Exterior wall coatings come in various different guises and some products are available for DIY application, some are for industrial use only, and some types of exterior wall coverings are sold on a “supply and fit” basis from organisations such as NEVER PAINT AGAIN.

Surely PAINT is …er…. Paint, and A coat of RENDER is, well, just a coat of render, just like people have used for years yes? Well, ..er…. actually no.

It’s more complicated than that, however most people aren’t really that bothered in reading a load of technical “guff” (is that a word?) so we’ve simplified the process, making sure YOU can get to know exactly what sort of external wall covering is right for your home!

Which one is best for you?

It goes without saying that only YOU, with some advice given by us, can decide what you want for the exterior of your house, after all its your choice, not the choice of a salesman!

Exterior wall coatings are designed for certain recommended applications, in certain climatic conditions, using certain tools and ancillary products and are best left to the experts!

Masonry paints

Paints are, by their very description, a wall covering, but it is worth noting before you part with your cash, that paint is merely coloured water and will not provide any weathering protection, damp proofing or longevity apart from up to a year to 18 months, by which time it has to be done again, meaning more money to shell out.

The alternative is to have a professionally applied exterior wall coating, such as Andura tex gard classic.

Thermal render

External thermal rendering, or External Wall insulation systems (EWIS) are thermally insulated, protective, decorative exterior wall coating systems which provide an excellent barrier against heat loss in the home.

So who benefits from having NEVER PAINT AGAIN external thermal render fitted to their house?  Having one of our heat loss preventing render coatings brings many benefits to the home owner as not only will the house be in top condition, it will look great too, AND your heating bills will drop dramatically as a result!

What is thermal render?

Our version of thermal external render is a coloured render, which is a high performance synthetic render based exterior wall coating system, manufactured in Belgium by Cantillana. It is applied by the plastering division of  Never Paint Again. This special render is SIMILAR to products such as K-rend and Weber render products. It is also known as “Through render”, “monocap” and “monocouche”.

Monocouche Render systems

GRC coloured render is a high performance coloured render based exterior wall coating system, manufactured in Belgium by Cantillana, and applied by the plastering division of  Never Paint Again. This special render is SIMILAR to products such as K-rend and Weber render products. It is also known as “Through render”, “monocap” and “monocouche”.

Never Paint Again Coloured render:

• Will not crack or fall off.
• Will not fade and keeps a strong natural colour for years.
• Insulates the house, cutting heating bills.
• SAVES YOU MONEY on not having to have any external decoration for at least 15 years.
• Can be applied to almost any house or commercial building.
• FREE Exterior wall survey and appraisal, no obligation.

Clear coatings for brick and stone.

A siloxane based wall coating with added water dispersing agents and stops penetrating damp in its tracks. Includes a full wall clean and repair before application. Cannot be applied during rainy weather. The coating soaks deep into your exterior walls, enough in fact, to make them literally  invisible as the coating DOES NOT LEAVE A SHEEN OR A SHINE ON THE WALLS, AND DOES NOT ALTER THE LOOK OF YOUR HOME! This coating is our best value for money yet.

Textured Exterior Wall Coatings by Andura

This is of course our field of work so forgive me for being slightly biased.

The top quality BBA approved wall coating we use differ from normal painters insofar as yes, we survey the house properly, note areas of repair required etc etc, cost the job exactly instead of a rough guess, and we only use the best paints and coatings money can buy.

Why? because after we do the exterior wall coating work on a house, the paint finish outside will not need to be attended to for at least 15 years, and in some cases 20 years. How?

Our exterior wall coatings are far superior to masonry paint because they last longer, do not need maintenance, they dont fade, they dont crack, they protect the wall underneath, and crucially, they also stop penetrating damp!

All this and more, with a 15 year warranty!

So as you can see, weighing up the different options, having your home painted ONCE in 20 years with a NEVER PAINT AGAIN Wall coating, regardless of the fact that initially it costs a bit more, is far less hassle and far less cost overall, than having someone do it each year or every other year. In addition, having a spray applied wall coating brings many benefits to both the house itself, and its occupants.

