Smiley Dan
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I've sand and cement render on my house. Some of it is shot, but most of it is still on very nicely. There are also quite a lot of small cracks.
I want to fix the cracks once and for all (or at least for a couple of decades). I was going to have the render taken off and a silicone render applied.
A local builder visited and suggested taking the render off will be a huge job (> 220m2) especially where the render is sound and we might damage the blockwork underneath. Instead he suggested patching all the shot bits and cracks and then putting a layer of "high build" on.
The main advantage, he said, is that when cracks form (which he seems to think will inevitably happen to all renders including silicone based ones) you don't have to grind out and re-render the crack, you just repaint this high build stuff back on and make good.
This is new to me so I'm a little uneasy taking this advice; furthermore the lack of trust in modern renders is also a bit new to me. Some people (mostly architects it must be said!) seem to think they are the answer to everything. So I'm a bit confused.
My other concern is: can you get smooth versions? They look a bit overly textured to me. I want a modern look.
I want to fix the cracks once and for all (or at least for a couple of decades). I was going to have the render taken off and a silicone render applied.
A local builder visited and suggested taking the render off will be a huge job (> 220m2) especially where the render is sound and we might damage the blockwork underneath. Instead he suggested patching all the shot bits and cracks and then putting a layer of "high build" on.
The main advantage, he said, is that when cracks form (which he seems to think will inevitably happen to all renders including silicone based ones) you don't have to grind out and re-render the crack, you just repaint this high build stuff back on and make good.
This is new to me so I'm a little uneasy taking this advice; furthermore the lack of trust in modern renders is also a bit new to me. Some people (mostly architects it must be said!) seem to think they are the answer to everything. So I'm a bit confused.
My other concern is: can you get smooth versions? They look a bit overly textured to me. I want a modern look.