So what would you expect to charge for the house in the picture assuming all flanks are roughly equal? Not £14k Shirley?
Sorry, misunderstood. I thought you meant the builder that quoted had the price right.
As far as render goes, it just never seems to be done right. The house down the road from me was done 18 months ago and I can see that it's ready to drop off. The only way to do it right is with loads of hessian fabric draped over it and kept wet for a week. Otherwise it doesn't set chemically - it just dries out and goes powdery.
Sorry, misunderstood. I thought you meant the builder that quoted had the price right.
As far as render goes, it just never seems to be done right. The house down the road from me was done 18 months ago and I can see that it's ready to drop off. The only way to do it right is with loads of hessian fabric draped over it and kept wet for a week. Otherwise it doesn't set chemically - it just dries out and goes powdery.
Double the Brum prices for SurreyAs far as scaffold is concerned I would allow between £1000-£1200 but im not to sure of prices down there.
Sand and cement allow no more than £20m but it will need painting as well
and like I said not as good as modern renders.
hope this helps !
Im not bragging TBF thats a bit harsh, If the stuff they used is the 1950s is so good why dont they still use it, my guess would be yeah its hard but in turn this will make it brittle to movement, plus i guess its not as breathable as the modern rendersYou can brag about all the modern renders you like but i still haven't come across anything as hard or as tight to the wall as some of those 1950's jobs.
I don't know how they mixed the stuff but several hard blows with a hammer and a bolster chisel would only yield a piece as big as a fist!
what makes you say that ? is there some information you know that your basing that on or just a whim, its very easy to make comments like that on a forum but without any real evidence its pointless, unless you have evidence to the contrary ! have you even used any of the modern renders to base your knowledge ?Will the modern renders still be there 60 to 70 years on? I doubt it.
lol just as I thought your claim was just a whim and now your trying to turn it around, nice try !Well what's your proof? You are making the claim.
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