If you would like to find out more information about having an Exterior Wall Coating  on YOUR home, get in contact with us now by secure email form.

Alternatively, call us FREE today on (0800) 970 4928

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We are well known across the UK for the professional home repair, damp proofing and refurbishment work we do to homes across the country, and Darlington is no exception.

For many years, home owners have benefited from our extra special exterior wall coating system which is used by us instead of normal paint. The wall coating is applied by specialist contractors, using the latest equipment, and the service includes a full repair to the walls of any house.

Common exterior wall issues.

No tow houses are the same for our hard working teams and we get to work on a very varied mix of homes, from terraces, to blocks of flats, to detached buildings. Not just that but the locations too are varied and we enjoy meeting different people every week!

In the course of applying one of our Exterior wall coatings to the walls of a house, we do a full repair beforehand, ensuring that the Andura coatings used by us, stand the test of time and will not fade, crack, chip or peel, AND they stop damp, for up to 15 years.

It has to be done right as a warranty is issued by the contractor, so the teams get to work doing:

• Repairs to cracked render
• Removing moss, mould and algae from the walls.
• Cutting out and repairing cracks.
• Locating and curing damp.
• Removing, replacing or repairing pebble dash or tyrolean.
• Re-instating bricks which have deteriorated beyond repair.
• Replacing loose or missing brick pointing.
• And a whole host of other home repair tasks!

Darlington homes made maintenance free!

Yes that’s right, our teams can repair your house in or around Darlington and apply our special exterior wall coating to your home. This is available in a range of colours and textures, more of which can be found on the main wall coating page.

You can also view our critically acclaimed interactive BEFORE AND AFTER photo gallery too, just so you can see for yourself what a dramatic difference an NPA wall coating can do for your home.

It’s not expensive either!

If this system sounds good to you, please CONTACT US to arrange a free, no obligation quote.

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So who benefits from having NEVER PAINT AGAIN external thermal render fitted to their house?  Having one of our heat loss preventing render coatings brings many benefits to the home owner as not only will the house be in top condition, it will look great too, AND your heating bills will drop dramatically as a result!

What is thermal render?

Our version of thermal external render is a coloured render, which is a high performance synthetic render based exterior wall coating system, manufactured in Belgium by Cantillana. It is applied by the plastering division of  Never Paint Again. This special render is SIMILAR to products such as K-rend and Weber render products. It is also known as “Through render”, “monocap” and “monocouche”.

We have a version which is just the render only, with a small amount of insulation (More about this render here), but many people, especially during the colder months, ask us for the INSULATED version, which of course, we are more than happy to oblige!

The coloured render we use is based on a mix of co-polymer resins, cement and glass fibre, meaning it is super tough and resists damp, whilst being moderately flexible and fully breathable. The products we use also the recommended Code of Practice for Renders BS 5262 1991 and NBS Building Specification section M20.

It also helps in compliance with Section B2 of the Building Regulations & the obligations under the Regulatory Reform ( Fire Safety) order, known as  (RRFSO).

 So What is so good about NEVER PAINT AGAIN external wall coatings?

If you do not have external wall insulation fitted, most of the heat which generated in your home to keep you warm, from radiators, fireplaces etc, escapes out of the walls and this can be proved for certain by appointing a qualified surveyor to do a thermal image scan on your home, which would pinpoint where the heat is being lost.

The results of a thermal camera scan showing heat loss from your home may shock you.

Not only that, the heat loss is using valuable CO2 and harms the environment. If your home is losing heat, you could do no worse than considering having thermal render fitted. There are some other steps you can take to warm up your home and prevent further heat loss such as double glazing, draught excluders and lo9ft insulation, but above all, the most heat will escape through the walls themselves.

We offer a range of exterior wall coatings, but when someone wants something almost “bullet proof” on the outside of their house, they called the rendering experts here on 0800 970 4928 !

Our thermal render can be applied to most types of houses and unlike cavity wall insulation that can cause damp, our renders actually CURE damp, so that’s more benefit to add to the pile!

Weather protection, decoration AND insulation!

