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Hi all

I am am looking for some advice. A year ago I had my house rendered, but the render was brought all the way to ground level. I have raised the concerned with the contractor but was told “I have been doing this for over 15 years and I have nothing to worry about”. Well the issue is I am worried about it, the dpc was very visible, and looking at their other jobs online they appear to be using a bellcast, yet on my property they chose not to. I know allot of time has passed and I try to put it to the back of my mind but I just wish they had done it correctly. I believe the render is parex silicone based and is rough cast. It was fitted to an initial coat lined with mesh. Also my house has a cavity and no history of damp, built mid 80s

Any advice on this would be much appreciated

Thanks
 
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Bridged DPC
 
Can this be fixed ? I’m worried if it is removed it will damage the bricks underneath. It’s been raining allot and there is a damp stain now higher than the dpc. This remains for a few days even when the sun is out, one stain even seems permanent.
 
Coup88 said:
Hi all

I am am looking for some advice. A year ago I had my house rendered, but the render was brought all the way to ground level. I have raised the concerned with the contractor but was told “I have been doing this for over 15 years and I have nothing to worry about”. Well the issue is I am worried about it, the dpc was very visible, and looking at their other jobs online they appear to be using a bellcast, yet on my property they chose not to. I know allot of time has passed and I try to put it to the back of my mind but I just wish they had done it correctly. I believe the render is parex silicone based and is rough cast. It was fitted to an initial coat lined with mesh. Also my house has a cavity and no history of damp, built mid 80s

Any advice on this would be much appreciated

Thanks
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As I've said on another thread.


I've been to a few jobs recently and the customers have said the same thing.

A rendering firm out of London and have been doing it this way for 20 years.....

A rendering firm from Luton has been doing it for 15 years.....


Now seeing problems.

It doesn't/didn't make it right. I'm betting every one of their jobs is failing






Just a point
These are/were foreign firms.
They have different climates and conditions where they're originally from.

Dpc is key!
 
On jobs that are fully rendered and having a raised (proud of the render) plinth, the render has always been applied straight down the wall, covering the doc. Are there problems with rising damp on these properties? Of course not or it wouldn't have been done this way for generations.
 
essexandy said:
On jobs that are fully rendered and having a raised (proud of the render) plinth, the render has always been applied straight down the wall, covering the doc. Are there problems with rising damp on these properties? Of course not or it wouldn't have been done this way for generations.
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It becomes an issue when -

1 There is a failure to maintain them, a crack /cracks appear (along) and lets moisture in that then gets trapped and causes it....

2 A change in design/ materials elsewhere that makes it then suffer (and suffocate...)
 
bobski said:
It becomes an issue when -

1 There is a failure to maintain them, a crack /cracks appear (along) and lets moisture in that then gets trapped and causes it....

2 A change in design/ materials elsewhere that makes it then suffer (and suffocate...)
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But what I've said in my previous post is absolutely true and how things have been done for millennia.
 
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