Render cost?

sianlouise

Hi There

Does anyone have any idea of an approximate cost per metre for rendering? We need to have the old stones chipped away and then the house rendered and painted.

ormus

render prices are between 30/100 quid per sq m.
for budgeting purposes,
the average house will cost 1500/3000 quid.

docmatt

You can get coloured render where the paint is already mixed in. It's more expensive but worth it

kev.s

had mine done last year, removed the old render which was painted and had it replaced with canterbury spar dry harling (pebbledash) this cost me £2800 which is pretty good ( this was for a 3 bed semi), also i think the painted wet render just looks terrible inperfections of the render (depending on tradesman) always show through more when its wet render and more so when coloured

tony6403

Before proceeding do have a look at acrylic and polymer renders.
There are also insulated rendering products on the market.
I have no personal experience with the insulated stuff, but a house that we refurbished two years ago was done with acrylic and it is very impressive indeed. It was no more expensive than sand/cement render.

owls

Id advise looking towards a monocouche render[through coloured] instead of a tradional sand cement option.There are so many benefits over a traditional sand cement render,its through coloured so never needs to be painted,water resistant ie it is silicone based so water runs down the surface instead of being absorbed,flexable so you never get any shrinkage ie small crazing,you wont get any mould growth on it if the face of the surface rarely sees any sunlight.
there are loads of makes on the market k-rend,weber,parex etc but they all do the same job,and look really good if the tradesman is fully competent at using it.what i would say is choose a tradesman wisely as if it is done substandard it looks terrible and is very difficult to patch,and has to be scratched all at the same time otherwise it will dry in different shades.
we very rarely use sand cement on projects now adays.90% of new builds are now using mono renders.
You can also dry dash a house using this method.

muskoka

Above advice sounds grand, but where do we find a reputable renderer?? thats the BIG issue.....I also need similar works to OP, but finding person who does this type of work is, um difficult to say the least. I'm even a member of which/which local & theres none listed ...any ideas anyone....feel free to PM me