Why should I have thermally insulated render?

Well unless you genuinely enjoy being cold (!) and paying hundreds of pounds each month just to keep the place warm, it may be time to think about getting this system done to the exterior walls of your house.

The government sponsored “Energy saving trust “say the following:

Insulating your solid walls you could cut your heating costs by up to 40%.

So that’s a saving of 40% off your yearly heating bills, meaning the payback period, or ROI (return on investment) comes in the short space of a few years, meaning that whatever it costs for NEVER PAINT AGAIN to make your house nice and warm, you will eventually get the money back in the form of drastically reduced heating costs in the home.

A range of different wall finishes are also available, as our different textures and different colours; you tell US what you would like the exterior of your home to look like after we apply the thermal render, and we can make those wishes come true, all with a 15 year warranty for total peace of mind!

The cost of our thermal render system largely depends on the size of your house and the current condition of the walls at present. The bigger the house, the higher the cost. To find out exactly how much, we need some details from you beforehand, so get in touch with us and tell us what you would like.

We also GUARANTEE to BEAT any like-for-like quote from any competitor!

How can I get more information?

Our friendly call centre teams are on standby 7 days a week so why not CALL today on 0800 9870 4928. If you;re in a hurry, you can also send us AN EMAIL.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Kind regards from the NEVER PAINT AGAIN team.

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Rendering is also sometimes referred to as exterior plastering, but plaster is not generally used externally due to its delicate nature.

Rendering the exterior of a wall has many functions, the most prominent being that of weather protection, and also, combines with a paint or coating, the wall can have decorative functions too, whilst being fully weatherproof.

Click the image above to see a larger version of a drip bead being used to make a “true” corner repair.

Our company offers:

• Sand and cement rendering.
• Lime rendering.
• Coloured “through” rendering.
• Insulated thermal render.
• Weatherproof coatings for render.

Rendering jobs are not always as straight forward for us to do as each house is different, but what happens when we render a house and we come to a corner?

Well the best way to deal with this is to use what is now as EML – expanded metal lathe, and CORNER BEADS, sometimes called ANGLE BEADS, which are a small sectional straight piece of equipment to mould and shape the corner and made form either stainless steel, or Upvc.

Straight edges every time!

Using angle beads to restore a victorian porch

It is very important, for a professional wall finish, to make sure that all corners are “true” and straight, and that includes the edges of windows and other openings, known as “reveals”.

We quite often use angle beads when we restore the exterior of an older house, such as the one in this picture, which was a Victorian villa in Torquay, Devon, completed back in 2001.

Whilst many exterior wall coating companies will not respect the original look and feel of a property and just plaster the walls with some sort of “muck” and then disappear with the clients money, our experienced surveyors work with you to achieve a great looking house that still retains its character.

(TIP: Click the photo to see a bigger image).

All the angle beads we use in our work are fully approved and specified by architects and they meet BS EN 13658-2:2005 which is the standard for the design of these types of aids to exterior house rendering.

Whilst still on the subject of British building standards, all rendering we do complies as near as possible to the British & European Standard for the design and application of external render (BS EN 13914-1:2005).

Bell casts or drip beads.

We finish looking at the special beads by mentioning a similar product, called drip beads or bell casts which are used horizontally, to made a protruding base where the render finishes near to the bottom of the wall. This is important because any water that runs down the wall will then “drip” off the bottom and not enter the bricks beneath the damp course, which could possibly cause damp over time.

Not only this, the use of beads (instead of old bits of timber your local builder finds lying in the street!) ensures a premium exterior wall rendering job, but at LOW internet prices.

Every time we do an exterior wall coating job which needs rendering, we always use the best materials we can. Why not look through our gallery archive, which shows you various rendering jobs, and has hundreds of high quality photos to browse through.

Talk to the NEVER PAINT AGAIN team about your rendering needs.

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This lovely house in the west midlands needed some serious repair to the exterior walls which had suffered from the harsh weather over many years and looked drab and uninviting, a total contrast to the interior which was well decorated and deceptively spacious.

