We have a huge space heater that warms them up in minutes.
Does this rendering look acceptable?
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keithuk
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you just dont like the winter !lol
Jgreenplastering
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[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] truth be told I hate it!
I was on external from April until last week all same day scrapes and that's it's for me until next spring.
I'm fed up of getting wet and rained off.
Jgreenplastering
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How does that work on say a gable with about 1.5m gap between that an next door?
How do they work in general? That off a gen aswell?
keithuk
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Don, t you worry yourself to much about us poor old renderers in the winter mate ,but when you do it all year round ,we know what we are doing
The heaters require electric and gas, if your tight to the neighbour even better as its only a roof to plonk on the scaffold that side.
Jgreenplastering
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Can you lay on in any condition with a scaffold roof and heater then?
Would they be left on overnight?
Sorry for questions just interested as not used them before.
User___removed
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I'm surprised how many don't take on external works all year.
Let's be honest unless you live in the north it doesn't really get that cold in this country
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The builder i sometimes sub to always has his jobs with a tent over it,he's says to the client it costs more but in the long run saves him time and money and there's no days lost to bad weather,if the client doesn't want to pay then he won't do the work
Jgreenplastering
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So when it drops below freezing overnight what protects it then?
Not in any conditions as always its down to the job in question.
Hey Thanks for you input, much appreciated. Do you think it's advisable to fill in the cracks with something and wait until good weather to start over? I'm worried about getting damp.
Jgreenplastering
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I don't think one winters worth of rain would cause you damage. The cracks are only hair line so the water would take a long time to penetrate the render and the building substrate before it affected you internally.
If they have come through since painting maybe put some filler in but it won't cause you lasting damage if left.
Cheers, that sounds reassuring.
Could the reason for the unevenness seen here be because the workers did not take off all the old render like they were supposed to? At the front of the house you can see some of the old render they didn't take off. Or more likely just bad technique?
Front of house with old grey render showing.
Front of house with old grey render showing.
Bit late on this post, but I'll throw my tuppence worth in anyway.
Josh got screwed by a relative, and they're the ones you feel you should be able to trust; and yes, seeing the pictures of the plastering, he should have realised that the guy wasn't up to the job, but sometimes, if you're not in the game, you're at the mercy of the cowboys.
As to the crap job, get a building surveyor in to asses the job and write a report, then have a quite chat with the family member before you issue proceedings in the small claims court.
Josh, you didn't mention much about the internal damp problems. Rising damp would only go up about a metre, so I suspect you had condensation problems caused by either cold external walls, or lack of ventilation, or both. If it's cold external walls, then you should have gone for external wall insulation rather than cement render - and the builder should have known that. My partner has a 1930 3 bed semi that's solid brick walls, and the people next door keep all the window shut, and are having horrendous mould problems. But because the partners house is cold, I've been putting on EWI because the green deal companies were completely overpriced (£16,000 for Kent). The previous owners had done a crap job of moving doors and windows around, and left the brickwork at the rear in a messy state. I looked at K-rend etc to tidy up, but came across a company supplying good quality EWI stuff from Poland, and the materials have come in at under £2500. It's a bit more labour than just doing cement render, but the house is already warmer. And having put in a wood burning stove, the heatings hardly been on lately.
The point I'm trying to make, is that whilst there's some sensible suggestions to tidying up the existing crap job, you may still find you've got a problem. How have the damp problems been since the job was done. If you are in need of EWI, then add the cost of the removal of the render to the small claims court proceeding, - or if you intend to try and keep the family happy, then suggest the guy removes the crap he put on so you can start again properly.
Josh got screwed by a relative, and they're the ones you feel you should be able to trust; and yes, seeing the pictures of the plastering, he should have realised that the guy wasn't up to the job, but sometimes, if you're not in the game, you're at the mercy of the cowboys.
As to the crap job, get a building surveyor in to asses the job and write a report, then have a quite chat with the family member before you issue proceedings in the small claims court.
Josh, you didn't mention much about the internal damp problems. Rising damp would only go up about a metre, so I suspect you had condensation problems caused by either cold external walls, or lack of ventilation, or both. If it's cold external walls, then you should have gone for external wall insulation rather than cement render - and the builder should have known that. My partner has a 1930 3 bed semi that's solid brick walls, and the people next door keep all the window shut, and are having horrendous mould problems. But because the partners house is cold, I've been putting on EWI because the green deal companies were completely overpriced (£16,000 for Kent). The previous owners had done a crap job of moving doors and windows around, and left the brickwork at the rear in a messy state. I looked at K-rend etc to tidy up, but came across a company supplying good quality EWI stuff from Poland, and the materials have come in at under £2500. It's a bit more labour than just doing cement render, but the house is already warmer. And having put in a wood burning stove, the heatings hardly been on lately.
The point I'm trying to make, is that whilst there's some sensible suggestions to tidying up the existing crap job, you may still find you've got a problem. How have the damp problems been since the job was done. If you are in need of EWI, then add the cost of the removal of the render to the small claims court proceeding, - or if you intend to try and keep the family happy, then suggest the guy removes the crap he put on so you can start again properly.
User___removed
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Each to there own.the weaker the mix the less chance you have with it cracking
FreeD
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fell asleep reading this
Peter Tully
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I have plastering for 40years and never used pva on outside
Peter Tully
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I always use 3/1 then 4/l with cementone freeflo waterproofed never had a problem
Peter Tully
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Peter Tully
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If not to far will have look mate done work for council for years
Peter Tully
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If in dowt sbr then scratch
Peter Tully
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With with plastic mesh
Peter bit old news is this thread now pal its like sooooooooo last year......
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