Recent content by EmmaP

This is a side on picture of the finished basecoat - mesh clearly visible. Is this acceptable? Will it cause defects over time? Is the solution to this to remove dash/receiver and reapply basecoat to the correct specs, then re apply receiver and dash?

So... They came back and applied the dash receiver and dash on Mon and Tues (we're up north, West Yorkshire) so it got battered by heavy rain within 2 hours of them finishing (especially on Tues,) and they didn't protect it from the expected rain. The company director has fobbed me off, even...

Also the back windows and doors have had the beading put on, then the basecoat afterwards. Strange how all the other windows/door reveals were basecaoted, then had the beading put on. Will this cause problems re the integrity of the corners/give a crap finish? Sorry for having no clue...

Can I ask what a keyed basecoat is? The basecoat looked thin, hasn't covered the mesh in places and was put on a few weeks ago during the cold snap. It was frosty every morning when they did it. And what they have completed doesn't look too great. Neighbours on the same street with the same...

Just noticed this gap while was out taking pics aswel.

Hi, thanks for the replys. It's a 2 story, 3 bed semi. Sorry if the pictures aren't too great. I'm disabled and it's a window that is above ground floor height. One side has about 4cm clearance but the other side seems to be less than 1cm clearance.

Hi I'm Emma, I'm a home owner. Also a total novice with plastering and rendering. Only ever had interior walls skimmed and never had any issues re that in the past. But we're having external wall insulation installed at present, on an old council house, it's originally concrete and render...

Hi I'm Emma. I'm a home owner. Also a total novice with plastering and rendering. (Only ever had interior walls skimmed and never had any issues re that in the past.) But we're having external wall insulation installed at present, on an old council house, it's originally concrete and render...