As you can see from the Project images below (which expand when you click them), we had to deal with cracked and loose rendering and the bricks at the bottom were in very poor condition. We had to spend some time fixing and replacing the pointing (mortar joints between the bricks) before we could start the NEVER PAINT AGAIN exterior wall coating process.

Now the house is finished, it is fully repaired and weatherproofed and the Andura system we used on the job means that the house will now not need ANY re-painting, nor maintenance, for at least 15 years, fully guaranteed!

Click the images to see the project photos.

If this kind of wall painting system interests you, EMAIL US for more info and prices.

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Latex paints are often used as a general “catch all” description of the typical water based paint we would use INSIDE the house, such as emulsion to paint a ceiling or wall.

There exists various different grades of latex paint, according to trade or personal (DIY) uses and also the amount of money one is willing to spend on this type of paint. One of the main aspects of this is the “polymers” which could best be described at a material, made of several smaller ingredients, which help to bind the various parts and materials which make up a can of paint.

It holds all the bits of the paint together so it doesn’t separate in the tin, or on the brush, and also ensures the paint film applied to a wall is even, and dries evenly and  at a uniform rate. Typical polymers are either Synthetic (binders, holding the paint together), or Acryclic polymers, which do a similar job but are more expensive and added to high quality paints.

Many paints used by artists have these types of polymers in and ensure a good quality, long lasting finish, and are ideal paints to be applied by spray. Latex paints do have their disadvantages though so we now look at what is probably the BEST exterior paint system for your home.

Flexible exterior wall coatings

Unlike latex paint, which often has water amongst its ingredients, NEVER PAINT AGAIN special exterior wall coatings contain resins, which do not freeze and therefore are ideally suited to application at very low temperatures and therefore can be applied to the exterior walls of houses during winter time.

This can bring many benefits to the homeowner who often finds difficulty in sourcing a good painter and decorator during the traditional home painting season of Spring and summer time, where often the painters are busy and will charge you a PREMIUM, which is often loaded, to make up for the lost work during winter time.

The never paint again group actually repair and paint house exteriors, 12 months of the year and the cold weather does not affect the process, unless its really cold, we’re not penguins, we do have a limit!

However, at the time of writing (February) its admittedly utterly freezing outside, but we’re hardy chaps, and some work is still going on, although of course the snow inhibits our movements somewhat, but it does not affect the whole of the UK.

Is it just a paint job or ….?

Here is the big difference between our company and your local “cash in hand” decorator.

During the winter time, painters, especially people who generally work outdoors, are often tucked up in bed, with their dole money and housing benefit cushioning the tough times. The brave and hardy souls who work tirelessly for the never paint again group, work all year round because our paint system doesn’t contain water and therefore doesn’t freeze. Our wall coating is also not affected on days where light rain is forecast, unlike a painter who cant work at all if there is a chance of rain.

This means that we dont have to charge a special premium during the summer months and that means for you, you can get the best price for exterior house refurbishments.

In fact we are so confident, that we guarantee to BEAT THE PRICE of ANY competitor, providing it’s for a similar service, and you have the quote in writing as proof.

What are the benefits of the NPA wall coating system?

Where a painter will apply only paint to your house and that is all, the never paint again system comprises of much more:

• We do a full repair of any defects to your walls. FREE OF CHARGE
• We then cover up and protect areas not to be treated, ensuring there’s no mess.
• We remove all traces of damp, algae and mould.
• We cure any instances of damp where applicable.
• We then apply a waterproof primer, supplied by Andura.
• We pressure spray a weatherproof wall coating in your choice of colour.
• The site is cleaned, tidied & your home will not need repair or paint for at least 15 years.

So don’t wait for the summer to get your house painted, SAVE MONEY, and book a FREE survey now, by SENDING US AN EMAIL HERE

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Houses of a certain age, start to become a right paint in the neck to maintain, especially if the house has been neglected over the years and defects are evident, such as cracks. If these defects are simply painted over with cheap paint and not repaired, the paint will hide many problems that will get worse and worse over time. In fact this will eventually cost you more money than you might think!

