What type of builder for external rendering?

mrsjanejane

I have cracks on the outside of my house and the are letting water in so need to get this sorted asap. What type of builder do I need to call in, is it a plasterer or bricklayer etc?

thebaldwindowfitter

are they narrow cracks if so for a tempory repair clean the cracks and run silicon into the crack this time of year is not the best time of year for rendering due to frost .Also doing this tempory repair with tell you for definate that its the render whats causing your problem .if the render is smooth and painted you could use polysuphide because if this works you could repaint it

Doozergirl

We use plasterers

We have cracks on our house. Back in October we hacked them all back a way and re-rendered it smooth. The render was really quite old and lord knows what they used but it's stuck totally firm.

As it takes time to dry out before painting and the subsequent weather, we've been living in a house that looks like it belongs to the Addams family since then. It's fine because I don't have to look at it but when I visit our neighbours across the road I am mortified, it looks dreadful! The poor woman next door is trying to sell as well

bigdoozer

To answer your question, search pebbledash, rendering, wall coating, claddng and a hundred rendering suppliers will come up. Googlr and youtue best.

jason_s_2

Yep, your going to need a plasterer

mrsjanejane

The cracks are very noticeable and the paint work around it has bubbled (if that makes sense. It goes from the side of the property all the way around the back. It is at first floor height so need scaffolding.

Doozergirl

mrsjanejane wrote: »

The cracks are very noticeable and the paint work around it has bubbled (if that makes sense. It goes from the side of the property all the way around the back. It is at first floor height so need scaffolding.

They might be able to do it with a scaffolding tower rather than scaffolding attached to your house. Dunno, but it would a lot cheaper that way!