, we found someone who sells magnetic paint! Nope it’s not an April fool joke, this stuff actually exists.

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17th century mill protected with Textured wall coatings!

The walls of this old building in Devon were built of rough, natural stone and were at least 3 feet thick! Despite this, the owners of this converted mill had penetrating damp within the house which was of course causing some discomfort to the occupants.

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Wallcoatings on A 3 bed brick and render Semi Detached House

This is an ex-council house in Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire. The before picture shows the project masked-up during preparation of the walls.

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Rendering and wall coatings on End Terrace House -circa 1850

This end of terrace house in Weston Park road, Peverell, Plymouth (circa 1850) needed a quick solution to the yearly problem of decorating. The end wall also had large areas of hollow render, the start of damp ingress. The walls were power washed and cleaned, the cracks repaired, the hollow render replaced to match, the [...]

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Can Exterior or external wall masonry coatings be applied to an already painted wall?

A user of this website asked the following question……..Can you apply your wall coatings over a painted external wall as I want my house painted!

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End Terrace pebbledash house with Wall coatings

The lady who owned this house in Barnet, North London had spent a lot of money improving her home over the years after buying it from the local council.

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