Recent content by Tim-M

Thanks for your replies - it's very helpful it this situation as it's difficult to decide if my expectations are too high. I shall keep pushing .

I've not been happy with it. Even less happy with the housebuilders who seem happy to try and fob me off. I don't think that it has been treated with Paraguard - retains water nicely when it rains. So basically the housebuilder's patch and coating isn't going to hide the problem very well then?

Thanks for the reply. No we haven't been in touch with the NHBC yet, on the advice of someone within the building trade. He said that the NHBC could be a bit random in their judgements so might not be the best approach.

Hi there. I was wondering if anyone would be able to offer some advice about the renderer on our new build house in Devon which be bought back in September 2015. The house is rendered with a Parex render. There are a number of problems with the render: 1) Physical damage to the render caused...