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It is supposed to be 15mm minimum. However on our house there are bullet holes where the render has washed out to show the blockwork and the thickness varies between 8mm and 11mm using a tyre gauge. There are places where it looks thicker, so uniformity of thickness is an issue on our house...

My apologies I should have been clearer in my description of the situation. All of the properties on the estate are between 4 and 3 years old - so the render has had at least 3 years to dry out. All properties were built of block and, I assume, the same blocks etc.

Any suggestions as to why the rendering on a number of hoses would show large areas that seem to dry out more quickly/slowly than other areas on the same wall. The patches are not distinctively block shaped (which is what I believe is called ghosting) and the size and number of 'wet areas'...

Thanks for the comment. I realise that the issue we (and everyone else) are having is application and this has been a bone of contention between a number of people who have had problems and the developer. What I am seeking is confirmation as to whether or not anyone has experience of overcoating...

We live on an estate which was built 3 years ago and on which every house (58) has had Parex rendering applied. Some house have suffered issues with the rendering and now we are having issues too. I won't comment on the problems others are having, or why we think they have occurred, but would...