November rendering

[Swanny]

Can anyone help me out? Obliviously this is not the best time of the year to render but customers still want it done. Any tips or advise to make it easier, a good job

 

[Rigsby]

November can be a good month depending on what you are doing. Plain flat render can be difficult because of setting times but I use an accelerator.

 

[User___removed]

Can anyone help me out? Obliviously this is not the best time of the year to render but customers still want it done. Any tips or advise to make it easier, a good job

You need to plan and look at the weather forcast for the few days after application
It's mild now so happy days.im in the southwest so when it could be freezing up North it could be 10 degrees higher down hete

 

[3kids1dog]

Can anyone help me out? Obliviously this is not the best time of the year to render but customers still want it done. Any tips or advise to make it easier, a good job

It's been 18 degrees all week ( ingleton ) North Yorkshire. Put lime in the mix 6:1:1 the lime starts to give it a set after a few hours

 

[Dansouthcoast84]

I keel booking them. Got approx 700m spread accross 3 jobs. We just say if its dry were here. And.keep them.informed

Keeps them happy

 

[Olican]

Can anyone help me out? Obliviously this is not the best time of the year to render but customers still want it done. Any tips or advise to make it easier, a good job

It's pretty mild right now but when the temps drop you need to be more careful. Getting a panel to set is one thing ( reduce waterproof, leave scratch a little longer or use rapid set. Be careful with rapid set , don't use too much. It's over night temps you need to be careful of, in an ideal world you'd like to hang Hessian cloth to protect your panel over night but this is rarely practical. Be wary of your water temperature, if you fill your waterbutts make sure your water isn't too cold as this will reduce setting time, a couple of kettles of boiling water into a water butt will bring it back

 

[jog]

Nice bit if advice ,there

 

[smoother09]

It has been very mild at minute so I wouldn't worry to much as long as we're not getting overnight frost and rain it's all gravy baby!! :RpS_thumbup:

 

[SRamsey]

Linked question - we are finishing an extension which we planned to have k rendered. We are now being told we need one full dry week to allow breeze block to dry then two full dry weeks for render to be applied. As it is mid November, this isn't likely so we need to consider other options. Are there other options of render which don't require such a long dry period? Is parex suitable? Appreciate may be more long term maintenance but we need to get this done and don't want to wait till spring. Thanks !

 

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Clad with timberboard

 

[RenditLtd]

Linked question - we are finishing an extension which we planned to have k rendered. We are now being told we need one full dry week to allow breeze block to dry then two full dry weeks for render to be applied. As it is mid November, this isn't likely so we need to consider other options. Are there other options of render which don't require such a long dry period? Is parex suitable? Appreciate may be more long term maintenance but we need to get this done and don't want to wait till spring. Thanks !

If the extension is water tight and has been for a while then the block shouldn't be getting saturated all the way through, and should be fine after a couple of dry days if it isn't or has only just had the roof and windows in then the advice you have been given is good practice.

Might be worth putting a bonding aid on (R7 or R10) as that will seal the blocks and giving that a day or so before rendering.