Have I had a bodged rendering job done on my house?

dylanswall · 11 Feb 2016

Hi,
We got the front of our house rerendered this time last year and I have noticed a few issues with it so would really appreciate the opinion of some more experienced eyes before I go back to the builder.

Firstly, as you can see from the first photo, the lip above the window seems to have cracked and is separating. Any ideas what would have caused this and is this sign of a poor job or just something that occasionally happens?

Also, in the second photo you can see where it has rained it looks like moisture is penetrating (the dark, crack like structures). Is this normal with render (we haven't painted the house yet), or is it going to be causing penetrating damp into the wall and therefore our bedroom?

Thanks in advance

stevethespreader · 11 Feb 2016

Yes that's a bad job the render has crazed it probably dried out to quick and above the window looks like the beads come away

roy c · 12 Feb 2016

It looks like they have used a stop bead on the window instead of an angle bed!!! Is that a bit of dpc sticking out? Or have they knocked the edge of the stop bead it doesn't look very flush..

dylanswall · 14 Feb 2016

Hi, thanks for the responses. There doesn't look like anything sticking out so just think it is the beading not being flush.

In respect of the crazing, how bad an issue is it? When dry I can't see any cracks so is it just something that happens with external rendering or will it need doing?

Also, any ideas on what my best course of action is now? I was thinking I either get the builder over to look at it or is it worth getting some sort of building survey done by a pro as backup before contacting the builder?

The fact that they rendered around the scaffolding poles (see the next picture) makes me wonder about the quality of the work.

Thanks in advance.

stevethespreader · 14 Feb 2016

It's defo crazed I suggest you put a pair of glasses on and inspect the wall like Roy says they have used the wrong bead on window also rendering around the scaffold is a joke, scaffolders know how to set up scaffolding for jobs like this so why did that happen?

dylanswall · 14 Feb 2016

The scaffolding was set up for some roofing work so as it was up, we got the house rerendered at the same time so imagine the scaffolders set it up for the roof work and the builder doing the render work just went around it! Annoyingly the window nearest the crazing is broken at the mo so I can't take a close up look but will do so when I can borrow a mate's ladder. Cheers for your help.

foxhole · 14 Feb 2016

My renderers refused to work off scaffolding as it gets in the way, they do every job off ladders.

stevethespreader · 14 Feb 2016

foxhole said:
My renderers refused to work off scaffolding as it gets in the way, they do every job off ladders.

It shouldn't get In the way if set up for rendering how do they cope with inaccessible places or tall buildings? I could name quite a few scenarios where ladders are no good

roy c · 14 Feb 2016

"My renderers refused to work off scaffolding as it gets in the way, they do every job off ladders." Not heard that one before!!

catlad · 15 Feb 2016

If thats a lead lined gutter you have above that rendering then I would make sure that is not leaking because it looks a bit suspicious to me.

roughcaster · 15 Feb 2016

foxhole said:
My renderers refused to work off scaffolding as it gets in the way, they do every job off ladders.

How can you render off of a ladder? patching maybe, but how could you render a whole wall/gable from a ladder. You'd be forever marking the render with the ladder. A scaffold propery set up for rendering/roughcasting presents no problem at all.

dylanswall · 17 Feb 2016

It's not a gutter, it is a decorative cornicing type thing (not sure the correct term) that buts out and has got flashing over it so should be ok (as that is part of what the roofers were doing that meant we needed scaffolding in the first place).

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