Is there a render you don't need to paint?

TomsMom

lisa110rry wrote: »

Can I give you my two cents' worth? We have K-Rend on a garden wall, looks great and is easily cleaned with a hose!

Oooh, thank you Lisa. It's always good to have feedback, especially when it's so positive .

ceredigion

Weber
http://www.netweber.co.uk/renders-decorative-finishes.html
You may need building control approval

TomsMom

ceredigion wrote: »

Weber
http://www.netweber.co.uk/renders-decorative-finishes.html
You may need building control approval

Even though it's already rendered and painted and it's just being replaced like for like?

Thanks for the link.

DRP

lisa110rry wrote: »

Can I give you my two cents' worth? We have K-Rend on a garden wall, looks great and is easily cleaned with a hose!

IT does look good initially, but for several of people I know who've used it, it goes a bit green with ?algae after a few years.

phil24_7

DRP wrote: »

IT does look good initially, but for several of people I know who've used it, it goes a bit green with ?algae after a few years.

As long as it is cleaned regularly this shouldn't happen.

TheCyclingProgrammer

TomsMom wrote: »

Even though it's already rendered and painted and it's just being replaced like for like?

Thanks for the link.

If you renovate more than 25% of the wall (such as stripping off the existing render and re-rendering it) then you may have to upgrade the thermal insulation at the same time under building regs. Same can apply if you are having replastering done internally.

https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/18/external_walls/2
https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/18/external_walls/3

phil24_7

Though most people wont inform building control!

TheCyclingProgrammer

phil24_7 wrote: »

Though most people wont inform building control!

Depends what your neighbours are like.

phil24_7

Indeed!

Our neighbour has good neighbours, as they had all of their walls hacked off and replaced with cement render a couple of years ago!

TomsMom

DRP wrote: »

IT does look good initially, but for several of people I know who've used it, it goes a bit green with ?algae after a few years.

I think that can be said of any render though, it depends on the environment surely. My current render had a really bad patch on the porch but none anywhere else. There is a slope in the lane where I live, rainwater ran down towards my porch and there was no way of it draining away, algae and moss was a big problem. I cleaned it off, my son created a little gulley around my porch, problem solved, no algae since.