What you mean to say is I can’t believe it costs that much to render, sod it I’ll have a crack at it myself
No Stewie03, if I had meant that I would have said that.
We are just coming the the end of a large extension and refurbishment.Paid £13,000 to the electrician, £10,000 to the plumber, £9,000 for the kitchen plus fitting and £6,000 to the plasterer plus materials. Carpentry came in at £32,000. Just some examples of what needs to be paid to get things you cant do yourself done.
The quotes of for the rendering that needs to be done are far lower than anything above and in fact I have 90 sq m to be done. I only said 10 sq m as I thought I might get some sensible answers to my questions. If i had said 90 sq m then people like yourself would have done nothing but take the piss.
After all this is a "New to plastering" / "DIY plastering thread" . Clearly there is some excellent advice but much what is posted here is from those who think they can do what no one else can do. I have had advice from some providing quotes which is at best misleading and at worst simply lies.
So i have been happy to pay to have work done by craftspeople. The roofers were s**t so i (we) put the 2,000 tiles on along with membrane, celotex and battens in line with Building regs. We paid to have that cement cladding and soffits/facias and rainwater stuff done and it was worth every penny.
The front garden and drive will cost more than the rendering.
So no, the cost of the rendering is minimal compared with the other costs involved in the extension and remodelling and we would be very happy to pay to have it done. It is the last thing i want to be doing over the next few weeks but such is life.
I will come back with some pictures. I am confident it will be flat, consistent colour and texture. No halo rings or ghost lines or cracks or No air bubbles Even when lit it will look fine, it will just take me a bit longer than the professional tradesperson and when i am done i will be proud, but i will still wish that I had a renderer do it than do it myself.
ps. the cash i will save will pay for top quality materials, a covering to allow me to work when there is a small amount of rain in the air, new tools where need specially for the render/finish, possibly a couple of low platforms, a new mixer and possibly a cement mixer for me to do some work around the back garden. By the time I am done I wont save too much at all for all the effort i will need to put in but the job will be done right.
I have no doubt that if you were to do the job you would do it quicker than me and mostly better than me. But I will do ok. More people ought to try stuff for themselves.
I may start a local DIY co operative on facebook. "You can do it if you try and do enough preparation"
Ps. I get comments about the quality of my roof all the time. and while i was doing the ridge, the views of Poole harbour were amazing.
Keep safe Stevie and keep fighting the fight