Don’t call the dodgy decorators this year!

Last year, when local cowboys “Dodgy Darren” and “mad Mike” turned up their old estate car, (presumably after signing on), they painted your house, possibly for cash, and for a few months it looked ok, as long as you didn’t look too close, but what’s it look like now, not so good?

If you think these willing chaps did you a favour by doing it cheap, please think again.

They are due again this year, and they want another thousand pounds, same as last year. But wait! That means £2,000 quid on the house in 2 years, so…..er…..in 10 years, you would have given these well meaning idiots a total of £10,000.

What if I was to tell you that our company can, for about £3,500  average cost,  not only paint the house, using a special latex resin paint applied by spray, but we would also cure any damp, fix or replace any pebbledash or rendering, and guarantee, in writing, backed by an insurance policy, that you would not have to call our team to repaint your house until the year 2027!!

Yes we can give you more for your money, for far less outlay and a loss less hassle, just see what we did on other peoples houses for proof!

Exterior Wall Coatings Leicester?

Instead of painting the house each year, why chuck your money away when WE can do it only ONCE, and the lovely paint finish, which doesn’t fade or crack, will last up to 20 years!

Exterior wall coating and external refurbishment services delivered by Never Paint Again, making use of the most up-to-date long life weather resistant coatings, in a an extensive of finishes in addition to colours appropriate all types exterior wall arises!

Our own exterior wall coatings are actually GUARANTEED for 15 years not to fade, chip, split, peel off or flake – our exterior finishes are much more advanced than conventional house painting techniques.

Virtually any design of external wall structure can be treated and sheltered with our unique wall coating process – to demonstrate it we have a fabulous selection of case studies and testimonials of the previous work that we have undertaken by our workforce of highly experienced professionals.

Get in contact with us today to find out more, or to request an appointment with one of our surveyors.You can call us FREE on 0800 970 4928 or EMAIL US.

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NPA are a Sheffield based wall coating company offering thermally insulated render and spray applied exterior wall coatings which are both great for  weather proofing your Sheffield home.

Our exterior wall treatments are suitable for almost any exterior walls including those made of brick, stone, smooth or textured render, lime rendered walls, tyrolean walls, pebble-dash exteriors and “rough cast” spar dash.

Why bother painting your house ever again!

Yep, it’s time to chuck those old paint brushes away, the ones that are stinking out Granddad’s shed in a coffee jar full of turps! There are far more important things going on in 2012 to bother with the house, but you cant leave it in this state can you?

Oh no! But instead of painting it year on, year out, is there a better way?

YES! Our wall coating system means that once our paint-like-coating is applied to your walls, after careful repairs and removal of old paints, we guarantee that for at least 15 years, you will NOT need to paint the exterior of your home again, and if it has a damp problem, this will be cured at the same time, as part of the package.

Recent exterior wall coating jobs have included wall damp proofing in various areas of Leeds, rendering repairs in Doncaster, Blown bricks in Batley, bad pebbledashed walls in Bradford, in fact we work across the county and as we are all born and bred Yorkshiremen, we can give you the lowest price possible for any work that you may require to your home.

Instead of having the exterior walls painted each year, why not START SAVING MONEY and find out about our long life render wall coating programme which we guarantee that for the next 15 years you won’t have to pick up a paint brush again!

Get your Sheffield home weatherproofed today!

Whether you are interested in exterior wall rendering or repairs, or want to protect your home from the ravages of the British weather, our Sheffield based team of professionals will be happy to discuss your needs and provide advice at no obligation. We are here to help you.

Our Yorkshire based representatives can visit you, Monday to Saturday, at your convenience with colour charts and samples of typical external wall finishes to discuss your needs, with No hard sell and no obligation, guaranteed.

Specially made “Never Paint Again” wall coating will fully weatherproof and protect your render, bricks or pebble dash against damp! Not only that, our wall coatings are  flexible to allow for natural wall movement ensuring your walls are dry and protected and your home in Sheffield stays beautiful for years to come.

Never Paint Again, Devonshire House, 49 Eldon Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire. S1 4NR

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