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Ok, think i'll wait until its properly dry and waterproof the plinth bricks, hopefully that will sort it. The render already looks almost dry now we've had a fortnight of dry weather. Cheers for all the advice, its been flipping useful to run it past you all

I did talk to the plasterer about the bead when he started, he said he wouldn't use a bead as it wasn't necessary, and he thought it would look better without one. His work looks good generally (even, flat?). I just got a bit nervous about the whole thing when he then said the bricks were...

On blockwork. Any ideas for different top coats? My bricky says he's seen some houses that have a sparkly finish - do you think thats a crushed glass render, and any thoughts on it? Sounds lethal if you brush past the wall!!

Thanks for the advice. The renderer (is that the right term?!) said i didn't need bead, he said it was redundant. I went along with what he recommended …just started to worry about it with the render looking damp still. Rigsby - yes i did think about running round the house with an angle...

Thanks, here are a couple of photos. The render was finished to this stage in September. It is still looking damp in places on the north wall of the house. I am wondering if i can use a different top coat, instead of the silicone version? Are things like K-rend so sensitive to damp walls?

Starting to feel like a bit like i have been 'done'… can you advise? The render on my new house has been started as a thin coat Cerecit system, the render guy has done the base coat, mesh and covered it, and is now waiting for the weather to improve to do the final spray coat of silicone… but he...