Recent content by SlumberShade

eh?

It does overhang, but guess it aint enough.

thats a relieft at least, cheers. had no failure anywhere else.

haha yeah.. what gave it away mainly lol. Also sadly nobody else would do anything but patch repair which would have been an even bigger mistake with the state of the place. waited almost 2 years to find someone whod redo the mess place in full. Thanks all.

I dont get it. but yeah the texture is awful overall. is that much water streaming down the second picture gonna fail the render too eventually?

yeah exactly this is why Im worried. Though the gutter was misaligned so maybe continued water prevented the self healing. Is fixed now, canopy also fixed, windows and sills also sorted. First crack was between sill and canopy (filled with lime paste and more limewash), second one (which was...

bugger

In my case I had lime used. I hear this should make it more flexible and last a bit longer... To be fair the gutter was misaligned... so during this winter I had water streaming down this section where the cracks formed. So my lime aint dodgy then? I wouldnt have thought 3 months of rain would...

if I wear a ct-1 cap while I do diy and put on tiktok will I get half price?

ok, im not a tradesman though. I assume a discount for businesses.

I managed to get ~£9 each, but yeah still fockin expenisve. Thanks.

thanks would recommend the ob1/ct1 route?

I mean where your newly fully redone render will be taken up to the neighbouring property's. If the renders are vastly different, ie. lime and concrete would this become more important, cheers.

Over the years mate every single time lol. Is it the first rule in every manual or something?

Aye, want to play it safe. Thanks. Read so many threads on here about many of you having the lungs of heavy smokers without the smoking, which seems deeply unfair btw!