As contractors we sometimes get asked to “plaster an external wall” but far from us wanting to correct and admonish our customers for using the wrong terminology, we thought we would highlight the basics and the differences between plastering and rendering. Plastering and rendering are two construction techniques commonly employed to achieve a flat and...Continue reading
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Render is the sand and cement coating applied to exterior walls which acts as protection from the weather. We repair rendering, and also carry out full re renders, before we apply our weatherproof wall coating to the surface
Why Re-rendering your house is a really bad idea
You may find the title of this blog post a little strange, bearing in mind that we are a company who offer rendering services, telling you that exterior wall rendering is not a good idea? Bear with me on this, and let me explain, it will only take 5 minutes or so…. When it comes...Continue reading
What Are the Typical Problems With Exterior Rendering?
When a building’s exterior is rendered, there are some common problems that are likely to occur. These include fading, cracks, mould, and leaks. Learn more about these issues, and how to fix them.
Can cracked exterior rendered walls lead to damp inside your house?
The render that is on the exterior walls of a house is a hard wall coating that is designed to protect the bricks the house is made of, and to consolidate the walls and add strength to the structure but what happens when rendering cracks, and why does it crack? We show what to do...Continue reading
20 year guaranteed Rendering and exterior house coating for this house in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Another example of our Never Paint Again wall coatings treatment, this house in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire needed render repairs & a fresh new weatherproof paint scheme, which we were only too happy to oblige. The property also required minor alterations to be done by ourselves, along with repairing a multitude of cracks, rendering, and then applying...Continue reading
County Durham: repairing render, cracks and defects to make good this old farm house.
We’ve been busy working on customers houses during the covid-19 lockdown period (April 2020) as our work enables us to carry out the recommended social distancing, and to remain a safe distance from customers and the public. We work around England and Wales and this old farmhouse we are going to show you, was in...Continue reading
Repairing and painting a house with WW2 bomb damage, in Plymouth, Devon
If your house is looking so scruffy you would think a bomb had hit it, here’s a house we worked on that actually HAD a bomb hit it. This terraced house in Plymouth, Devon, (built circa 1890) had serious structural issues caused by being blown up (!) in the 2nd world war, but hastily rebuilt....Continue reading
A step by step guide on how to plaster an internal wall. Expert DIY advice
Plastering is an essential process and procedure when carrying out internal home improvements or alterations to your property, but is it so easy that you can just read an article like this and then go and do it yourself? Well not quite.
Painting pebbledash, render and tyrolean masonry walls using a spray method rather than brushes
Painting Pebbledash, Spar dash and Tyrolean exterior wall finishes: Why painting them with normal paint is sometimes NOT such a good idea and why an alternative SPRAY painting method could be perhaps a better option. We look at WHAT pebbledash actually is, and WHY.
A terrace of houses in Colwyn Bay get a new paint job and one that will last over 20 years!
People up and down Wales come to us to have their house painted and even if this is the first time you have visited our site, you can guess already we are the UK’s number one house painting contractor. But did you know, we don’t just paint houses, we also paint terraces of houses, rows...Continue reading
How to re-point brick work mortar joints on walls the easy way
Today we learn how to approach the task of repointing an exterior wall. Pointing is the common British word for the mortar joints or lines of cement that surround each individual brick on the outside walls of your house. They bind the bricks together and aid waterproofing but what happens when they need to be...Continue reading
The typical problems faced by rendered houses
Is your home covered with render? Are there cracks in the walls, or maybe damp? Does the paintwork look shabby too? Then we may be able to help you.