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What would you do?
Plumber90
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Having a loft extension done round my house at the moment, and the builder has asked what we want the exterior of the dormer to be finished in. The dormer will be going down full length down the side of he house.
Originally we were going to have tile hanging but the builder has put the option forward of rendering it as he says it looks more modern. My only concern with that is our house is 100% brickwork and nothing else so would a rendered dormer look strange? (The misses likes the idea)
Originally we were going to have tile hanging but the builder has put the option forward of rendering it as he says it looks more modern. My only concern with that is our house is 100% brickwork and nothing else so would a rendered dormer look strange? (The misses likes the idea)
What finish would you have on the dormer? 6 votes
Tile hanging on dormer
16%
1 vote
White / cream render in dormer
33%
2 votes
Brick / Terecotta colour render on dormer
50%
3 votes
0
Comments
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I assume the rendered bit belongs to next door? Even if so, then a rendered dorma may not look so out of place.0
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I'd have something that doesn't need painting. So the tile presumably?0
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Brick slips, if it was me.0
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They reckon render doesn’t need painting these days?0
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And yeh render part is next doors house.0
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Self coloured render products are available . . .They reckon render doesn’t need painting these days?
I'd go with that.0 -
Why not use the photo of the house and add the dormer digitally?
You could use something as simple as "Paint"
It's then easy to try different finishes to see which look best.0 -
societys_child wrote: »Self coloured render products are available . . .
I'd go with that.
Its called through-colour render, the colour is mixed in with the render.
more expensive (much more) and not something some builders would have experience of.0
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